Earthquakes
Subjects / Geography / Hazards and Tectonics
In this title we are going to talk about Earthquakes. We will discuss what the key terms are to use when you are writing about an earthquake in an exam. Remember that the use of geographical words helps boost your marks and shows deeper understanding. You are going to learn about the Richter Scale, which is how earthquakes are measured. The Richter Scale helps you to compare earthquakes and also understand that it is not just the size of the earthquake that affects the damage to the human and physical environment, but also the location of the epicentre. Lastly, we are going to look at case studies of the Kobe and San Francisco earthquakes. Both of these are good examples of how countries cope with an earthquake, particularly Japan where there can be up to three earthquakes per day!
| Author: | Jill Loga | Publisher: | GCSEPod® |
| Narrator: | Stuart Blackburn | ISBN: | 978-1-84906-067-7 |
| Video ISBN: | 978-1-84906-567-2 |
Chapters
- The Epicentre of an Earthquake
- The Richter Scale
- The Kobe Earthquake
- San Francisco Earthquake
Exam Board Relevance
- Edxcel
- AQA
- CEA
- IGCSE (EdExcel)
- OCR
- SQA
- WJEC
- IGCSE (CiE)
Includes original GCSEPod image art. Additional pictorial images created by Damon Smith
Curriculum and Exam Board Information
Key Issues
Titles
Chapters
- An earthquake eg. Kobe. Study to include the short, medium and long term responses of different interest groups e.g. local and national government, aid agencies etc.
- Compare effects in contrasting countries, e.g. Mexico
- Convergent, divergent and transform plates. Case study of an earthquake, eg San Francisco, to illustrate the physical causes and effects
- Earthquake causes
- earthquake event in LEDC, eg India 2001
- earthquake event in MEDC, eg Italy
- How people responded to the San Francisco earthquake
- knowledge and understanding of an earthquake (eg, Turkey 1999), to include causes and effects
- knowledge and understanding of an earthquake (eg, Turkey 1999), to include management issues involved
- nature of earthquakes
Reviews
I thought this podcast was particularly good as it included lots of key facts, and even though I don't particularly like this topic it made it fun and interesting for me.
Madeleine S, Student
This podcast was very helpful as it included key terms and facts, and also included some case studies.
James H, Student
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