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Why does the earth now have natural disasters such as earthquakes volcanoes and tidal waves?
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∙ 10y ago
The Earth has always had natural disasters - ever since it formed ! It's simply because the Earth's crust is unstable - and weather patterns are not totally predictable !
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Are earthquakes natural disasters?
A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g. flood, tornado, volcanic eruption, earthquake or landslide) that effects the environment and leads to financial, environmental and/or human losses.
Can hurricanes cause earthquakes?
No. Hurricanes are atmospheric phenomena, while earthquakes can only be triggered by processes relatively deep within the earth.
Is there a relationship between earthquakes and volcanoes?
Most volcanoes form along the edges of Earth's tectonic plates. Also most volcanic eruptions are preceded by earthquakes.
Which two spheres of earth are the effects of volcanoes and earthquakes found?
stratosphere and hydrsphere
How are earthquakes volcanoes and asteroid strikes different from weathering and erosion?
Weathering and erosion change the surface of the earth very slowly. Earthquakes, volcanoes and asteroids change the surface immediately.
What are some of the powerful sources that change the earth's surface?
Earthquakes, volcanoes, floods. lots of natural disasters
What natural disasters are cause by plate techtonics?
hurricanes is not what occurs it is earthquakes volcanos tsunamis and mountains
What are the natural disasters in Costa Rica?
theres a fault line that runs through America, hence magma/lava flows through these cracks in the earth's surface through "volcanoes"...as central America is on low-lying flat ground its also prone to floods as there is bad drainage of water.
How are volcanoes and earthquakes the same?
Earthquakes and volcanoes can both make the ground shake. Both of these natural disasters also cause an extreme amount of damage. A volcano is different from an earthquake in the fact that they produce lava.
What are types of natural disasters that happen on earth?
Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Drought, Earthquakes, and Whirlwinds are all natural disasters the happen on Earth. (Whirlwinds and Tornadoes are basically the same thing)
What natural disasters are caused by the structure of the Earth?
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and to some degree, landslides.
What two natural disasters come from plate tectonic movements?
Earth quakes and tsunami (also volcanoes)
What are plate titonics?
They are plates moving under the earth, they create many natural disasters such as floods and volcanoes
What would Earth's surface look like if there were no mountain uplift or erosion?
The earth's surface would look like what it is now except with no more new volcanoes, no more volcanic eruptions and no more earthquakes or natural disasters.
What is the difference between natural tectonic disasters and meteorological disasters?
Earthquakes are a type of tectonic disaster. This comes from the earth's surface. Tornados and hurricanes are types of Meteorological disasters. These come from the atomosphere.
Is earth the only planet with natural disasters. I need to find an answer for a Report. Dont ask what it is?
Other planets in our solar sustem besides earth have events such as huge storms, volcanoes, earthquakes and meteor bombardments, or have had them in the past. The question is though, are these disasters when there are no humans around to be effected by the events. I would suggest no, they are not since human lives are not effected.
What are the natural events that change the earth?
Wind, rivers (water), glaciers, volcanoes, and earthquakes. They change by taking Earth bits away.
