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Edexcel GCSE Geography B > Hazardous Earth > Flashcards

Hazardous Earth Flashcards

1
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What is the Crust?

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The thin layer of solid rock that cases the mantle beneath

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Types of crust?

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Oceanic and Continental

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How thick is oceanic crust?

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6-8 km thick

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How thick is continental crust?

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30-50 km thick

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What is oceanic crust made from?

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Basalt (Dense Igneous Rock)

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What is continental crust made from?

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Granite (Low Density Igneous Rock)

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What is the lithosphere?

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A layer consisting of the crust and upper mantle

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What is the asthenosphere?

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The top layer of the mantle

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What is the physical state of the outer core?

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Liquid

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What is the physical state of the mantle?

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A viscous fluid

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What physical state is the inner core?

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Solid

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12
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Where do convection currents occur?

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Outer Core and Mantle

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What is a convection current?

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The process by which heat is transferred from the core to mantle and mantle to crust. Hotter parts of the mantle/core rise to the top of their layer. Then, they cool and sink back down.

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14
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List the different sections of the Earth from the centre outwards.

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Inner Core, Outer Core, Lower Mantle, Upper Mantle (Lithosphere, Asthenosphere) and Crust (Lithosphere)

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What is the mantle made from?

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Peridotite

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What is the outer core made from?

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Iron and Nickel

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17
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What process heats the earth from within?

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Radioactive decay of elements like Uranium and Thorium in the core and mantle.

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What is a conservative plate boundary?

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Two plates sliding past one another.

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What does a conservative plate boundary cause?

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  • Destructive earthquakes, magnitude 8.5
  • Small daily tremors
  • No volcanoes
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What is a divergent plate boundary?

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When two plates move apart

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What does a divergent boundary cause?

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  • Small earthquakes, magnitude 5-6
  • Not very explosive or dangerous volcanoes
  • Occurs in fissures (cracks in crust)
  • Erupts basalt lava at 1200 degrees
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What is a convergent plate boundary?

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When one plate is pulled under the other

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What does a convergent plate boundary cause?

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  • Very destructive earthquakes, magnitude 9.5
  • Tsunamis
  • Very explosive, destructive, steep, cone-shaped volcanoes
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What is a collision zone boundary?

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When two plates collide, forcing both upwards

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What does a collision zone boundary cause?

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  • Destructive earthquakes, magnitude 9.0
  • Landslides
  • Volcanoes are very rare
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26
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Name an example of a conservative plate boundary

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San Andreas Fault

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27
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Name an example of a divergent plate boundary

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Iceland on the mid-Atlantic ridge

28
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Name an example of a convergent plate boundary

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Andes Mountains in Peru and Chile

29
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Name an example of a collision zone boundary

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Himalayas

30
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Name the four types of plate boundary

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Conservative, Divergent, Convergent and a Collision Zone

31
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How do convection currents help create volcanoes?

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When plates move apart, a void is created, which is filled with mantle that moves upwards due to the earth’s convection currents.

32
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Name a section of the earth with the youngest crust

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Middle of the Atlantic

33
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Give 2 contrasting example of countries affected by severe earthquakes (case studies)

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Haiti and New Zealand

34
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When a tsunami nears the coast what happens to its speed and height?

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It slows down, but its height increases dramatically

35
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What type of scale is the Richter scale?

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A logarithmic scale

36
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What is the point where earthquakes start called?

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The Focus

37
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What is the point on the ground directly above the focus called?

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The Epicentre

38
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What happens when the focus of an earthquake is shallower?

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A shallower focus means a more destructive earthquake

39
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What piece of equipment is used to measure an earthquake’s power?

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A seismometer

40
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What are the smaller earthquakes called that follow a main one?

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Aftershocks

41
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What is the hot, rising material in a convection current called?

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A magma plume

42
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What are the two main factors in the severity of an earthquake?

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Magnitude of earthquake and whether the affected country is an LEDC or an MEDC.

43
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What was the magnitude of the 2010 Haiti earthquake?

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7.0

44
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What were the shock magnitudes in Haiti’s earthquake?

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up to magnitude 6.0

45
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Why did so many people die in the 2010 Haiti earthquake?

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  • Poor architecture
  • Unprepared
  • People were bribed to sign of buildings despite them not meeting regulations
46
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Primary effects of Haiti Earthquake

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  • 230,000 deaths
  • 180,000 homes destroyed by ground shaking
  • Devastated the capital, Port-au-Prince
  • Infrastructure destroyed
47
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Long term effects of Haiti Earthquake

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  • 1.5 million people homeless
  • 1100 squalid camps with basic water and sanitation
  • Cholera outbreak killed several hundred
48
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Responses to Haiti Earthquake

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International aid sent to Haiti in the form of:

  • Food
  • Water
  • Medical supplies
  • Temporary shelters
49
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How deep was the Haiti Earthquake’s focus?

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13 km deep on a conservative boundary

50
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Where was the Haiti Earthquake’s epicentre?

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25 km west of Port-au-Prince

51
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What was the magnitude of the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan?

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Magnitude 7.2

52
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Primary effects of Kobe Earthquake

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  • 6434 people dead
  • 40,000 injured
  • Gas mains ruptured
  • Water pipes fractured
  • Railway lines buckled.
53
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Secondary effects of Kobe Earthquake

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  • 300,000 homeless
  • 2 million without electricity
  • 1 million without clean water for 10 days
  • $220 billion damage
54
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Responses to Kobe earthquake

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  • Everyone looked for survivors
  • Major retailers provided supplies for people
  • Motorola allowed free mobile phone connections
  • Railways 80% operational within a month
  • Most roads were fixed within half a year
  • Stricter building regulations put in place
  • Earthquake drills practised annually
55
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How did being an MEDC enable Japan to help Kobe reover rather quickly?

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They already had a lot of infrastructure in place in case of disasters like this. The government didn’t require as much international aid as Japan itself in very wealthy.

56
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How deep was the 1995 Kobe Earthquake’s focus?

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17.6 km

57
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Where was the Kobe Earthquake’s epicentre?

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20 km southwest of Kobe

58
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What are the three types of Volcano?

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  • Shield volcano
  • Composite/Strato volcano
  • Super volcano
59
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How an you describe a volcano’s activity?

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  • Active (frequent eruptions)
  • Dormant (temporarily inactive but not fully extinct)
  • Extinct (Never likely to erupt again)
60
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What type of boundary are shield volcanoes found?

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Constructive boundaries

61
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What type of boundary are composite volcanoes found?

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Destructive boundaries

62
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What are the characteristics of a shield volcano?

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  • Low with gently sloping sides
  • Formed by eruptions of thin, runny lava
  • Frequent, gentle eruptions
63
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What are the characteristics of a composite volcano?

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  • Made up of alternating layers of ash and lava
  • Eruptions can be pyroclastic flow instead of lava
  • Pyroclastic flow can roll down the sides of the volanop at very high speeds and with temperatures over 400°C
64
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What is pyroclastic flow?

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A mixture of hot steam, ash, rock and dust.

65
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What is a supervolcano?

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It is a volcano on a massive scale.

66
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What are the characteristics of a supervolcano?

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  • It erupts at least 1000 cubic km of material, whereas a large volcano erupts 1 cubic km.
  • It forms a depression called a caldera, whereas a volcano produces a cone shape
  • Often has a higher ridge of land around it
  • Eruptions are hundreds of thousands of years apart

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