Living in an Active Zone

Question 1

Four types of plate boundaries?

Answer 1

Destructive, Constructive, Collision and Conservative

Question 2

What are Primary Hazards?

Answer 2

Occur as a direct result of Earthquake or Volcanic eruption. For example, buildings collapsing, roads breaking and deaths resulting from these.

Question 3

What are Secondary Hazards?

Answer 3

Occur because of a change in environment following an earthquake or volcanic eruption. Gas or Water pipes might break causing fires. Others include homelessness and businesses going bankrupt.

Question 4

What type of boundaries do Volcanoes only occur on?

Answer 4

Destructive and Constructive boundaries.

Question 5

Five reasons why people live in Hazard Zones?

Answer 5

1) Tourism
2) Geothermal Energy
3) Fertile Soils
4) Metal Ores (Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc etc)
5) May not be able to afford to move

Question 6

Three ways of monitoring volcanoes?

Answer 6

1) Remote sensing (Temp and Gas emissions)
2) Seismometers (Measure earthquake activity)
3) Ultrasound (Detecting movement of Magma)