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What is a superpower nation

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A extremely powerful countrywhich is able to influence international events and the acts and policies of less powerful countrty’s

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What does the B stand for in Bric

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Brazil

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What does the R stand for in Bric

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Russia

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What does the I stand for in Bric

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India

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What does the C stand for in Bric

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China

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What does the M stand for in mint

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Mexico

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What does the I stand for in Mint

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Indonesia

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What does N stand for in Mint

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Nigeria

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What does the T stand for in Mint

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Turkey

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What factors make a nation a superpower

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Resorces,Military strength,Political power,size,economic strength,Population and soft power

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What is a emerging superpower

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A powerful country that is near being called a Superpower

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What does Bric and Mint represent

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Countrys that are emerging Superpowers

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What is a Uni-Polar World System

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A system where all the power lies in one country

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What is a Bi-Polar world system

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A system of world order where 2 countrys have the majority of power

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What is a Multi-Polar world system

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A system where power is distributed across 3 or more countrys

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What was the magnitude of the Haiti earthquake

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A magnitude 7.0 earthquake

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What is Jigsaw fit

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Some continents fit together like a geological jigsaw puzzle

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What was the original continent called

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Pangea

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What is continental drift

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The idea that continents are slowly shifting theit positions

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What are convection currents

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Magma is heated to 5000 degrees celcius in the mantle and rises to the crust where they cool and sink only to be heated again. The
process continues. This was powerful enough to move the earth’s plates.

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The third piece of evidence Alfred Wegener was The study of fossils.What was it about

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Similar fossils are on different continents and the species could not have crossed oceans so they must have lived when the continents where still conected

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Alfred Wegener’s forth piece of evidence was Geological patterns.What was this about

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Similar pattern of rock lauers on different continents.Coal was also found in Antartica.Coal only formes in warm conditions which means antartica used to be in a warmer part of the world

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Who was Alfred Wegener

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The man who discovered continental drift

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What is the capital city in Haiti

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Port au Prince

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Which layer of the Earth is the thickest
The mantle
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Which layer of the Earth is the hottest
The inner core
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Which layer of the Earth is broken up into tectonic plates
The crust
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Which layer of the Earth has convection currents
The mantle
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Is the inner core of the Earth liquid
No
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Divergent(constructive) plate boundaries have the newest rock
True
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What happens at a divergent(constructive) plate boundary
A Shield Volcano and Earthquakes
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What will happen at a convergent(destructive) plate boundary
A Cone/Composite Volcano and Earthquakes
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What will happen at a conservative(transform) plate boundary
Cone/Composite Volcano and Earthquakes
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What will happen at a convergent(collision) plate boundary
A Shield Volcano and Fold Mountains
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What are the two scales we use to measure earthquakes
The richter scale and the mercalli scale
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Which scale measures the magnitude of a earthquake
The richter scale
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How does the mercalli scale measure a earthquake
Visual observations to measure the impact of the earthquake
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What units are used when measuring a earthquake with the mercalli scale
Roman numerals from I to XII
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What is pyroclastic flows
Fast moving currents of hot gas and rock from a volcanic eruption
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What is a lahar
Violent type of mud flow or debris flow from a volcanic eruption
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Why do people live in volcanic areas
Fertile land for crops Jobs in tourism Selling ash They have no choice Attractive lanscape
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What is the advice given to students in earthquake prome countries
Drop,Cover,Hold on
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What are the main cause of earthquakes
Movement of tectonic plates
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What are some of the secondary effects of earthquakes
Tsunamis
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What does GDP stand for
Gross Domestic Product
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Which country is often reffered to as the leading Superpower
The United States of America
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What are the 4 layers of the Earth
The crust,The mantle,The inner core and the outer core
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What material is the crust usually made of under the oceans
Basalt
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Which layer in the Earth is the coldest
The crust
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Where is the crust at its thinnest
Under the oceans
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What temperature is the mantle
Approximately 1000 degrees celcius neer the crust and 3700 degrees celcius near the outer core
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What is the Outer core made of
Semi liquid iron
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What temperature is the outer core
3700-5000 degrees celcius
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How thick is the outer core
Approximately 2300KM thick
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Where is the Earths magnetic field formed
The outer core
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How thick is the Inner core
1250KM thick
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What temperature is the Inner core
Over 5000 degrees celcius
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What materials is the inner core made up of
Mainly iron and nickel
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Why are the rocks in the inner core still solid
Because the pressure in the inner core is 4 times more than the crust
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What tectonic plate is the UK on
The Eurasian Plate
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Where do most earthquakes occur
Tectonic plate boundaries
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What is a destructive plate boundary
where two plates are moving towards each other, one of which is continental crust and one is made of oceanic crust
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What are fold mountains
large mountain ranges formed by the collision and ‘folding’ of two plates as they plates continually push into one another
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What are Ocean trenches
They are deep points in the ocean where the oceanic and continental crust have dragged each other downwards
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What are subduction zones
They are when one plate is forced downwards below another plate and grinds past it causing huge amounts of friction and heat
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What are more dense Oceanic crust or continental crust
Oceanic crust
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What is a Composite Volcano
They are very steep volcanos formed on a destructive boundary.The magma inder the surface has high silica levels and is very explosive which makes Composite Volcanos the most dangerous Volcanos

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