Geography Exam Revision

Question 1

What is the destructive plate margin?

Answer 1

An oceanic crust is denser the continental crust forces the oceanic crust underneath it. When the oceanic crust begins to melt it rises back up causing earthquakes and volcanoes.

Question 2

What is a constructive plate margin?

Answer 2

When the oceanic plate pulls apart it creates a gap which allows magma to rise up.

Question 3

What is a conservative plate margin?

Answer 3

When plates move along side each other in opposite directions or in the same direction but at different speeds creating earthquakes.

Question 4

What is a primary affect?

Answer 4

An immediate affect of a natural disaster:

Collapsed Buildings

Question 5

What is a secondary affect?

Answer 5

An affect that happens later on after the natural disaster has occurred:
Deaths due to infections or disease

Question 6

Primary effects of the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 6

Approx 200k died
Around 300k injured
Overall around 3.5 million affected by the earthquake
Approx 4000 schools destroyed
60% government buildings destroyed
Contaminated water

Question 7

Secondary effects of the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 7

1.5 million homeless
600k living in temporary accommodation.
No water, food medicine or shelter
No jobs, schooling and medical facilities
Orphans
Loss of wage earners
Loss of tourism
Diseases

Question 8

Immediate Responses of the Haiti earthquake

Answer 8

Countries sent relief and medical teams

Rescue teams took 48 hours to arrive

Question 9

Long term responses of the Haiti earthquake

Answer 9

Cash raised by cash for work programs.

Question 10

What is the most affective way to reduce the impact of a natural disaster?

Answer 10

Monitoring and Preparing.