Starter quiz
- What is a continent?
- Huge pieces of Earth's crust that fit together like a jigsaw
- A large area of land containing several countries ✓
- The outer most layer of Earth
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- How many continents are there on Earth?
- 5
- 7 ✓
- 9
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- What continent is Turkey located in?
- 'Asia' ✓
- Match the statements to form definitions.
- Tectonic plates are....⇔huge pieces of Earth's crust ✓
- Earth's crust is...⇔the outermost layer of Earth ✓
- Earth's mantle is...⇔the layer beneath the crust and the largest layer of Earth ✓
- Earth's inner core is...⇔the centre of Earth ✓
- Which of the following statements is true?
- Most earthquakes occur at tectonic plate boundaries ✓
- Most earthquakes occur randomly all over the world
- Earthquakes only occur close to the equator
- Earthquakes only occur at country boundaries
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- 7 on the Moment magnitude scale is...
- an earthquake not felt by humans
- a weak earthquake not to be worried about
- a moderate earthquake
- a major earthquake with loss of life and extensive damage ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which tectonic plates caused the earthquake in Turkey 2023?
- The Anatolian and Arabian plate ✓
- The South American and African plate
- The North American and Euraisan plate
- The Pacific plate and the North American plate
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- What did the first two earthquakes measure between on the Moment Magnitude Scale?
- 3-3.9
- 4-4.9
- 5-5.9
- 6-6.9
- 7-7.9 ✓
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- A smaller earthquake following after an initial larger earthquake is called an....
- 'aftershock' ✓
- Short term responses to earthquakes include....
- search and rescue, and providing first aid to those that are injured ✓
- providing shelter, food and water to those that need it
- rebuilding damaged or destroyed buildings and infrastructure
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- Long term responses to earthquakes include...
- search and rescue, and providing first aid to those that are injured
- providing shelter, food and water to those that need it
- rebuilding damaged or destroyed buildings and infrastructure ✓
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- What does DEC stand for?
- 'Disaster Emergency Committee ' ✓
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Key learning points
- The scale of the earthquake in Turkey was huge in terms of land area, settlements and people affected.
- Impact responses occur in the short, medium and long term.
- Different people and countries respond to an earthquake in different ways.
Common misconception
Shocks of earthquakes only happen once.
Large earthquakes will often have an initial shock and then be followed by a series of aftershocks as the tectonic plates settle.
Keywords
Response - A response is a reaction to something.
Aid organisation - Aid organisations are charities that respond to support countries following earthquakes, other natural disasters and wars.
Dec - The Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) brings together charities to provide support for countries affected by earthquakes and other disasters.
Aftershock - An aftershock is a smaller earthquake following after an initial larger earthquake.
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