Examples Flashcards
What is an example of fires caused by earthquakes?
1906 San Francisco, Ca.
-underground gas pipes broke and caused fires that the city could not put out.
What is an example of a Tsunami?
2004 Indonesia, and all around the Indian Ocean. Tsunami are caused by fractures and splits in the ocean floor that cause a displacement of water.
Haiti and Los Angeles, both had a magnitude of 7.2. Which one had a higher intensity and why?
Haiti had more intensity because there is a higher population density in that country than there was in Los Angeles.
What is an example of a landslide?
California hillsides
In 1964 Alaska had an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2. Why was the intensity not as severe?
In 1964 Alaska, there were very few people living in that area at the time. In 1964, Alaska had a low population density.
2011 Japan had the 4th largest earthquake, which was soon followed by….?
a Tsunami
What is an example of a landform?
Pilot Mountain
What is an example of a landscape?
coastlines and plains
Where in the U.S. was there an intraplate earthquake, and what was the result?
Happened in Mississippi, and it force the river to flow in the opposite direction.
Bingham, Canyon Mine, Utah is an example of…?
Mass Wasting, soil builds up, ails, and then comes down.
Salt water intrusion is when all of the water that was in an aquifer is used and then replaced with salt water from a nearby ocean. What is an example of a place that experiences Salt Water Intrusion frequently?
Louisiana loses about 200 acres a day to salt water intrusion.
