Hazadous Earth

Question 1

How thick is the crust?

Answer 1

50 km thick (roughly)

Question 2

How thick is the mantle?

Answer 2

2,900km thick (roughly)

Question 3

How thick is the outer core?

Answer 3

2260km thick

Question 4

What is the upper part of the mantle and the crust called?

Answer 4

Lithosphere

Question 5

What is the lower part of the mantle called?

Answer 5

Asthenosphere

Question 6

How hot is the outer core?

Answer 6

4000°C - 5700°C

Question 7

How hot is the inner core?

Answer 7

5700°C (the same temperature as the sun)

Question 8

What is the mantle made of?

Answer 8

Molten rock

Question 9

What is the outer core made out of?

Answer 9

Liquid

Question 10

What is the inner core made of?

Answer 10

Nickel and iron

Question 11

What are the 2 types of crust?

Answer 11

Continental and oceanic

Question 12

What are the types of tectonic place boundaries?

Answer 12

Conservative,
Collision,
Divergent,
Convergent

Question 13

What types of crusts are on divergent plate boundaries?

Answer 13

Oceanic and oceanic

Question 14

What types of crusts are on convergent plate boundaries?

Answer 14

Oceanic and continental

Question 15

What types of crusts are on collision plate boundaries?

Answer 15

Continental and continental

Question 16

What types of crusts are on conservative plate boundaries?

Answer 16

Continental and continental

Question 17

What are the 2 types of volcanoes?

Answer 17

Cone and shield

Question 18

What is the Richter scale?

Answer 18

The scale which measures the power of an earthquake. On a scale of 0-10

Question 19

What is the LEDC earthquake case study?

Answer 19

Haiti earthquake (2010)

Question 20

What magnitude was the Haiti earthquake (2010)?

Answer 20

Magnitude 7

Question 21

What is the MEDC earthquake case study?

Answer 21

Japan earthquake (2011)

Question 22

What was the magnitude of the Japan earthquake (2011)

Answer 22

Magnitude 9.0 - 9.1

Question 23

What temperature does he water need to be for an earthquake to form?

Answer 23

26.5°C

Question 24

What happens in low air pressure?

Answer 24

Cloudy, rain and wind

Question 25

What happens in high air pressure.

Answer 25

Clear sky’s and the air sinks

Question 26

What are the 3 cells in the global circulation model?

Answer 26

Hadley cell,
Polar cell,
Ferrel cell

Question 27

What are the 4 theories that caused past climate change?

Answer 27

The sunspot theory,
The orbital theory,
The eruption theory,
Asteroid collision

Question 28

What are 3 things that can tell us about past climate?

Answer 28

Ice cores,
Tree rings,
Historical sources

Question 29

How much of the atmosphere is nitrogen, CO2, oxygen, water vapour?

Answer 29

Nitrogen - 78.1%,
CO2 - 0.03%
Oxygen - 20.9%
Water vapour - 1%

Question 30

What are the 4 greenhouse gasses?

Answer 30

Carbon dioxide,
Methane,
Nitrous oxide,
Halocarbons

Question 31

What is a tropical cyclone?

Answer 31

A general term used to describe a rotating system of clouds and storms that form over tropical and subtropical waters.

Question 32

What are the 2 hurricane case studies?

Answer 32

Hurricane Katrina,

Cyclone Ali’s

Question 33

What level hurricane was Katrina when it his New Orleans?

Answer 33

Level 4

Question 34

What level was cyclone Alia?

Answer 34

I didn’t have a level, there hasn’t been a scale invented for that area

Question 35

What causes a hurricane to spin?

Answer 35

Coriolis force

Question 36

What is a primary effect?

Answer 36

An effect that occurs as a direct result of a natural disaster, witching a few hours or a day

Question 37

What is a secondary effect?

Answer 37

An effect that can be caused days, weeks or even years after the disaster, it can be caused because of a primary effect