Volcanoes
The formation of many volcanoes is strongly connected to this natural process
What is "Plate Tectonics"
Apart from convergent boundaries, this type of plate boundary can likely "cause" earthquakes
What is "transform boundary"
This other natural hazard is the most common trigger of tsunamis
What is "underwater earthquakes"
This phase of disaster management involves taking actions for events that cannot be prevented or mitigated.
What is "Preparedness"
The 2015 international agreement aimed at limiting global warming to well below 2°C
What is "The Paris Agreement"
The type of plate boundary where volcanic formation and/or activity is most common.
What is "convergent boundaries".
The measurement of an earthquakes "size" is referred to as its ___________.
What is "magnitude"
What are "coastal areas"
This phase includes actions taken to prevent or reduce the cause, impact, and consequences of disasters.
What is "Mitigation"
Historically, this country has been the largest emitter of CO2 equivalents
What is "The United States"
The classification of volcano that is a steep, cone-shaped structure built from alternating layers of lava, ash, and other volcanic debris.
What is a "composite/stratovolcano "
The modified Mercalli scale is used to measure an earthquakes ___________.
What is "intensity"
The island nation that suffered a devastating tsunami in 2011, causing an estimated $360 billion in economic loss.
What is "Japan"
The phase that occurs in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
What is "Response"
This type of energy is derived from naturally occurring sources and contributes virtually no CO2 emissions
What is "renewable energy"
The name of the process, in where a decrease in the weight of overlying materials (like ice sheets or land masses) causes a drop in lithostatic pressure, potentially triggering or intensifying volcanic activity.
What is "unloading"
This horseshoe shaped area in the Pacific Ocean is where a significant amount of the world's earthquakes occur.
What is "the Ring of Fire"
Tsunamis are generated by a large and sudden _________ of water
What is "displacement"
The process of maintaining or reestablishing vital infrastructure and systems following the response to a disaster.
What is "Recovery"
Climate change is defined as long term shifts in _______ and weather patterns.
What is "temperature"
The chemical changes that occur in rocks surrounding volcanic vents due to the interaction with hot, water-rich fluids.
What is "hydrothermal alteration"
The year in which Canada's Earthquake Early Warning system went "live" in BC.
What is "2024"
The phenomenon where tsunami waves, as they approach the coast, decrease in speed and length but increase in height as they move into shallower water.
What is "wave shoaling"
The 2015 international agreement that sets a global framework for disaster risk reduction.
What is "The Sendai Framework"
This international agreement that entered into force in 1989 and is celebrated for greatly eliminating the production of substances (ex. CFCs) that harmed the ozone layer.
What is "The Montreal Protocol"