Restless Earth

Question 1

Facts about The Alps ?

Answer 1

Located in Central Europe

Population of 12 million

Question 2

Uses of the Alps ?

Answer 2

Farming
Tourism
HEP
Forestry

Question 3

The Alps for farming ?

Answer 3

Steep upland areas used to farm goats - providing milk, cheese and meat

Question 4

The Alps for tourism ?

Answer 4

100 million visit annually

70% visit in winter for : skiing, snowboarding, ice climbing

New villages and ski runs, ski lifts built to satisfy tourists
e.g. Tignes in France

Question 5

The Alps for HEP ?

Answer 5

Narrow valleys dammed, e.g. Berne in Switzerland

Switzerland gets 60% of its electricity from the Alps, HEP also for local homes

Question 6

The Alps for forestry ?

Answer 6

Scots Pine planted all over, resilient to goats, which kill native tree sapling

Trees also logged for selling / sold as furniture

Question 7

Adaptations of the Alps ?

Answer 7

Steep slopes terraced - planting vineyards,e.g. Lavaux Switzerland

Trees prevent avalanches and intercepts rock slides

Animal grazed at upland areas - soil quality is poor

Tunnels cut through mountains for fastest transport link, e.g. Lötschberg Base Tunnel in Switzerland

Question 8

Facts about Montserrat (island in Caribbean sea) ?

Answer 8

Soufriere Hills volcano erupted
25/06/1997
4-5m^3 rocks and ash released
19 deaths, 100+ injured

Question 9

Primay effects of Montserrat ?

Answer 9

20 villages & 2/3 of homes destroyed by pyroclastic flows - also caused forest fires

2/3 island in ash ; Plymouth - capital, under 12m of ash

Schools, hospitals destroyed, airport and port closed

Question 10

Secondary effects of Montserrat ?

Answer 10

~67% inhabitants left the island

Volcanic ash improved soil fertility

Tourism and businesses at first was destroyed, but now tourism resumed - 2013, 5000+ visited

Question 11

Immediate responses to Montserrat ?

Answer 11

UK provided £17 million emergency aid

People evacuated from S to N

Temp. shelters built to accommodate evacuees

Question 12

Long term responses to Montserrat ?

Answer 12

UK provided a further £41 million - develop N island

The Montserrat Volcano Observatory built - predict / monitor future volcanic activity

Question 13

Facts about Haiti ?

Answer 13

Caribbean island
Magnitude of 7.0
12/01/2010

Question 14

Primary effects of Haiti earthquake ？

Answer 14

230,000 killed
300,000 injured
180, 000 homes destroyed
All services badly disrupted

Question 15

Secondary effects of Haiti earthquake ?

Answer 15

3 million affected

Homeless accommodated in 1100+ camps for 1yr+

Question 16

Responses to Haiti earthquake ?

Answer 16

Emergency rescue teams arrived for a number of counties, e.g. Iceland

Dominican Republic provided emergency water

Red cross set up temp.hospitals

Question 17

Facts about Japan earthquake/tsunami ?

Answer 17

11/03/2011

Magnitude 9.0

Question 18

Primary effects of Japan earthquake/tsunami ?

Answer 18

18,000 killed

Damage ~$300 billion

Question 19

Secondary effects of Japan earthquake/tsunami ?

Answer 19

Tsunami - 39m high, travelled 6 miles inland

Caused cooling failure at Fukushima Daiichi power plant - Level 7 meltdown released 300 million tons of radioactive material daily.

10% JPN’s households without electricity

Question 20

Responses to Japan earthquake/tsunami ?

Answer 20

Experts working on ways to make buildings more earthquake resistant

JPN recently installed an upgraded tsunami warning system