Tectonic Examples

Question 1

Divergent plate boundaries

Answer 1

• North American/Eurasian

* African/Antarctic

Question 2

Convergent plate boundaries

Answer 2

• Nazca/South America
• Pacific/North America
• Juan de Fuca/North America (oceanic/continental)
• Philippine/Pacific (oceanic/oceanic)

Question 3

Conservative plate boundaries

Answer 3

• North American/Pacific
• Arabian/African/Indian
• San Andreas Faultline

Question 4

Intraplate earthquakes

Answer 4

New Madrid, Mississippi Valley(1811-1812)🇺🇸

Question 5

Hot spot volcanoes/Evidence of sea floor spreading

Answer 5

Hawaii🇺🇸

Question 6

Landslides

Answer 6

Kashmir (2005)🇵🇰🇮🇳🇨🇳

Question 7

Lahar

Answer 7

Nevado Del Ruiz (1985)🇨🇴

Question 8

Developing

Answer 8

Haiti (2010)🇭🇹
Nevado Del Ruiz (1985)🇨🇴
Bam, Iran (2003)🇮🇷

Question 9

Emerging

Answer 9

Sichuan, China (2008)🇨🇳

Question 10

Developed

Answer 10

Heimaey, Iceland (1973)🇮🇸
Iceland (1996)🇮🇸
New Zealand (2010)🇳🇿
Japan (2011)🇯🇵

Question 11

Ineffective hazard plan/Vulnerable

Answer 11

Haiti(2010)🇭🇹
Nevado Del Ruiz(1985)🇨🇴
Kashmir(2005)🇵🇰🇮🇳🇨🇳
Sichuan, China(2008)🇨🇳
Bam, Iran(2003)🇮🇷

Question 12

Effective hazard plan/Resilient

Answer 12

Heimaey, Iceland(1973)🇮🇸Iceland(1996)🇮🇸
New Zealand(2010)🇳🇿

Question 13

Tsunami

Answer 13

Japan (2011)🇯🇵

Question 14

Earthquake

Answer 14

Haiti(2010)🇭🇹
New Zealand(2010)🇳🇿
Sichuan, China(2008)🇨🇳
Japan(2011)🇯🇵 - triggered tsunami
Bam, Iran(2003)🇮🇷

Question 15

Joklhlaup

Answer 15

Iceland (1996)🇮🇸

Question 16

Volcanic eruption

Answer 16

Heimaey, Iceland (1973)🇮🇸

Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland (2010)🇮🇸

Question 17

Mega hazards

Answer 17

Eyjafjallakull, Iceland(2010)🇮🇸

Japan (2011)🇯🇵

Question 18

Multiple hazards

Answer 18

California🇺🇸

Question 19

Diverting lava flows (Hazard mitigation)

Answer 19

Heimaey, Iceland (1973)🇮🇸

My Etna, Italy (1983/1992)🇮🇹