tropical storms and plate margins

Question 1

why are there different number of deaths in different types of countries (4)

Answer 1

as in a HIC the buildings are more stable, emergency services can arrive quickly, diseases are not spread, predicted = evacuation and making buildings stronger but complete opposite in LICs

Question 2

prediction strategies for tropical storms

Answer 2

scientists use satellites, radar and aircraft to monitor storms and computers to predict where they will hit - time to evacuate

Question 3

protection strategies for tropical storms

Answer 3

buildings made to withstand storms e.g put on stilts to lift out of floodwater or built with reinforced material - prevent wind damage

Question 4

what are the 3 types of plate margins

Answer 4

constructive, destructive and conservative

Question 5

what happens at a destructive plate margin and what occurs as they collide

Answer 5

where oceanic and continental plates move towards each other and as they collide, the oceanic plate is forced beneath the continental plate. this is known as subduction which results in the formation of an ocean trench

Question 6

what 2 natural disasters can destructive plate margins cause and why

Answer 6

earthquakes and volcanoes as the oceanic is denser than continental. plate sinks into mantle then melts forming magma which builds up beneath the earth’s surface then escapes through weaknesses in the rock and rises

Question 7

what happens if 2 continental plates collide

Answer 7

neither can sink so the land pushes upwards forming fold mountains

Question 8

example of large and small scale volcanoes caused by destructive plates

Answer 8

Camp Flegrei in italy
Cinder cones in Mexico

Question 9

what happens at constructive plate boundaries and what occurs due to this

Answer 9

where plates move apart from one another therefore magma rises to make a new crust which can cause earthquakes and shield volcanoes

Question 10

landforms associated with constructive plate boundaries (3)

Answer 10

ocean ridges, rift valleys, shield volcanoes

Question 11

what happens at conservative plate boundaries and what occurs

Answer 11

where plates slide past each other in opposite or same directions but at different speeds. as they try to move friction occurs and plates become stuck. pressure builds up as they try to move and when released = huge amounts of energy = earthquake

Question 12

large scale landform caused by conservative plate boundary and example

Answer 12

fault line - San Andreas fault line - California USA