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Level 1 Geo Earthquake Revision
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NCEA Level 1 Geography ENE Canterbury Earthquakes
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1
What colour sticker did the CTV building get after the 2010 Earthquake?
Orange
Red
White
Green
2
How can we predict for Earthquakes?
Warning systems with Civil Defence
Investigate Earthquake swarms
Invest in seismology
3
What two plates that sit across the South Island?
Australian and Philippine Plate
Australian and the Pacific Plate
Eurasian and Pacific Plate
Pacific and Nazca Plate
4
Where is Canterbury Located regarding plate tectonics?
On the Alpine Fault
Within the Australian Plate at a plate boundary
New Zealand
Within the Pacific Plate at a plate boundary
5
How much liquefaction was found in Christchurch after February earthquake?
4,000,000 tonnes
40,000 tonnes
400,000 tonnes
1 million tonnes
6
How deep was the February Earthquake?
4km
2km
12km
5-6km
7
What waves cause more damage?
Secondary
Love and Rayleigh
Primary
Body Waves
8
what characteristics of cultural environment make us vulnerable?
significant population
Unreinforced heritage buldings
Tsunami
Ignoring scientific advice (1996 doco)
9
A cultural effect from the February earthquake covers
Economic
Social
Migration
Natural
10
An effect on the natural environment during the 2010 Earthquake was?
Hororata River Diversion
Hewlings Stream Diversion
Waimakiri River Diversion
Heathcote River Diversion
11
Where would the Emergency Services (police, USAR, ambulance) fit in this diagram?
Emergency Response
Rehabilitation period
Recovery event
During the event
12
Earthquake Response: The first priority is to
save your possesions
leave the city
save buildings
save lives
13
Which of these is a social effect?
Slumping
Body Recovery
Death and Injury
Liquefaction
14
What characteristics of the natural environment make us vulnerable?
high water table
hard basalt rock in port hills
close proximity to faults
significant population
15
What is river bank slumping?
natural effect
cultural and natural effect
cultural effect
16
Where would CERA fit in this diagram?
Emergency Response
Normaility
During the event
Rehabilitation period
17
Where would the Student Army, Farmy Army fit in this diagram?
Emergency Response
Disaster Recover period
Before the event
Normality
18
The exact point under the ground where the earthquake is called the
focus
epicentre
fault line
waves
19
The type of plate boundary that the Alpine Fault sits on in the South Island
Divergent Fault
Convergent Fault
Transform Fault
Strike Slip Fault
20
How many buildings were damaged and expected to be demolished in the CBD?
1000 expected
5000 expected
1000 expected
100 expected
21
What causes tectonic plates to move?
convection currents
ocean currents
Tidal pull
convex currents
22
Which of these is a positive social effect?
Damage to crops
Homes inaccessible
Injuries
Stronger community cohesion
23
What direction are S(secondary waves)?
Vertical
Horizontal
Perpindicular
24
What is this natural effect?
slumping
rockfall
falling
slip
25
How many kilometres of wastewater was damaged? (30%)
50km
500km
1000km
250km
26
Which of these a negative economic effect?
Decline in retail trade as businesses damaged
Gap Filler
10,000 more construction jobs
Well designed central city
27
Damage to transportation can often lead to congestion which is a?
negative social effect
no effect
negative economic effect
positive economic effect
28
How can you prepare for an Earthquake?
Better Zoning controls
Emergency Plan for family/whanau
Stronger Building regulations
More scientific and engineering research
29
When rivers slump due to earthquake, what is affected?
Whitebait spawning areas
Natural vegetation
bridges
Bike rides
30
Stickering buildings was a response. What does it do?
Early warning system before earthquakes
A late response
Identify which buildings can be entered
A guide only
