Geography Flashcards
What population does a conurbation have to have to be a conurbation?
A million or more.
what is the main city and the population for Greater London?
London and 6900,000
what is the main city and population for the West Midlands?
Birmingham and 2600,000
what is the main city and population for Greater manchester?
Manchester and 2,400,000
What is the main city and population for Merseyside?
Liverpool and 1,500,000
What is the main city and population for West Yorkshire?
Leeds and 1,900,000
What is the main city and population for Tyneside?
Newcastle and 1,000,000
What is the main city and population for Strathclyde?
Glasgow and 1,500,000
What is a conurbation?
A conurbation is a built up area of small towns and villages.
What do you use to measure the magnitude of an earthquake?
The Richter scale
What is the focus of an earthquake?
It is where it happens underground
What is the epicentre?
The epicentre is directly above the focus
What is liquification?
It is when water is forced up to the surface causing buildings to sink a little especially inn soft rock areas.
What do you use to record movement in the Earth’s crust?
We use a sesimometer because it is known as a sesimic activity
What causes an earthquake?
Well the mantle which is made up of hot sticky molten rock (which is always being heated because of the cores heat) moves around pushing the tectonic plates around which gives rise to earthquakes and volcanoes
