TBSHS The Restless Earth Quiz 6 - Haiti and Christchurch

Which continent is Haiti located in?

• Asia

• North America

• South America

How close to the capital of Haiti (Port-au-Prince) was the epicentre of the earthquake?

• 15 km

• 89 km

• 150 km

Which of the following is NOT a secondary impact of an earthquake?

• People becoming ill due to drinking contaminated water

• Fires starting due to damaged gas and electricity supplies

• Buildings collapsing

How high is the death toll from the 2010 Haiti earthquake believed to be?

• 50,000 people

• 100,000 people

• 200,000 people

Where were the 400,000 people made homeless by the 2011 Haiti earthquake given accommodation?

• Hotels in the Dominican Republic

• They were sent to the USA by boat to be housed

• In "tent cities" outside the capital Port-au-Prince

Christchurch is New Zealand's second largest city

• True

• False

The 2011 Christchurch earthquake is best described as a...

• deep-focus earthquake

• shallow-focus earthquake

TWO reasons why so many buildings collapsed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake:

• A 7.8 magnitude earthquake happened close to Christchurch in 2016

• Deep-focus earthquake

• Shallow-focus earthquake

• A 7.1 magnitude earthquake had happened 6 months earlier

Secondary effects of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake:

• Hundreds of buildings collapsed, including the Canterbury television building and the spire of Christchurch Cathedral.

• Many people were unable to return home and spent time in emergency shelters.

• 4900 school pupils from across Christchurch left the city and enrolled in other schools around New Zealand.

Immediate responses to the 2011 Christchurch earthquake:

• Buildings were surveyed and colour-coded according to the degree of damage suffered.

• Christchurch Cathedral was replaced with a temporary structure made of cardboard tubes!

• Helicopters were used to pluck survivors from rooftops and dump water on fires.

• Local people used their bare hands to try to free survivors trapped under rubble.