Summer A level Geography Case Study Research Project Case Study Research Overview: You will pick a tectonic hazard to study and create a PowerPoint presentation. This presentation will be shared with you’re your new classmates, and used as revision. 1. Refresh understanding of tectonic Hazards • Watch video on Volcanoes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNGUdObDoLk • Watch video on Earthquakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ho6z32yyo • Watch video on Tsunamis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oPb_9gOdn4 2. Read the chapter “Hazardous Environments” (At end of document) 3. You will need to pick one tectonic event From list below: Volcanoes Volcanoes at Convergent Boundaries or Destructive Margins ❖ 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens – side eruption ❖ 1883 eruption of Krakatoa – loudest sound ever made on earth ❖ 79 A.D eruption of Mount Vesuvius - buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii ❖ 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo – Predicted 60,000 people were saved Volcanoes at Divergent Boundaries or Constructive Margins ❖ The 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull - caused enormous disruption to air travel ❖ Nyamuragira erupts roughly every two years - Africa’s most active volcano ❖ Laki volcanic fissure in southern Iceland erupted 1783 – Killing a quarter of Iceland’s population Hotspots ❖ The 2018 eruption of Kilauea – creation of chain islands – Hotspot under oceanic plate ❖ Yellowstone – supervolcano - Hotspot under continental plate ❖ The 1963 eruption of Surtsey – creating a new a volcanic island - Hotspot under Constructive Margins Earthquakes Earthquake at Convergent Boundaries or Destructive Margins ❖ The 2010 Haiti earthquake - Death toll estimates 220,000 ❖ The April 2015 Nepal earthquake - It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal ❖ The 1920 Haiyuan, Ningxia , China, earthquake – causing a landslide that buried the village of Sujiahe ❖ 1960 Valdivia Earthquake - The world's largest earthquake Earthquake at Transform Boundaries or Conservative Margins ❖ The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake - It was the first major earthquake in the United States to be broadcast by live television. ❖ The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Deadliest earthquake in the history of the United States. Tsunamis
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Summer A level Geography Case Study Research Project
Case Study Research Overview:
You will pick a tectonic hazard to study and create a PowerPoint presentation.
This presentation will be shared with you’re your new classmates, and used as revision.
1. Refresh understanding of tectonic Hazards
• Watch video on Volcanoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNGUdObDoLk
• Watch video on Earthquakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ho6z32yyo
• Watch video on Tsunamis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oPb_9gOdn4
2. Read the chapter “Hazardous Environments” (At end of document)
3. You will need to pick one tectonic event From list below:
Volcanoes
Volcanoes at Convergent Boundaries or Destructive Margins
❖ 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens – side eruption ❖ 1883 eruption of Krakatoa – loudest sound ever made on earth
❖ 79 A.D eruption of Mount Vesuvius - buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii ❖ 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo – Predicted 60,000 people were saved
Volcanoes at Divergent Boundaries or Constructive Margins
❖ The 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull - caused enormous disruption to air travel ❖ Nyamuragira erupts roughly every two years - Africa’s most active volcano
❖ Laki volcanic fissure in southern Iceland erupted 1783 – Killing a quarter of Iceland’s population
Hotspots
❖ The 2018 eruption of Kilauea – creation of chain islands – Hotspot under oceanic
plate ❖ Yellowstone – supervolcano - Hotspot under continental plate
❖ The 1963 eruption of Surtsey – creating a new a volcanic island - Hotspot under Constructive Margins
Earthquakes
Earthquake at Convergent Boundaries or Destructive Margins
❖ The 2010 Haiti earthquake - Death toll estimates 220,000
❖ The April 2015 Nepal earthquake - It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal ❖ The 1920 Haiyuan, Ningxia , China, earthquake – causing a landslide that buried
the village of Sujiahe ❖ 1960 Valdivia Earthquake - The world's largest earthquake
Earthquake at Transform Boundaries or Conservative Margins
❖ The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake - It was the first major earthquake in the United States to be broadcast by live television.
❖ The 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Deadliest earthquake in the history of the