tectonics 2.4

Question 1

2010 Haiti earthquake

Answer 1

groundshaking

Question 2

ruptures oil & chemical factories, fractures & aproot trees

Answer 2

groundshaking

Question 3

weakens buildings, bridges, roads & railways, snaps water & gas pipes

Answer 3

groundshaking

Question 4

people get trapped under collapsed buildings

Answer 4

groundshaking

Question 5

trees on liquefied soil sink in & tip over, liquefied soil may enter rivers and smother aquatic life

Answer 5

soil liquefication

Question 6

sewage pipes may be broken, untreated waste materials may pollute rivers

Answer 6

soil liquefication

Question 7

buildings & infrastructure can sink & tip over,

Answer 7

soil liquefication

Question 8

it can sink and damage electricity and comm cables, water/gas pipes, roads/railways

Answer 8

soil liquefication

Question 9

people can get trapped under buildings & infrastructure.

Answer 9

soil liquefication

Question 10

2010 -2011 Christchurch, New zealand earthquakes

Answer 10

soil liquefication

Question 11

2011 Tohoku, Japan earthquake

Answer 11

tsunamis

Question 12

the sea water can flood huge areas of coastal wetlands & forests, large amounts of debris carried in by the waves can pollute them

Answer 12

tsunamis

Question 13

fast moving waters & large amts of debris carried in by the waves can sweep away buildings & infrasture and roads & railways and snap elec & comm cables.

Answer 13

tsunamis

Question 14

the sweeping waters & large amts of debris carried in by waves can hit & kill/drown ppl

Answer 14

tsunamis

Question 15

2018 Papua New Guinea earthquake.

Answer 15

landslides

Question 16

fast moving debris can bury huge areas of forests & wetlands

Answer 16

landslides

Question 17

rivers can be polluted with debris and can be blocked causing floods which can drown ppl

Answer 17

landslides

Question 18

debris can bury villages and farms

Answer 18

landslides

Question 19

debris can elec & comm cables & water & gas pipes disrupting supple of these services

Answer 19

landslides

Question 20

roads & railways can be blocked by debris and bury/hit ppl

Answer 20

landslides

Question 21

2008 great sichuan china earthquake

Answer 21

landslides

Question 22

ash can be carried thousands of kilometers by prevailing winds, polluting huge areas of forests, rivers & other habitats & destroying ecosystems

Answer 22

Tephra

Question 23

ash can sufficate/kill wildlife and cause blindness to birds with their eyelids gummed tgt.

Answer 23

Tephra

Question 24

volcanic bombs can hit properties and people

Answer 24

Tephra

Question 25

ashfall can accumulate on roofs of buildings and being corrosive weaken building structures,

Answer 25

Tephra

Question 26

when saturated with water and the weight can double causing them more likely to collapse

Answer 26

Tephra

Question 27

thick blankets of ash can damage farmland, sufficating crops

Answer 27

Tephra

Question 28

ash particles can damage plane engines, leading to closure of airspaces.

Answer 28

Tephra

Question 29

ashfall can cause respitory problems, eye irritation & sufficate people

Answer 29

Tephra

Question 30

1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption in Philipines

Answer 30

Tephra

Question 31

sulfure dioxide results in acid rain when it reacts with water in the air which can corrode buildings

Answer 31

volcanic gases

Question 32

cold CO2 is heavier than air, it can become concentrated in low-lying in volcanic areas which can kill wildlife and destroy vegetation

Answer 32

volcanic gases

Question 33

sulfure dioxide irrates skin, eyes, nose & throat

Answer 33

volcanic gases

Question 34

air containing over 3% CO2 can cause headaches & breathing diff, 15%+ may cause death

Answer 34

volcanic gases

Question 35

Dieng volcano eruption in Indonesia in 1979

Answer 35

volcanic gases

Question 36

Hot, low-sillica lava can travel over some distances and destroy forests/other habitats/ecosystems

Answer 36

Lava flows

Question 37

lava can burn through homes, properties & infrastructure and destroy elec & comm cables/ water & gas pipes

Answer 37

Lava flows

Question 38

2018 Kilauea eruption in Hawaii

Answer 38

Lava flows

Question 39

the hot flows destroy huge areas of forests, burn through buildings and elec & comm cables, gas pipes

Answer 39

pyroclastic flows

Question 40

thick layers of ash pollute forests

Answer 40

pyroclastic flows

Question 41

the extreme temp. can burn/kill ppl quickly

Answer 41

pyroclastic flows

Question 42

2010 Merapi eruption in Indonesia

Answer 42

pyroclastic flows

Question 43

cover forests & other ecosystems & farms with thick mud that hardens.

Answer 43

Lahars

Question 44

can pollute rivers

Answer 44

Lahars

Question 45

can bury houses & buildings, with its residents resulting in death

Answer 45

Lahars

Question 46

roads & railways can be blocked by debris, damage comm & water, gas pipes

Answer 46

Lahars

Question 47

1985 Nevado Del Ruiz eruption in Columbia

Answer 47

Lahars

Question 48

fast-moving debris can bury huge areas of forests/villages and farms/bury ppl or hit them

Answer 48

volcanic landslides

Question 49

debris pollute rivers and blocks rivers causing floods damaging ecosystems, properties and drowing people

Answer 49

volcanic landslides

Question 50

debris snaps elec & comm cables and water & gas pipes, blocks roads and railways

Answer 50

volcanic landslides

Question 51

1980 Mt St Helens eruption in USA

Answer 51

volcanic landslides