Quiz 1 Review Discussion and Assignment

For this assignment I want you to create 5 quiz questions based on the questions from the study guide in the week 5 module. It can be any type of question you want to create: true/false, multiple choice, fill in the blank, matching, short answer, or essay.

Prologue

When do disasters occur?

In 79 AD Mt Vesuvius buried which two Italian towns?

What are the 4 energy sources that fuel natural disasters?

What does external energy from the sun control?

Erosion is powerful enough to have leveled the continents how many times?

Chapter 1

Would we call a large earthquake or major volcanic eruption a natural disaster if no humans were killed or buildings destroyed? (please explain, dont just say yes or no)

Were more or less people killed in 2011 than in 2010?

What are great natural disasters?

What are the most frequent mega-killers?

Where do most mega-killer disasters occur?

What are the economic losses from natural disasters?

What are the most expensive events?

______________ _________________ are inevitable, natural disasters are not.

How many people are living at the base of Popocatepetl Volcano?

What type of correlation is there between frequency and magnitude?

What is the return period?

What is the growth rate of human population?

How fast is the human population growing annually?

What is the carrying capacity?

Chapter 2

If the heat flow from Earths interior ceased, what would happen to the landmasses? After the internal heat flow had stopped for 100 million years, how would the Earth appear to a future visitor from space?

What began as a rotating spherical cloud of dust and debris?

What is the shape of the solar system?

What is the origin of the moon?

When did life first originate and what was it?

How are the layers of the earth differentiated?

How are the lithosphere and asthenosphere different?

What is the dominant volcanic gas?

What elements of life make up CHON?

What is the age of the Solar System?

What is the age of the oldest Earth materials?

Are radioactive disasters possible without human interference?

About how long does it take to complete a tectonic cycle?

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

What did Alfred Wegener name his supercontinent?

Why was the theory of continental drift rejected?

What was added in the 20th century that contributed to the theory of plate tectonics being developed and accepted?

What do earthquake epicenters outline?

How old are the oldest rocks on the ocean floor?

What is the main idea behind uniformitarianism?

In order to understand the Earth we need to think in terms of ______________ time rather than human time.

Chapter 3

What can cause earthquakes?

What were Stenos three laws and define them.

What is the difference between a joint (or fracture) and a fault?

What are strike and dip?

What are the two types of dip-slip faults?

What are the two kinds of strike-slip faults?

What is the hypocenter (focus)?

What is the epicenter?

What are foreshocks?

What are aftershocks?

What is the difference between seismometers, seismographs, and seismograms?

What are the four types of seismic waves?

How many stations are needed to determine the epicenter of an earthquake?

What type of earthquakes does the Richter scale not work well with?

Which type of scale is better for larger earthquakes?

What is the Mercalli intensity scale?

What should you do before and during an earthquake?