Tsunamis
What causes Tsunamis?
Plate Tectonics or underwater earthquakes
What are the two types of earthquakes?
Shallow and Deep
What are the two types of volcanoes?
Explosive and non-explosive
What is a landscape?
An area made up of landforms
What is a landform?
A physical feature of the earth
How fast can Tsunamis travel?
500 miles per hour (or 800kms/hr)
What country has had the highest recorded earthquake?
Chile, measured 9.5 on the Richter scale
What type of plate boundary causes Volcanoes?
Convergent Or Divergent
Which landscape is described as where land meets sea?
Coastal
The process of rocks being broken down by wind, water or ice is called?
Weathering
Name 2 other causes of a tsunami
Underwater landslide or underwater volcanoes
What is an earthquake?
Massive tremors that run through the Earths crust.
What country was made my volcanoes? (Hint: its in Europe)
Iceland
What landscape is formed by tectonic plates pushing against each other and forcing the land above upwards, forming ridges or lone uprisings.
Mountain
The process of rock or sediment being moved from one place to another by wind, water or ice is called?
Erosion
What height did the waves of the boxing day Tsunami reach?
30m !
How many people were killed in the 2004 Sumatra earthquake?
Over 220,000
What recent disney movie features a volcano by the name of Te Ka?
Moana
What landscape is formed by water sources wearing down dissolvable limestone, creating caves, sinkholes and springs.
Karst
What is the name of the Australian coastal landform we looked at to learn about the process of weathering and erosion?
The Twelve Apostles
Name one of the countries heavily impacted by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami
Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Somalia, Sri Lanka
Where do most earthquakes occur?
On plate boundaries
What famous volcano covered the City of Pompeii in 79AD?
Mt Vesuvius (in Italy)
What landscape is formed by the natural motion of a water system, full of fertile land. Good for agriculture and early human settlement.
Riverine
What two processes were involved with the creation of Australias Great Diviing Range?
Folding and Faulting