Hazardous Earth

Question 1

What does magnitude mean?

Answer 1

Used to measure the size of an earthquake at its source

Question 2

What is the name of the scale earthquakes are measured on?

Answer 2

The Richter Scale

Question 3

What causes tsunamis?

Answer 3

Earthquakes that occur from oceanic plates

Question 4

What are the four ingredients needed for a tropical cyclone?

Answer 4

Sea surface temperature of 26 degrees celsius, clusters of thunderstorms, the earths rotation to create the Coriolis effect and light winds to carry the storm

Question 5

What tropical storms forms over the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer 5

Hurricanes

Question 6

What tropical storms form over the Indian Ocean?

Answer 6

Cyclones

Question 7

What tropical storms form over the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 7

Typhoons

Question 8

What are the natural causes for climate change?

Answer 8

Meteorites, volcanic activity, sun spots and orbital changes

Question 9

What are the human activities causing climate change?

Answer 9

Industry, transport, agriculture and energy

Question 10

What is the evidence for natural climate change?

Answer 10

Ice cores, tree rings and historical records

Question 11

What are the earth’s three cells?

Answer 11

Polar cell, Ferrel cell and Hadley cell

Question 12

What are the two types of crust?

Answer 12

Continental and Oceanic

Question 13

Which crust type is more dense?

Answer 13

Oceanic

Question 14

What are the four layers of earth in order of thickness?

Answer 14

Crust, Inner core, Outer core, Mantle

Question 15

What are the types of plate boundary?

Answer 15

Convergent, Divergent, Collision, Conservative

Question 16

What are the two types of volcano and what plate boundary are they found at?

Answer 16

Composite-Convergent
Shield-Divergent

Question 17

What type of lava does each type of volcano have?

Answer 17

Composite-Thick and viscous
Shield-Thin, runny and non viscous

Question 18

Which two layers of the earth are entirely solid?

Answer 18

Crust and Inner core

Question 19

What direction do the plates move at convergent plate boundaries?

Answer 19

Towards each other

Question 20

What is a hotspot?

Answer 20

An area over a mantle plume where the magma is hotter then the surrounding magma

Question 21

What process causes earth’s tectonic plates to move?

Answer 21

Convection currents

Question 22

What is the name given to the cooling period of earth?

Answer 22

Glacial

Question 23

One example of a greenhouse gas?

Answer 23

Carbon dioxide

Question 24

What are two reasons for global sea levels rising?

Answer 24

Ice caps and glaciers melting and thermal expansion

Question 25

Why is the equator the hottest part of earth?

Answer 25

The sun's energy is most concentrated there

Question 26

What air rises to make an area of low concentration?

Answer 26

Hot less dense air rises

Question 27

What air sinks to create an area of high concentration?

Answer 27

more dense, cool air sinks

Question 28

On a climate graph what part is for the temperature and which part is for the precipitation?

Answer 28

Bars- precipitation Line- temperature

Question 29

What is the name of the developed country tropical cyclone case study, when was it and where was it?

Answer 29

Hurricane Katrina- 2005-US

Question 30

What were 4 of the preparations for Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 30

-Hurricane warning -Safe gaud homes -Levees (sea walls to prevent flooding) -Evacuation

Question 31

What were some Immediate responses to Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 31

-Emergency services for law and order -Search and rescue efforts -700 busses were asked for, only 100 came

Question 32

What were some long term responses to Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 32

-Pumps and levees were built -Over seventy countries pledged monetary donations or other assistance

Question 33

What is the name of the Emerging country tropical cyclone case study, when was it and where was it?

Answer 33

Typhoon Haiyan- 2013- Philippines

Question 34

What were 3 of the responses to Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 34

-Early warning system, only level 1 to start but soon grew to level 3 -People in areas at risk from flooding and land slides were evacuated -No storm surge defences

Question 35

What were some Immediate responses to Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 35

-Government and aid agencies responded quick with food, water and temporary shelter -UK Government sent emergency shelter kits

Question 36

What were some long term responses to Typhoon Haiyan?

Answer 36

-UK, Australia, Japan and US donated financial aid, supplies and medical support -Rice farming and fishing was quickly re-established