M21 Progress Test Quiz

What conditions are required for a tropical storm to form? (2 answers)

• Sea Temperature of 26-28 degrees

• Low Wind

• Low Temperatures

• Low Wind Sheer

When an earthquake occurs the first thing to happen is...

• the focus is shallow

• two plates move

• two tectonic plates get stuck together due to their movement

• seismic waves are created

What index is used to measure volcanoes?

• Volcanic Scale

• The Level of Lava

• The VEI

• The VIE

What scale is used to measure tropical storms?

• Richter Scale

• Mercalli Scale

• VEI

• Saffir Simpson Scale

Why would people live near hazards?

• lack of services

• Jobs

• Expensive land

• Geothermal Energy

How can you use building design to reduce earthquake impacts (2 answers)

• Have shutters on glass windows

• Use cheap materials

• Use springs in the foundations to absorb seismic waves

• have a low density popultion

What model shows the changing employment/economy structure over time?

• Clark Fox

• Fisher Clark

• Clark Fisher

• Claire Fisher

Deindustrialisation is (2 answers)

• a reduction in secondary sector jobs

• the closing of industry in HICs due to cheaper labour costs in LICs

• the movement of high tech services to HICs

• the reduction in tertiary sector jobs

globalisation is (2 answers)

• the increased connectedness and interdependence between countries

• Countries operating independantly

• countries sharing ideas, cultures, trading etc.

• the movement of industry from HICs to LICs

a job in the primary sector is

• manufacturing of cars

• farming

• teacher

• doctor