Starter quiz
- What does the acronym LIC stand for?
- Large International City
- Low Income Country ✓
- Low Investment Corporation
- Limited Income Category
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- What are tectonic plates?
- Large bodies of water
- Earth's core
- Pieces of Earth's crust that move and interact ✓
- Layers of atmospheric gases
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- What is the main cause of an earthquake?
- Volcanic eruptions
- Ocean currents
- Tectonic plate movements ✓
- Meteor strikes
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- Which of the following can be a secondary effect of an earthquake?
- Seismic waves
- Fault lines
- Ground shaking
- Landslides ✓
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- What is formed at a convergent plate boundary?
- Earthquakes
- Mountains, volcanoes, or deep ocean trenches ✓
- Volcanoes and geysers
- Ocean currents
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- How do tectonic plates move?
- They remain stationary
- They slowly slide along the mantle's surface ✓
- They travel through Earth's core
- They change shape depending on temperature
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Exit quiz
- What was the magnitude of the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010?
- 6.0
- 7.0 ✓
- 9.0
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- Which of the following was a primary effect of the 2010 Haiti earthquake?
- Increase in tourism
- Collapse of buildings and infrastructure ✓
- Air travel restrictions
- Rebuilding of roads
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- Why did the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti in 2010 cause such extreme destruction?
- The earthquake was unusually powerful
- Haiti had a high number of earthquakes in a short period
- Haiti’s poor infrastructure and weak building regulations contributed greatly ✓
- The earthquake occurred at a much deeper depth
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- How did the earthquake affect the population of Haiti?
- Displacement of over a million people ✓
- Increased population growth
- Reduced poverty rates
- Improvement in healthcare
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Key learning points
- In January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in the Caribbean, one of the world's poorest countries.
- The earthquake was caused by slippage at the conservative margin between the Caribbean plate and North American plate.
- Primary and secondary effects of the disaster caused the deaths of more than 220 000 people.
- Haiti's position as an LIC influenced its immediate and long-term responses and their effectiveness.
Common misconception
The extreme destruction in Haiti was the result of the earthquake magnitude being unusually powerful.
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0, which is not unusually powerful. The high death toll and destruction were due to Haiti’s poor infrastructure, weak building regulations and lack of preparedness, not just the earthquake’s strength.
Keywords
Magnitude - a measure of the energy released by an earthquake
Epicentre - the point on Earth's surface that is directly above where an earthquake happens underground
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