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G Local species: Species that normally lives and thrives
in a particular ecosystem
Geological: Relating to the study of the earth’s
physical structure and substance M
Geologist: An expert in or student of geology Magma: Hot fl uid or semi-fl uid material below or
Glacier calving: The breaking of ice chunks from the within the earth’s crust from which lava and other
edge of a glacier igneous rock is formed on cooling
Grass fi re: An uncontrolled fi re in a grassy area Magnitude: The great size or extent of something
H Maritime: Connected with the sea, especially in
relation to seaborne trade or naval matters
Hazardous: Dangerous
Meteorologist: An expert in or student of meteorology
Heat stroke: A condition marked by fever and often and a weather forecaster
by unconsciousness, caused by failure of the body’s
Mobilise: Bring resources into use for a particular
temperature-regulating mechanism when exposed
purpose
to excessively high temperatures
Mock drill: A practice as how to save life in real time
Hill fi re: A raging, rapidly spreading fi re over a large
situation of any kind of danger calamity that occurs
piece of land such as a hill
with no advance or very little time to evacuate from
Hurricane Katrina: A tropical cyclone that struck the given place, especially done for earthquakes and
the south-eastern United States in late August fi re hazards
2005 which, in its aftermath, claimed more than
Mudslide: A mass of mud and other earthy material
1,800 lives, and was ranked as the costliest natural that is falling or has fallen down a hillside or other
disaster in U.S. history
slope
Hurricane: A storm with a violent wind
N
I Nuclear blast: Energy being released from a very fast

Ignition: The process of starting the combustion nuclear reaction
of fuel in the cylinders of an internal combustion Nuclear disaster: An accident involving a nuclear
engine power plant, perhaps with an escape of harmful
Immune system: The organs and processes of the radioactivity
body that provide resistance to infection and toxins
Inhalation: The action of inhaling or breathing in P
Instrumentation: Measuring instruments regarded Paralysis: The loss of the ability to move (and
sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the
collectively
body, typically as a result of illness, poison, or injury
J Perfume atomiser: A dispenser that turns a liquid

Jaundice: A medical condition with yellowing of such as perfume into a fi ne mist
the skin or whites of the eyes, arising from excess Post traumatic stress disorder: A mental health
of the pigment bilirubin and typically caused by condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event —
obstruction of the bile duct, by liver disease or by either experiencing it or witnessing it
excessive breakdown of red blood cells Premises: A house or building, together with its

L land and outbuildings, occupied by a business or
considered in an offi cial context
Lateral: Acting or placed at right angles to the line
of motion or of strain Q
Liquefaction: The process of making something Quarantine: A state, period, or place of isolation
into a liquid in which people or animals that have arrived

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