Tectonic Hazards Flashcards

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Are tectonic hazards a type of natural hazard?

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Yes

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What is a natural hazard?

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A naturally occurring event that has the potential to affect people’s lives or property

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Name a couple examples of natural hazards?

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Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions

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The earths surface is separated into…

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Tectonic plates

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Describe the 4 layers and the structure of the earth and what they are made out of

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  • Inner core - solid nickel and iron
  • Outer core - liquid
  • Mantle - semi-molten rock that moves very quickly
  • Crust- very thin, divided into tectonic slabs
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What are the two types of crust?

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  • Continental

* Oceanic

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What type of crust is thick and less dense?

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Continental

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What crust is thin and more dense?

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Oceanic crust

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The plates are moving because…

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The rock in the mantle underneath them is moving

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10
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The places where the plates meet are called the ____ or _____

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Boundaries or plate margins

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What are the 3 types of plate margin?

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  • Destructive
  • Constructive
  • Conservative
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The area where continental plates collide is called a …

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Collision zone

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Destructive margins are where two plates are… explain

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Moving towards eachother.

Where an oceanic plate meets a continental plate, the denser oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle and destroyed.

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What’s an example of a destructive margin?

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Pacific plate is being forced under the Eurasian plate along the east coast of Japan.

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Constructive margins are where two plates are… explain

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Moving away from eachother.

Magma (molten rock) rises from the mantle to fill the gap and cools, creating new crust.

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What’s an example of a constructive margin?

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The Eurasian plate and the North American Plate are moving apart at the mid-Atlantic ridge

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Constructive margins are where two plates are….. explain

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Moving sideways past eachother.

or are moving in the same direction but at different speeds. Crust isn’t created or destroyed.

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What’s an example of a conservative margin?

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The Pacific plate is moving past the North American plate on the west coast of the USA

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What’s a fault?

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A fracture in the earths crust that shows signs of movement

20
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What’s the subduction zone?

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Area of destructive plate boundary. The plate does under another.

21
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Do earthquakes occur at all three plate margins?

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How is an earthquake caused at a destructive margin?

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Pressure builds up when one plate gets stuck as it’s moving down past the other into the mantle

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How is an earthquake caused at a constructive margin?

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Pressure builds up along the cracks within the plates as they move away from eachother

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How is an earthquake caused at a conservative margin?

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Pressure builds up when plates that are grinding past eachother get stuck

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What are shock waves?
Vibrations that cause an earthquake
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What is the focus?
The point in the earth where the earthquake starts
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What is the epicentre?
The point on the earths surface straight above the focus
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Near the epicentre the shock waves are...
Stronger and cause more damage
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The amount of energy released by an earthquake (its magnitude) is measured using...
The Richter scale
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Are volcanoes found at all three types of plate margin?
No, only destructive and constructive plate margins