Hazardous Earth

Question 1

Deaths in Hurricane Katrina

Answer 1

1833 deths

Question 2

People displaced in Hurricane Katrina

Answer 2

1 million people displaced

Question 3

Long term problems caused by Hurricane Katrina

Answer 3

• contaminated groundwater
• destroyed coastal habitats
• deaths

Question 4

Hurricane Katrina category

Answer 4

Category 5 hurricane

Question 5

New Orleans flooding

Answer 5

80% of New Orleans flooded

Question 6

Problems caused by cyclone aila

Answer 6

• ruined crops
• killed livestock
• destruction of costal embankments
• polluted water supply’s

Question 7

What did cyclone aila result in

Answer 7

3 metre storm surge

Question 8

Cyclone

Answer 8

System of wind that rotates inwards

Question 9

Greenhouse effect

Answer 9

Trapping the suns rays that warms the earth

Question 10

Climate change

Answer 10

A change in global climate patterns

Question 11

Japan’s earthquake Richter scale

Answer 11

9.0 on the Richter scale

Question 12

Deaths cause by the Japanese earthquake

Answer 12

1479 deaths

Question 13

Problems caused by Japanese earthquake

Answer 13

• 56 bridges collapsed
• dam burst
• deaths
• 1.2 million buildings damaged

Question 14

Haiti earthquake Richter scale

Answer 14

7.0 on the Richter scale

Question 15

Deaths caused by Haiti’s earthquake

Answer 15

316,000 deaths

Question 16

Problems caused by Haiti’s earthquake

Answer 16

• 1.5 million made homeless
• cholera spread through squatter camps
• looting+crime increased
• Haiti’s port badly damaged

Question 17

What did the Japanese earthquake result in

Answer 17

The earthquake set off a tsunami

Question 18

Cyclone management techniques

Answer 18

• weather forecasting
• evacuation
• warning systems
• satellite technology
• storm surge defences

Question 19

Tree rings

Answer 19

Cutting open a tree results in many rings being shown, each ring is a year the tree has lived. A warm and wet year means the tree ring will be further apart and a closer tree ring is a colder and drier year

Question 20

Ice cores

Answer 20

Chunks of ice which contain carbon dioxide bubbles. The more carbon dioxide the hotter the climate was

Question 21

Historical resources

Answer 21

Written sources like diaries, books and old newspapers that contain information about the weather

Question 22

The earths structure in order:

Answer 22

• continental crust
• upper mantle
• Lower mantle
• outer core
• inner core

Question 23

How do cyclones form?

Answer 23

They form near the equator where the sea is the right temperature at 26.5 degrees with strong wind patterns

Question 24

All the earths cells

Answer 24

• polar cells, suns rays are less intense and spread over a wider area
• Ferrell cells
• Hadley cells, the suns rays are more intense which leads to hotter temperatures

Question 25

Divergent plate boundary

Answer 25

Two plates move apart on the sea floor creating a mid open ridge, magma rises solidify sand creates shield volcanoes

Question 26

Conservative plate boundary’s

Answer 26

Two plates move past each other sometimes causing earthquakes

Question 27

Convergent (both)

Answer 27

(Continental-continental)
Push together to form gold mountains as two plates meet and rise upwards

(Oceanic-continental)
The Oceanic plate moves under the continental plate forming a sea trench and volcanoes