Unit 1 - California Flashcards
0
Q
GDP per capita
A
$65,000
1
Q
Population
A
40 million
2
Q
Mega cities (3)
A
LA, San Diego, San Francisco
3
Q
Volcanoes: (Last eruption)
A
1915
4
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Earthquakes: (Plates, Boundary, percentage within 50km of a fault)
Examples: (Place, month, year, time, scale, deaths and injuries) (2)
A
Pacific and NA, Conservative, 70%
San Francisco, Oct 1989, 5pm, 7.1 Richter scale, 63 dead 13,000 injured
LA, Jan 1994, 4.30am, 6.7 Richter scale, 57 dead 1500 injured
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Q
Drought: (Why, current drought)
A
Mediterranean climate, anticyclones, Less evaporation so less precipitation
6
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Wildfires: (Why, Place, Month, Year, deaths and homes destroyed)
A
Santa Ana dry winds from the east
California, Oct 2007, 22 dead 1300 homes destroyed
