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8.6 NH Final Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cone of Uncertainty | The visual picture of a hurricane forecast on a map |
| Natural Disaster | Floods, Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Droughts. |
| Forecast | a scientific claim (statement backed by evidence and scientific reasoning) about the likelihood that an event will occur in the future. |
| Natural Hazard Forecast | a scientific claim about the likelihood of a natural hazard event occurring in a particular place. |
| Storm Surge | A measurement of the energy or strength of a natural hazard event. Generally, the stronger the hazard, the greater its magnitude. |
| Magnitude | A measurement of the energy or strength of a natural hazard event. Generally, the stronger the hazard, the greater its magnitude. |
| severity | Extent of damage, or loss from a natural hazard event. |
| Fault | A crack in the earth that makes earthquakes |
| Mitigate | Lesing the gravity |
| Tectonic plate Boundary | Where two tectonic plates meet. |
| Convergent boundary | a location in Earth’s crust and mantle where two tectonic plates crash into one another, either one going under the other, or colliding into one another |
| Divergent Boundary | a location in Earth’s crust and mantle where two tectonic plates move apart from one another |
| Transform Boundary | a location in Earth’s crust and mantle where two tectonic plates slide past one another |
| Monitoring seismometer | To make measurements and observations overtime to keep track of something |
| Technology | Mercalli Scale |
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