Reducing the risk from tectonic hazards Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 4 main management strategies for reducing the risk from tectonic hazards?
A
Monitoring
Prediction
Protection
Planning
2
Q
What is a seismometer?
A
used to measure earthquakes
3
Q
What is a tiltmeter?
A
monitors changes in landscape
4
Q
How do we predict volcanoes?
A
warning signs or monitoring techniques
5
Q
How do we predict earthquakes?
A
Lazar beams can be used to detect plate movement.
A seismometer picks up vibrations in the earth’s crust.
6
Q
How can we be protected from earthquakes?
A
Earthquake proof buildings - reinforce the foundation,
Earthquake drills,
buildings that are moveable or else the building would snap during an Earthquake
7
Q
How do we plan an earthquake?
A
produce a hazard map
evacuation
exclusion zone
Earthquake proof structures
