Volcanoes
Hot liquid under the Earth's surface is known as what?
What is magma?
On what Hawaiian island is Kilauea located?
Hawaii (Big Island)
Loss from contact with flood water
What is direct loss?
What is the relationship between volcanoes and tectonic plates?
Volcanoes form when one tectonic plate moves under another
What is the classification of a volcano that has consistent activity?
What is active?
What is the horseshoe shaped area of the Pacific Ocean where it holds 90% of all volcanoes on Earth called?
What is the ring of fire?
Loss as a consequence of flood water (no contact)
What is indirect loss?
What continents make up the "ring of fire"?
Asia, North America, South America, Oceania (not a continent but still included)
The moving pieces of the earths crust that cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
what are tectonic plates?
List a few ways the government is responsible to help Hawaii prepare and recover from eruptions?
The government has a responsibility to look after its citizens.
The size of the disaster means it is essential there is a coordinated response.
The complexity of the disaster means it is essential to have an agency in charge of safety and protection of people and infrastructure.
Low pressure systems that occur several times a year off the eastern coast of Australia
What are East Coast Lows?
Can you stop lava?
No
The name of a Hawaiian volcano that erupted in 2018 and 2022
What is Kilauea?
How has the Pacific hotspot created the Hawaiian Islands?
While the hot spot itself is fixed, the plate is moving. So, as the plate moved over the hot spot, the string of islands that make up the Hawaiian Island chain were formed.
What are some examples of tangible monetary direct loss from floods?
Buildings and contents, vehicles, livestock, crops, infrastructure
What are two ways to predict volcanic activity?
Earthquakes (seismometers), gases, studying prior history, animal activity, well water temperature...
Volcanic locations under the crust of the earth that do not move but can form volcanoes and land mass
What are hotspots?
What was the name of the neighborhood that received the most damage from the 2018 eruption?
Leilani Estates
List three reasons that categorize a flood as "bad"
Physical destruction
Loss of lives/Injuries
Loss of community and culture
Financial loss or additional expenses
What are some examples of non-monetary intangible indirect loss from floods?
Stress and anxiety, disruption to living , loss of community, loss of cultural and environmental sites, ecosystem resource loss