6.1 Natural Disasters Environmental Management

A large volcano that has had an eruption of magnitude 8 on the Volcano Explosivity Index.

-Yellowstone, Toba

A natural event that has the potential to cause harm to humans or the environment.

-Floods, earthquakes, wildfires

The likelihood of a natural hazard causing harm.

-lightning, fires, floods

A natural event that causes significant damage or loss of life.

-earthquakes, floods, hurricanes

The degree to which a system or population is likely to experience harm due to exposure to a hazard.

The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

Relating to or containing basalt, a type of dark volcanic rock.

Columnar basalt, lunar basalt

Mountains formed by the folding of Earth's crust.

-Alps, andes, himalayas

A scale for measuring the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions.

Flat-topped seamounts found in the ocean.

-Suiko, pako, vlinder