6. Tectonic Hazards CGP : Living with Tectonic Hazards

What are the four management strategies used to reduce the number of people , killed, injured, made homeless or left unemployed by a tectonic hazard?

• Evacuation

  Planning

  Resource management

  Validation

• Monitoring

  Planning

  Prediction

  Protection

• Assessment

  Best Value

  Forecasting

  Regulation

What are the two type of tectonic hazards that require management strategies?

• Earthquakes

  Volcanic Eruptions

• Tidal waves

  Tsunamis

• Hurricanes and Cyclones

The two pieces of equipment used for measuring earth movements are ................. and lasers.

Seismometers and lasers are important management tools as they are used in monitoring earth movements and early ............ alarm systems.

Scientists can monitor volcanic eruptions by the following tell tale signs..

• Tiny earthquakes

• Escaping gas

• The changing shape of the volcano

• All of these

Earthquakes cannot be reliably predicted but volcanic eruptions can be predicted by close scientific monitoring.

• True

• False

Scientists cannot forecast when an earthquake may occur by monitoring the movement of tectonic plates.

• True

• False

If you were leading a government team in an area close to a volcano, what could you plan to do between an initial warning and an eruption?

• Evacuate people along planned evacuation rotes

• Prepare emergency supplies such as food, clean water and blankets

• Prepare shelters in appropriate areas

• All of these

People remain in areas prone to volcanic eruptions rather than move away; this is often because they have always lived there and it would mean leaving behind their ............... and ...............

• friends and houses

• jobs and families

• farms and possessions

Volcanic soil is infertile and not good for farming.

• True

• False