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Geography: Plate Tectonics: 2 of 7 Geography: Tropical Rainforests: 3 of 7

TROPICAL RAINFOREST AND BIOMES
Why do people live in areas of tectonic hazards? Predicting and Preparing for Volcanic Eruptions Predicting and Preparing for Earthquakes KEY WORDS

1. Creates tourism (e.g. Vesuvius in Italy). Tiltmeters used to measure change in shape. Use seismometers to identify irregularities in tremors. ADAPTATIONS how plants and
2. The ash makes the land fertile meaning jobs for Spectrometers to measure sulphur dioxide emissions. Measure radon gas that will appear as cracks in the animals change to their conditions
farmers. ground.
3. Friends and family may live nearby. Evacuation and exclusion zones around the volcano. Retrofit existing buildings with cross bracings. BIOME a very large ecosystem (eg
rainforest)
4. Some people cannot afford to live elsewhere. Ensure medical, food and water supplies are stocked. Practice earthquake drills.
BUTTRESS ROOT large triangular
roots that hold up trees in the
rainforest

CANOPY the top of trees in the
rainforest
Earth’s Major Biomes

CONSERVATION protecting or looking
after something

ECOSYSTEM a place with plants and
animals in it

EMERGENT the tallest trees in the
rainforest

FOREST FLOOR the ground level in
the forest
Earthquake location Both 7.8 magnitude LIC Gorkha Nepal, 2015 HIC Kaikoura, New Zealand 2016:

GDP per capita: US$ 690 GDP per capita: US$ 40,331 MINING taking valuable minerals out
of the ground
Primary effects 9,000 people died, 20,000 injured. 2 died and 50 injured.

Secondary effects A lack of clean water led to 13 dying from Typhus. 100,000 landslides blocked roads and rail. SHRUB LAYER the layer of small
plants above the forest floor.
Short term responses Search and rescue teams, water and medical support arrived quickly from 200 of the most vulnerable were evacuated from Kaikoura in 24
India and China. hours. UNDERCANOPY the layer underneath
the canopy
Long term responses The road from Nepal to Tibet was reopened after 2 years. Most roads and rail systems were repaired within 2 years.