OCR B Natural Hazards Quiz

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  • Created by: Hannah
  • Created on: 06-06-13 11:15

1. Name three ways in which people try to prepare for earthquakes and thier effects

  • building regulations for new houses, retrofitting for old buildings, education campaigns
  • seismic hazard maps, education campaigns, tie up trees
  • evacuations, building regulations for new houses, clearing roads
  • staying in the attic, retrofitting old buildings, boarding windows
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2. What type of volcano is usually found at destructive plate boundaries?

  • basic
  • cone
  • composite
  • shield

3. Name two ways people protect property and lives in tropical storms

  • strengthen houses, evacuation
  • plant wetlands, sell the house
  • embankments, board up windows
  • build houses on stilts, stay with grandma

4. Name two conditions needed for tropical storms to form

  • between the tropics, low pressure
  • humidity, high wind speeds
  • warm water, wind speeds of 0-12km
  • hottest time of the year, clouds

5. Name the term: the point underground where the earthquake occurs

  • seismic
  • quaker
  • focus
  • epicentre

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