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GCSE REVISION 2 Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis – cause effects and responses
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QUICK SORT …. Define the terms PRIMARY impacts/ effect and SECONDAY. NOW sort the following statements…… Tourists stay away Fires destroyed buildings Tourists stay away – loss of income School hospital and airport destroyed Population leaves the area Ash improves fertility 19 people died 20 villages 2/3 rds homes destroyed Farmland and crops destroyed Tourism inc to see the volcano.
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Quick responses ?! Explain the difference to your partner between Immediate and long term responses… now sort these. People evacuated to safety Montserrat volcano observatory set up Search and rescue from local emerg services. Temporary roads and elec supplies put in place UK provided aid – for new docks airport and houses. Shelters were built for evacuees A risk zone map – exclusion zone near active areas UK sent £17 mill emergency aid
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SUPERVOLCANOES… Draw 3 or 4 diagrams to show how they are formed…..key labels … magma chamber Swelling Dome created Faulting Venting – gas and ash Collapse Caldera formed NAME a famous deadly example.
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Global impacts of an eruption … GIVE me a list of 5 serious global effects ……….
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Throws out thousands of cubic km of ash, rock and lava. Thick cloud of superheated ash and gas – nuee ardentee – kills burys and burns all in path. Ash shoots kms into atmosphere – blocks out daylight, over much of continent. Trigger mini ice age. Burys fields crops – food shortages – buildings. Climate change globally – 1-3 deg cooler on av.
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Earthquakes – by definition Define the following terms…. FOCUSRichter scaleSeismic wave Seismometer EPICENTREMercalli scale P wave and S Wave Seismograph
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IMPACTS LEDC or mEDCn to SORT OUT LEDC 290 deaths 80,000 deaths Fires rage in collapsed buildings Hundreds injured and homeless 3 mill homeless MEDC Water pipes and elec lines broken. Bridges collapsed. Landslides caused. No or distant hospitals. Emergency services quickly to the rescue
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Tsunamis Draw a diagram to show the cause… how produced. IMPORTANT things to label…Focus, Epicentre, displacement of water, shallow water, build in height, friction at base, long wave length, not noticeable out at sea.
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Japan or Indonesia …that is the question …. JAPAN For each I need Names of plates Date of Event 5 effects 3 short term 3 long term responses INDONESIA
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