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17 Cards in this Set
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Human Geography |
Is based about where and how people live |
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Enviromental Geography |
It is about the enviroment and what effects are caused by humans |
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Physical Geography |
It Is about Nature and what happens in e.g storms and volcanos |
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What causes volcanic eruptions?? |
Volcanic eruptions are caused when two tecyonic plates push along or pull away from eachother and the preasure pushes up the lava and causes and explosion to happen |
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How is a SHEILD volcano formed ?? |
A sheild volcano is formed when to plates pull appart from eachother and the connviection current pushes the lava up to create an explosion |
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How is a COMPOSITIVE volcano formed ?? |
A compositive volcano is formed when two plates push towards eachother and the connvection cu4ent pushes the curst up to create a compositive volcano |
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What is a rock cycle ?? |
A rock cycle is a cycle that happens when a volcano erupts. There is 3 rocks involved in the rock cycle IGNEOUS ROCK , METHAMORPHIC ROCK AND SEDIMENTARY ROCK |
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What happened on MT MERAPI ?? |
MT Merapi is an active volcano , it is located in Java ,Indonesia The town of java is occupied by local citizens. |
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Why do people live close to volcanos ?? |
So they can get Minerals and Fertile soils . |
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Where are earthquakes caused ? |
Earthquakes happen at all plate boundary's |
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What is a Constructive Plate Boundary ?? |
A Constructive Plate Boundary is when two plates move apart from each other |
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Whats a nother name for a Conservative plate boundary ? |
Transform Plate Margin |
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What is a Conservative plate boundary ? |
It's when two plates move away from eachother or go in the same direction but at different speeds |
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How is a Collision Zone DIfferent than a DESTRUCTIVE PLATE BOUNDARY ? |
A Collision Zone is DIFFERENT than a destructive plate boundary because a Collision Zone forms through two Continental plates where as a Destructive boundary is made up of only ONE OCEANIC plate and ONE CONTINENTAL |
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What do the People that live near Mt Merapi belive ? |
They belive that there is a Volcano God so they worship it |
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What are the shapes of the two volcano types ? |
Sheild Volcano-Flat (NOT steap) Compositive Volcano - Steap |
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Pyroclastic flow |
can be very dangerous because it gives out a mixture of lava , ashes and crushed up rock which is 1000 degrees . And can be really fast at 200 mph |
