Restless Earth Flashcards
The runny type of lava is called
Basalt
When land acts like a liquid due to seismic shaking
liquefaction`
The type of plate margin where two plates slide past another
Conservative
The date of the Kobe earthquake
17 Jan 1995
The thick type of lava is called
Andersite
The bay area of Kobe
Osaka Bay
The name given to sinking of oceanic plates into the mantle
subduction
A deep depression created by supervolcanic eruption
Caldera
The denser of the two plates
Oceanic
The capital of Haiti
Port au prince
The state that Mt St Helens is located
Washington
The point on the Earth where earthquake waves are at their most powerful
Epicentre
The name given to protecting buildings by constructing an exo skeleton
retroengineering
The name of the building in Kobe that is protected in this way
Osaka Bay Tower
The scale that measures damage caused by earthquakes
Mercalli
The secondary threat created when extensive ash mixes with water
Lahars
The date of Haiti earthquake
13 Jan 2010
The name of the bridge/motorway in Kobe that collapsed in the quake
Hanshin Expressway
The name of the scale that measures the magnitude of seismic waves
Richter
The name of the power plant that the Japanese earthquake and tsunami hit
Fukushima
The weight of the roofs that pancaked in the Kobe outer suburbs
2 tonnes
A flat, gentle sided volcano
Shield
The name of the plug in the top of a volcano that causes pressure to build
Lava dome.
The date of Mt St Helens eruption
18 May 1980
