Progress Assessment

Question 1

What are the layers of earth

Answer 1

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Question 2

How thick is the crust

Answer 2

5-70km

Question 3

How thick is the mantle

Answer 3

Approx 2900km

Question 4

How thick is the outer core

Answer 4

Approx 2200km

Question 5

How thick is the inner core

Answer 5

Approx 1200km

Question 6

Temperature of crust

Answer 6

Coldest layer

Question 7

Temperature of mantle

Answer 7

1000-3700

Question 8

Temperature of outer core

Answer 8

4500-5500

Question 9

Temperature of inmer core

Answer 9

5200

Question 10

What is the crust made of

Answer 10

Solid rock that is broken up into pieces called tectonic plates. It contains rock and minerals

Question 11

What is the mantle made of

Answer 11

Semi-molten rock called magma

Question 12

What is the outer core made of

Answer 12

Liquid iron and nickel

Question 13

What is the inner core made of

Answer 13

Iron and nickel

Question 14

What is wegners theory

Answer 14

The earth used to be one continent called pangea

Question 15

What is the jigsaw fit theory

Answer 15

Continents fit logether like a puzzle. An example is India and eurasia.

Question 16

What is the study of fossils theory

Answer 16

Continents were once together. Similar fossils on different continents and the dinosaurs couldn’t swim

Question 17

What are the 3 types of plate boundaries

Answer 17

Divergent, conservstive, collision

Question 18

Where are conservative plate boundaries found

Answer 18

Fault between san andreas and los angeles

Question 19

Where are collision plate boundaries found

Answer 19

Himalayas

Question 20

Features produced from divergent plate boundaries

Answer 20

Smaller or non violent volcanoes

Question 21

Features produced from conservative plate boundaries

Answer 21

Really strong and violent earthquakes / tsunamis

Question 22

Features produced from collision plate boundaries

Answer 22

Fold mountains and earthquakes

Question 23

Impacs of the haiti earthquake

Answer 23

220000 people wer killed
300000 people were injured
Over 80% of the population have less than 1 pound per day
2 million people had now food or water
8 hospitals were damaged
100000 houses were damaged
Power cuts
4000 inmates escapes
Trapped dead bodies
Lots of people stealing
Government building collapsed
Roads damaged
80% of schools destroyed
Diseases spread
1.3 million people wee made homeless
45% of buildings were destroyed

Question 24

Whats a nuclear power

Answer 24

It is electric power generated by a nuclear reactor

Question 25

Impacts of chernobyl

Answer 25

Many liquidators died and their children were ill
40,000 people were evacuated from nearny towns and people still can’t live there
Belarus was heavily affected, children were 100x more likely to get cancer
110,000 people from belarus were evacuated. Fruits amd animals were contaminated
Wind blew radioactive dust in russia
Newborn babies in poland died straight away
More children in romania were dying
Children in germany were born with disabilities and illnesses
Food, fish and clothes were contaminated in norway and finland
People in britain couldn’t drink rainwater
Spain and portugal recieved some radiation

Question 26

What is a superpower nation

Answer 26

A superpower is an extremely powerful country, especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful countries. Its power can be felt all over the world.

Question 27

Examples of superpower nations

Answer 27

Brazil, usa, uk, russia, china, india, france

Question 28

7 factors of a superpower nation

Answer 28

Size, population, resources, military economy, politicians, culture