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restless earth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| facts about the oceanic plate | less than 200 million years old. denser it can sink it can be renewed or destryoyed |
| adaptation for a fold mountain | built a zip-zap road on the side of the mountain cut terraces for farming |
| what caused the Montserrat eruption? | north American/ Caribbean plate at a destructive plate boundary |
| Haiti earthquake: primary effects | around 100,000 houses were destroyed 220,000 people were killed 300,000 people injured |
| Haiti earthquake: secondary effects | 1.3 million people left homeless people moved into tents 2010 outbreak of cholera |
| Haiti earthquake: long term response | temporary schools were created I million people still homeless |
| Haiti earthquake: immediate response | th UN sent troops, aid teams and set up a food cluster to feed many people. |
| Montserrat eruption: primary effects | killed 23 people over 5,000 people left the island Plymouth became a ghost town rivers were contaminated and damaged by lahars |
| Montserrat eruption: secondary effects | tourist industry stopped minerals were in the soil and they were made fertile 50% evacuated to the north of the island |
| Montserrat eruption: long term responses | land became more fertile established monitoring station |
| Montserrat eruption: immediate responses | food clean water medical help shelter evacuation |
| Northridge LA, MEDC earthquake: primary effects | 9,000 homes/businesses lost electricity supply 12,500 structures were severely damaged |
| Northridge LA, MEDC earthquake: secondary effects | numerous fires caused by broken gas pipes valley fever occurred affecting peoples lungs |
| Northridge LA, MEDC earthquake: immediate responses | tents were sent up in parks the red cross helped with food and shelter |
| Northridge LA, MEDC earthquake: long term responses | more people have earthquake kits 80,000 housing units had been built in the area |
| earthquake | a sudden and brief period of intense ground shaking |
| the structure of the earth | the inner core outer core mantle crust |
| composite volcanoes | steep slope infrequent eruptions occurs on destructive plate boundary |
| fact about the continental crust | more than 1500 million years old less dense can float cannot be renewed or destroyed |
| collision plate boundary | two continental plates of equal density squeeze upwards as none of them will sinks forming fold mountains and due to pressure, violent earthquake happens. |
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