restless earth

Question 1

what plates are in destructive margins

Answer 1

oceanic and continental or two continental

Question 2

name the three plate margins

Answer 2

destructive constructive conservative

Question 3

which margin do they move away from each other

Answer 3

constructive

Question 4

what’s conservative

Answer 4

when the plates slide past each other at different speeds

Question 5

from the centre what’s the structure of the earth

Answer 5

inner core outer core mantle crust

Question 6

where are fold mountains found

Answer 6

destructive margins

Question 7

what plates are needed for fold mountains

Answer 7

oceanic and continental or two continental

Question 8

describe fold mountains with three key terms

Answer 8

high rocky seep sided

Question 9

five ways people use fold mountains

Answer 9

farming tourism mining forestry hydroelectric power

Question 10

CASE STUDY:ALPS what countries

Answer 10

Austria France Germany Italy Liechtenstein Slovenia Switzerland

Question 11

how many tourists visit the alps per year

Answer 11

100 million

Question 12

where are volcanoes found

Answer 12

destructive and constructive

Question 13

3 volcanoes

Answer 13

shield composite dome

Question 14

characteristics of shield

Answer 14

low flat volcano runny lava layers of lava

Question 15

characteristics of composite

Answer 15

steep sided very ashy layers of ash and lave thick lava

Question 16

characteristics of dome

Answer 16

steep sided thick lava layers of lava

Question 17

CASE STUDY: for volcano

Answer 17

Montserrat

Question 18

5 primary effect volcano

Answer 18

capital city was covered in 12m of ash
\+20 villages were destroyed 
schools hospitals airports and port were destroyed 
farmland destroyed 
19 people died 7 injured

Question 19

5 secondary impacts volcano

Answer 19

after fires destroyed buildings
tourists stayed away loosing money for the country
population decrease 
soil fertility improved 
increase in tourism to see volcano

Question 20

3 immediate responses volcano

Answer 20

people were evacuated
uk provided £17 million emergency aid
search squads went to rescue people

Question 21

3 long term responses volcano

Answer 21

parts of the island are shut for safety
uk gave £41 million for building with
equipment to predict future eruptions are in place

Question 22

where are super volcanoes found

Answer 22

destructive plates

Question 23

state the characteristic of super volcanoes

Answer 23

flat
cover a large area (much bigger than normal volcanoes)
have a caldera

Question 24

which plates margins are earthquakes found

Answer 24

all three destructive constructive conservative

Question 25

what’s an epicentre

Answer 25

its directly above the focus where the earthquake hit

Question 26

name the two ways earthquakes can be measured

Answer 26

richer scale

mercalli scale

Question 27

explain the richer scale

Answer 27

measures the energy released
measured using a seismometer which measures vibrations
each number is 10 times more than previous number

Question 28

explain the mercalli scale

Answer 28

measures effects of an earthquake
measured by eye witnesses
scale is 1-12