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What is the definition of a hazard?

A danger or risk with the potential to cause harm, injury, illness, property damage, or environmental degradation.

100

What are the four layers of the earth?

Crust, Mantle, Inner Core and Outer Core

100

What are the 3 types of tectonic plate boundaries?

Divergent, Convergent & Transformation

100

Earthquakes are caused by what plate boundary movement?

Transformation

100

Name ONE New Zealand volcano.

Any appropriate answer 

200

Fire is what kind of hazard?

Climatic OR Technological

200

What is the thickest layer and the thinnest layer?

Mantle & Crust

200

What is the tectonic plate boundary that creates volcanoes? Be specific

Convergent - Subduction

200

Why was Christchurch's 7.1 earthquake less damaging than a 6.3?

Because it was deeper in the earths crust, and therefore less felt on the surface.

200

What year was the Christchurch Earthquake?

2011

300

What are the FOUR categories of Hazards?

- Biological

- Climatic

- Geological

- Technological

300

What is the process that names the movement of magma in the mantle?

Convection Currents

300

What do we call the movement of tectonic plates over a long period of time?

Continental Drift

300

What is the point INSIDE OF THE CRUST where the earthquake happens? Focus or Epicentre?

Focus

300

What is the process in an earthquake where the soil becomes liquid and jelly like? Able to sink buildings or cars?

Liquefaction

400

Tsunami is what kind of hazard?

Geological

400

What are the TWO types of crust?

Oceanic and Continental

400

New Zealand sits on what TWO tectonic plates?

Pacific Plate & Australian Plate

400

What are the waves that are released during an earthquake called?

Seismic Waves

400

What mountain range, home to Mount Everest, was created by collision (convergent) plate boundary?

The Himalayas

500

An avalanche is what kind of hazard?

Geological

500

How many degrees (in thousands) is the inner core?

6,000

500

What was the name of the super continent?

Pangea

500

What are the cracks in the earth that catch, cause friction, and create the earthquake called?

Fault lines
500

What South American country had the largest EVER recorded earthquake in our history?

Chile