Hazadous Earth

Question 1

What was the estimated number of people killed in the Haitian Earthquake?

Answer 1

Approximately 220,000 people were killed

Question 2

How many people were injured as a result of the Haitian Earthquake?

Answer 2

300,000 were injured

Question 3

What was the status of the main port at Port au Prince after the earthquake?

Answer 3

The main port at Port au Prince was damaged

Question 4

What percentage of the Haitian population now lives on less than a dollar a day post-earthquake?

Answer 4

Over 80% of the population

Question 5

What social issue became a serious problem following the Haitian Earthquake?

Answer 5

Looting (stealing from abandoned buildings)

Question 6

What was the impact on the food and water supply for Haitians after the earthquake?

Answer 6

Over 2 million Haitians were left without food and water

Question 7

How many hospitals in Port au Prince collapsed or were badly damaged?

Answer 7

8 hospitals

Question 8

What was the total number of houses destroyed and damaged in Port au Prince?

Answer 8

About 100,000 houses were destroyed and 200,000 were damaged

Question 9

What percentage of schools were destroyed in the capital and surrounding area?

Answer 9

80% of schools

Question 10

What difficulties arose for hospitals following the earthquake?

Answer 10

Frequent power cuts produced difficulties for hospitals

Question 11

What health crisis emerged due to the conditions after the earthquake?

Answer 11

Disease spread rapidly as people drank dirty water

Question 12

How many inmates escaped from the Prison de Port-au-Prince after it was destroyed?

Answer 12

Around 4,000 inmates

Question 13

How many Haitians were displaced and made homeless as a result of the earthquake?

Answer 13

1.3 million Haitians

Question 14

What hazard was created by dead bodies trapped under buildings?

Answer 14

Disease spread rapidly in warm/wet conditions

Question 15

What percentage of all commercial buildings were destroyed?

Answer 15

45% of all commercial buildings

Question 16

What is a primary effect of the earthquake?

Answer 16

Destruction of infrastructure and loss of life

Question 17

What is a secondary effect of the earthquake?

Answer 17

Increase in poverty levels and social unrest

Question 18

What are the categories used to classify the effects of the earthquake?

Answer 18

Social, Economic, Political, Environmental

Question 19

Fill in the blank: Economic effects relate to _______.

Answer 19

wealth (jobs, income, tax, business)

Question 20

True or False: 80% of schools in Port au Prince were undamaged after the earthquake.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

What are plate tectonics?

Answer 21

Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that the earth’s crust is comprised of many smaller plates.

Question 22

Define continental drift

Answer 22

Continental drift is the theory made by alfred wegner that the plates are shifting and moving over many years. He believed that long ago, the continents all were together in the supercontinent pangea

Question 23

State the evidence to support the idea of continental drift

Answer 23

1. Jigsaw fit
2. Study of fossils
3. Convection currents
4. Geological patterns

Question 24

Describe how jigsaw fit supports the idea of continental drift

Answer 24

All the continents look like they fit together and were broken at some point. This supports the pangea theory.

Question 25

Describe how the convection currents support the continental drift theory.

Answer 25

As the core heats rock in the mantle, it rises up and pushes the crust outwards, before cooling and sinking back down to the core, where the cycle repeats. This means over time the crust will morph and change the earths plates.

Question 26

How does the study of fossils support Alfred Wegners continental drift theory?

Answer 26

By analysing fossils, scientists have discovered that the same animals lived on very different cintinents long ago, where now there is a lot of wate between them. These animals could not have crossed the water, so we can deduct that at some point they were able to walk on land to get there.

Question 27

Describe the idea of geological patterns and how they support continental drift theory.

Answer 27

By analysing rock patterns, we have evidence that many years ago similar types of rock were formed together and now they allign across coastlines across the world.

Question 28

Define paleomagnetism

Answer 28

Paleomagnetism is when the iron particles align with the earths current rotations