Tectonic hazards

Question 1

Natural hazard

Answer 1

It’s a threat to people or poverty

Question 2

Tectonic plates

Answer 2

Destructive margins – move towards each other(oceanic and Continental), oceanic plate is denser so forced into mantel - ocean trench formed and volcanoes
Constructive – move away
Conservative – move sideways

Question 3

Volcanoes

Answer 3

Found at destructive and constructive plate margins

Question 4

Earthquakes

Answer 4

Occurred at all three plate margins – caused by tension that builds up

Question 5

Effects and responses

Answer 5

Primary – buildings collapse, people injured/killed
Secondary – leaking gas, unemployment, can trigger landslides
Immediate – rescue people, put out fires, recovered dead bodies, shelter
Long-term – re-house, repair/rebuild buildings

Question 6

Tectonic hazards example

Answer 6

Christchurch (H I C)

Haiti(L I C)

Question 7

Living with Tectonic hazards

Answer 7

Monitoring
Prediction
Protection
Planning

Question 8

Living with them

Answer 8

Always lived there
Employed in area
Soil is fertile
Volcanoes are tourist attractions