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kilo - ✅✅-10^3
mega - ✅✅-10^6

giga - ✅✅-10^9

tera - ✅✅-10^12

c - ✅✅-10^-2

milli - ✅✅-10^-3

micro - ✅✅-10^-6

nano - ✅✅-10^-9

SI unit for time - ✅✅-second

a - ✅✅-annum (1 year)

age of the Earth - ✅✅-4.57 Ga


✅✅
time scale of build up and release of energy during natural disasters for
EARTHQUAKES - -years; minutes


✅✅
time scale of build up and release of energy during natural disasters for
VOLCANOES - -decades; days


✅✅
time scale of build up and release of energy during natural disasters for
HURRICANE - -months; days


✅✅
time scale of build up and release of energy during natural disasters for
THUNDERSTORMS - -hours; minutes


✅✅
time scale of build up and release of energy during natural disasters for ROGUE
WAVES - -hours; seconds


✅✅
time scale of build up and release of energy during natural disasters for
LANDSLIDES - -days; seconds


✅✅
time scale of build up and release of energy during natural disasters for METEOR
IMPACT - -millennia; seconds

,✅✅
time scale of build up and release of energy during natural disasters for TSUNAMI -
-minutes; hours


✅✅
time scale of build up and release of energy during natural disasters for FLOODS -
-hours; days

SI standard unit of distance - ✅✅-metre
SI unit standard of mass - ✅✅-kilogram

density - ✅✅-mass per unit volume (how much mass fits into a space); p or d

How is stratification linked to density? - ✅✅-stratification is the layering of
materials. Less dense materials float on top of denser materials.

layers of the atmosphere from top to surface of Earth - ✅✅-exosphere
thermosphere
mesophere
stratosphere
troposphere

layer of atmosphere with storms -✅✅-troposphere
how can the ocean layers be divided? - ✅✅-by availability of light
by ecological parameters


✅✅
layers of the Earth (from top down, based on chemical and physical characteristics) -
-lithosphere (solid, crust)
asthenosphere (plastic rock)
mesosphere (solid rock)
outer core (liquid metal)
inner core (solid metal)

layers of the Earth (from top down, based on density) - ✅✅-crust
mantle
core

order of magnitude -✅✅-power of ten
exponential curve - ✅✅-starts rising very slowly at first but increases faster and
faster

logarithmic scale - ✅✅-the ordinate (vertical axis) steps by powers of ten (orders of
magnitude)

,disaster scale(s) for EARTHQUAKES - ✅✅-Richter
Modified Mercalli
Moment Magnitude

disaster scale(s) for VOLCANOES - ✅✅-Volcano Explosivity Index
disaster scale(s) for WIND AND WAVES - ✅✅-Beaufort Scale

disaster scale(s) for HURRICANES - ✅✅-Saffir-Simpson Scale

disaster scale(s) for THUNDERSTORMS - ✅✅-dBZ

disaster scale(s) for TORNADOES - ✅✅-Fujita Scale
Torro Scale

disaster scale(s) for IMPACTS -✅✅-Torino Scale
more intense disasters occur _______________ - ✅✅-less frequently

return period (RP) - ✅✅-the average number of years between disaster events of
the same magnitude

RPm = time span of data record / number of cases of magnitude M

elements -✅✅-building blocks of our world
element - ✅✅-consists of identical atoms

atom - ✅✅-the smallest piece of an element, made of protons (+), neutrons
(neutral) and electrons (-)

nucleus - ✅✅-the center of an atom that holds the protons and the neutrons
atomic number - ✅✅-number of protons

atomic mass number - ✅✅-sum of protons + neutrons

isotopes - ✅✅-different versions of an element that have the same number of
protons but diff numbers of neutrons

hydrogen -✅✅-H, smallest atom, Aco water
helium - ✅✅-He, non-reactive (noble gas) made by fusion in sun

, carbon - ✅✅-C, aco most life forms on Earth, aco coal, graphite, diamonds
Nitrogen - ✅✅-N, Gco air, aco nitric-acid rain

Oxygen - ✅✅-O, Gco Earth's crust, 2nd Gco atmosphere, aco water, very reactive

sodium - ✅✅-Na, very reactive metal, aco salt in the ocean

magnesium - ✅✅-Mg, light metal, reactive, Aco the mineral dolomite, aco salt in
oceans

Aluminum - ✅✅-Al, a light metal used in cans, foil, aircraft, reactive, 3rd Gco
Earth's crust

✅✅-Si, a shiny silver-coloured semiconductor, 2nd Gco Earth's crust
silicon -

Phosphorus - ✅✅-P, aco phosphate fertilizers

Sulphur - ✅✅-S, yellow, burnt match smell, Aco sulfuric acid rain, aco salt in
oceans

chlorine -✅✅-Cl, very reactive (bleaches), aco salt in oceans
Argon - ✅✅-Ar, third most common gas in Earth's atmosphere

Potassium - ✅✅-K, very reactive metal, Aco salt in oceans

Calcium - ✅✅-Ca, aco limestone, bones, sea shells, salt in ocean

Titanium - ✅✅-Ti, a strong light metal

Manganese - ✅✅-Mn, a metal like iron

Iron - ✅✅-Fe, a strong metal, Gco Earth's core, Aco meteorites, can become
magnetic, 4th Gco Earth's crust

Iridium - ✅✅-Ir, rate element found in meteorites
top three most abundant elements in EARTH'S CORE - ✅✅-Iron (Fe), Nickel (Ni),
unknown

top three most abundant elements in EARTH'S CRUST - ✅✅-Oxygen (O), Silicon
(Si), Aluminium (Al)

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