geography 2 Flashcards
(25 cards)
What is runny type lava called
Basalt
When land acts like a liquid due to seismic waves
Liquid Faction
What date was the Kobe earthquake
1995
The thick type of lava is called
andersit
The bay area of Kobe is called
Osaka Bay
The name given to sinking of oceanic plates into the mantle
Subducting
The type of plate margin where two plates slide past one another
conservative
A deep depression created by a supervolcanic eruption
caldera
The denser of the two plates
oceanic
The capital of Haiti
Port au Prince
The state that Mt St Helens is located in
Washington
The point on the earth where earthquake waves are at their most powerful
epicentre
The name given to protecting buildings by constructing an exoskeleton
retro-engineering
The name of the building in Kobe that is protected in this way
Osaka Tower
The scale that measures damage caused by earthquakes
Mercalli scale
The secondary threat created when extensive ash mixes with water
Lahars
The date of the Haiti earthquake
13th Jan 2010
The name of the bridge/motorway in Kobe that collapsed
Hanshin
The name of the power plant that the Japanese earthquake and Tsunami hit
Fukushina
The weight of the roofs that pancaked in the Kobe outer suburbs
2 tones
A flat, gentle sided volcano is called
shield
The name of the plug in the top of a volcano that causes pressure to build
lava dome
The date of Mount St Helens eruption
18 may 1980
The type of plate margin that you find composite volcanoes destructive
destructive
