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Friday 16 January 2009

Theme 3: Natural Hazards (Tectonic) Quick Questions

Quick Questions: Natural Hazards (Tectonic)

1. What is a natural hazard?

2. Describe the Earth’s structure.

3. What are the places where tectonic plates meet called?

4. Describe what happens when an oceanic plate meets a continental place at a destructive margin.

5. What happens at constructive margins?

6. Describe one way that tectonic plates move at conservative margins.

7. What is an earthquake caused by?

8. What is the name of the point in the Earth where an earthquake starts?

9. a) Name the two types of plate margin that volcanoes are found at.

b) Describe how a volcano is formed at one of the margins.

10. What is the difference between the primary impacts and the secondary impacts of an earthquake?

11. Give three examples of a primary impact of an earthquake.

12. Give three examples of a secondary impact of an earthquake.

13. Describe two reasons why the impacts of an earthquake are move severe in LEDCs.

14. Give two reasons why people continue to live in areas where earthquakes happen.

15. Describe one way buildings can be designed to withstand an earthquake.

16. Describe how education can reduce the impacts of earthquakes.

17. Why is prediction not a sustainable strategy for reducing the impacts of an earthquake?

18. a) Name and LEDC and an MEDC where an earthquake or volcanic eruption caused a disaster.

b) Describe two primary impacts and two secondary impacts of each disaster.

c) Explain why the severity of the impacts was different in the two places.

19. Give two reasons why people choose to live close to volcanoes.

20. Give three examples of a primary impact of a volcanic eruption.

21. Give three examples of a secondary impact of a volcanic eruption.

22. How do scientists try to predict volcanic eruptions?

23. Describe two planning strategies that reduce the impact of a volcanic eruption.

24. Describe two building techniques that reduce the impact of a volcanic eruption.

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