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4.1 Earth Hazards and their Mitigation Flashcards

1
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What are the earth hazards you need to know about for this course?

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  • earthquakes
  • tsunamis
  • landslides
  • volcanoes
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What can landslides also be known as?

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Mass movement

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What is seismology?

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The study of earthquakes

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What are the different types of earthquake wave - in order of speed (most to least)?

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  1. P waves
  2. S waves
  3. surface waves
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5
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Which type of earthquake wave causes the most damage?

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Secondary

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What is the Richter Scale measured by?

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The ground shaking caused by the earthquake

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What is tectonic unzipping?

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A series of earthquakes along an active fault (over hundreds of years)

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Why do earthquakes occur in San Francisco?

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Due to being on the San Andreas Fault

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Why does liquefaction occur?

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Due to the shaking in wet sediments, which separates the grains and makes them behave like quicksand

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10
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What can be triggered by earthquakes?

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Landslips and tsunamis

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11
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What effect will a high population density have on the death toll?

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Increase death toll

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12
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How does the wealth of a country affect how disastrous an earthquake would be?

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Wealthy country - better prepared but greater economic loss/property damage

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What methods can be used to predict earthquakes?

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  • seismic gaps
  • hazard maps
  • changes in ground levels
  • gas measurements
  • changes in water levels in wells
  • foreshocks
  • animal behaviour
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14
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How can seismic gaps help to predict earthquakes?

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  • if area along fault has regular tremors then stress is being released - so large earthquake unlikely
  • area has few tremors - stress building - could result in big earthquake
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How can hazard maps help to predict earthquakes?

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Maps show places most likely to suffer from major earthquakes to focus attention on areas most in need

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16
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How can changes in ground levels help to predict earthquakes?

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Area around focus of earthquake may tilt due to swelling

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17
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What equipment can show change in ground levels due to earthquakes?

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Tiltmeters and lasers

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18
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How can gas measurements help to predict earthquakes?

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Radon, radioactive gas, moves up through cracks and can be detected in water in wells - if it ↑ then it shows rock is cracking more than usual = earthquake

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How can changes in water levels in wells help to predict earthquakes?

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If rocks are cracking, groundwater will sink into cracks and water levels fall

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How can foreshocks help to predict earthquakes?

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Number of foreshocks increases before a major events

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21
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How can animal behaviour help to predict earthquakes?

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Some animals show disturbed behaviour before events - may be due to slight changes in earth’s magnetic field

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How can the risk from earthquakes be reduced?

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  • planning
  • building design
  • ground or base isolation systems
  • resisting shear forces
  • absorbing sway
  • services
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23
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Features of a shield volcano?

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  • basalt
  • less viscous
  • less gas within - so runny
  • 1200 *C
  • lava flow, ash, small tephra
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Features of a composite volcano?

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  • andesite and rhyolite
  • more viscous
  • explosive - lava and pyroclastic flow
  • huge tephra
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Where do basaltic volcanoes form?

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Along constructive boundaries above hot spots

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26
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Where do andesitic volcanoes form?

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Above subduction zones

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27
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What type of volcano is more likely to cause major problems?

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Explosive andesitic variety

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28
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What are some volcanic hazards?

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  • lava flow
  • ash
  • pyroclastic flow
  • gas
  • lahar
  • lateral blast
29
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Description of lava flow?

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Localised distribution, depending on viscosity, and more dangerous to property than life

30
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Description of ash?

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Widespread and a health hazard to living things - cause roof collapse and destruction of farmland

31
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Description of pyroclastic flow?

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Local to volcano - very destructive and extreme hazard to life, given their temps and high velocity

32
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Description of lahar?

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Also known as volcanic mudflows - destructive in vicinity of volcano - particularly in tropical areas with heavy rainfall

33
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Description of lateral blast?

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Dangerous locally when volcano collapses and erupts sideways → fan shape of destruction

34
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Why do volcanoes not warm the climate?

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  • if anything, they cool it
  • produce ash - condensation nuclei
  • form clouds → high albeido
35
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What does VEI stand for?

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Volcanic explosivity index

36
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What is the VEI?

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Relative measure of the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions - measured by volume of material erupted - each VEI is 10x larger than the one below

37
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What methods can be used to predict volcanic eruptions?

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  • patterns of activity
  • ground deformation
  • gas emissions
  • groundwater changes
38
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How can ground deformation help to predict volcanic eruptions?

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Tiltmeters and GPR can be used to measure changes in volcano’s size/slope angle - swelling volcano suggests magma moving closer to surface

39
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How can gas emissions help to predict volcanic eruptions?

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As magma nears surface and pressure ↓, gases escape - ↑ amounts of SiO2 suggest magma near surface

40
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How can groundwater changes help to predict volcanic eruptions?

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↑ pressure causes water levels to rise and suddenly drop - ↑ heat flow can reduce flow in aquifers

41
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How can the risks of volcanic eruptions be reduced?

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Hazards maps

42
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How can hazard maps help reduce risks of volcanic eruptions?

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  • used by public officials
  • create plans for evacuation, rescue and recovery
  • future land use planning can be based on hazard maps
43
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What was the major tsunami in 2011?

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Japanese tsunami, 2011

44
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What is a tsunami?

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A water wave that occurs at the same time as an earthquake, but it is not a seismic wave

45
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What is a tsunami caused by?

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  • the bodily displacement of a large volume of water by the movement of a large section of crust on the sea floor
  • also due to the displacement of water by large landslides
46
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In open water, what is the approximate amplitude of a tsunami?

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A meter

47
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In open water, what is the approximate wavelength of a tsunami?

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Several hundred km

48
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In open water, what is the approximate speed of a tsunami?

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Up to 700 km/h

49
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What happens when a tsunami approaches the shallow waters of the coast?

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The height of the wave increases dramatically, surging across low-lying coastal areas

50
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What is the result of tsunamis?

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  • buildings swept away
  • people die - especially in low lying areas
  • contaminated groundwater supplies
  • damage to land near coast - reduce crop yield
  • natural environment suffers
51
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Prediction methods for which natural disaster are similar to that of tsunamis? Why is this?

A

Earthquakes as most tsunamis result from earthquakes

52
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How can risks from tsunamis be reduced?

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  • good early warning system - earthquake usually arrives well before tsunami - giving several hours warning for distant epicentres
  • Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System - set up by UNESCO
53
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How do raised coastal roads reduce effects of tsunamis?

A

Allows for easier evacuation

54
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How do embankments reduce effects of tsunamis?

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Acts as a barrier to water moving inland

55
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How do buildings at right angles to the coast set on concrete piles reduce effects of tsunamis?

A

Keeps property above the height of the water

56
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How do development-free zones of parks and forests reduce effects of tsunamis?

A

Slows down the water without damaging property

57
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What are landslides?

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Sudden movements of masses of rock and soil that may affect areas covering many square kilometers

58
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What are the main types of landslides?

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  • translational
  • topple
  • creep
  • rotational
  • fall
  • flow
59
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What are the factors that will influence whether a landslide is likely or not?

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  • ROCK TYPE - strength, porosity and permeability, geological structures e.g. faults, weathering
  • SLOPE ANGLE - clay unstable at 10° whereas other rocks can form vertical slopes
  • WATER - heavy rainfall = lubricant
  • PEOPLE
60
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What will be the final cause of a landslide?

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Heavy rainfall

61
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Which human activities can increase the chance that a landslide might happen?

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  • adding weight by building on slope
  • removing material from base of slope
  • pipes leaking water and sewage
  • removal of vegetation
  • tarmac
62
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What is geomorphology?

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Nature of the landscape

63
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How might glacial erosion 20,000 years prior contributed to a landslide?

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Boulder clay formed which is easily eroded

64
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What is used to gather landslide characteristics?

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Before and after aerial photographs

65
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What are the most effective methods of reducing the risk from landslides?

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  • planning regulations controlling location of buildings
  • building codes to stabilise slopes
  • control drainage
  • reducing the load of overlying materials
  • reducing gradients of slopes
  • planting vegetation
  • filling permeable rock with cement
  • increasing insurance premiums on property to stop building homes in high risk areas
66
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In general, what methods of prediction are used for natural hazards?

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  • hazard interval patterns (seismic gaps)
  • ground deformation (tiltmeters)
  • groundwater changes
  • gas emissions
67
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In general, what methods of reducing risk are there for natural hazards?

A
  • building design and regulation
  • prediction
  • warning schemes and evacuation
68
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What is the difference between lava flow and pyroclastic flow?

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Lava flows are molten rock; pyroclastic flows are rock fragments, dust, ash and gases

Eduqas GCSE Geology (9-1) (13 decks)

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