Year 7 Quizlet Links

As promised, here are the links to join Quizlet for the Year 7 classes.

7M: https://quizlet.com/join/vDpkuYdMq
7G: https://quizlet.com/join/UyEbsp9XH
7C: https://quizlet.com/join/FGTC7R7JH

What do we do?

• Click on the link for your form and it will take you to the Quizlet web page for your form.
• Complete the form. Please give yourself a username that will let me know who you are, but it does not have to be your real name.
• Quizlet will then contact me to confirm that you are asking to join the right class. 
• I will check and agree.
• Click on the cards to learn; click on the games and tests to test yourself: everyone in the class and myself will be able to see your scores and whether or not you have looked at the cards.

Ecuador quakes

A collapsed hotel in Manta 

Ecuador, on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean experienced its most severe earthquake in a generation this weekend. Like Japan, it lies on the Ring Of Fire around the Pacific, but the effects if this quake will prove to be much more devastating for the people of Ecuador. Ecuador is a much poorer country than Japan and the Ecuadorians were not as prepared for this quake as the Japanese were: there was little organised response or evacuation. 

Read the article below and compare the impacts of this quake with the Japanese ones;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36065551

REMEMBER: when you are comparing the effects of quakes that every one is different and the nature of the underlying geology and the local relief will effect the impact of the quake as well as the human factors. Also, the depth and magnitude of the quake are important to consider ...

Kumamoto Quakes

Quake damage in a car park in Kumamoto.

Kumamoto, in southern Japan, has suffered two large quakes in the last two days. 

Read the articles below and then answer the questions ... Or at least think about them.

Quake 1:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36045140

Quake 2:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36061583

Why does Japan have so many earthquakes?

How strong were the quakes?

What were the primary effects of these two quakes?

How has the infrastructure (transport, electricity, communications, water and gas networks) been affected? 

Why was a village in the countryside evacuated?

How did the quakes affect the inhabitants of Kumamoto? Why did they sleep outside?

How have the government and emergency services responded?

How long do you think it will take for the damage to be repaired?

There was an interview on BBC radio 4 this morning with Yasuhiro Soshino, a Red Cross manager, who was working in a hospital in the area. I cannot find the interview to link to in this blog, but the reason that I bring it up, is that there was no panic in his voice: he knew what was happening; knew what he had to do; he had the medical resources needed and, even though the power had gone off, the hospital had its own generator; and he was well aware that there would be more casualties brought to him in the near future. In short, he was prepared. Had this interview been with somebody in a similar position in Haiti or Sumatra, it might have been very different!

Please keep abreast of this story as it happens! 

We will be looking at it next week!

CE Revision: Quizlet Quizzes

As promised for the Year 8s, here are the Quizlet quizzes.

The content of these slides is from the ISEB syllabus: the Global Location especially is what you will be tested on.

To join a form click on the link below (If you have not already replied to the email that I sent!)

• 8G
• 8P
• 8S

NOTE: I have to accept your invitation, so please do not try to join the wrong class or use a silly name! Please choose a user name that I will recognise as being you.

Human Geography

• Human Geography Terms

Physical Geography

• Dynamic Earth Terms
• Water Cycle Terms
• River Terms
• River Landforms
• Coastal Landforms

CE Global Location

• World Countries and Capitals
• European Countries and Capitals
• European Countries (location maps)
• British Isles (Human Features)
• British Isles (Physical Features)

Revising Dynamic Earth

Use your booklets to answer these questions:

Part I

              1.     Draw a clearly labelled diagram to show the structure of the earth.

       You should include the following labels:

Oceanic crust, continental crust, inner core, mantle, outer core.

2. What is a tectonic plate?

3. What is the relationship between where earthquakes occur and plate boundaries?

4. Draw a clearly labelled diagram of a destructive margin.

You should include the following labels:

oceanic plate, continental plate, mantle, direction the plates are moving, fold mountains, subduction zone, earthquake foci, explosive volcanoes

5. Give an example of a place in the world where there is …

a. A destructive margin

b. A constructive margin

c. A conservative margin

d. A collision zone

6. For a volcanic eruption that you have studied …

a. Name where and when it occurred.

b. Why did it occur?

c. What were the primary effects?

d. What were the secondary effects?

e. What did people do to minimise the effects of future eruptions?

7. Name three positive impacts of volcanic eruptions for the people who live nearby?

8. What piece of equipment measures the strength of an earthquake?

9. What scale do we measure earthquakes on?

10. For an earthquake that you have studied …

a. Name where and when it occurred.

b. Why did it occur?

c. What were the primary effects?

d. What were the secondary effects?

e. What did people do to minimise the effects of future quakes?

11. What is a tsunami?

12. Why do earthquakes and volcanic eruptions seem to cause more damage in LEDCs than MEDCs?

PART II

       1.     Case Studies:  Chose four case studies one earthquake and one volcano each from an MEDC and an LEDC. Copy and complete the table below :

	Earthquake	Volcanic eruption
MEDC (MIC)
LEDC (LIC)

E.g. Icelandic Volcano for an MEDC eruption; Kobe or Sendai for a MEDC quake; Haiti for an LEDC quake; Merapi for an LEDC eruption. Choose ones that you know best …


For each of your case studies answer the following questions

a.     Where did it happen?

b.     When did it happen (year and perhaps month)

c.     What type of plate margin is it on?

d.     What were the primary effects?

e.     What were the secondary effects?

f.      Important notes: such as …

                                          i.    Why is the event important?

                                         ii.    How did this event help future prediction?

                                        iii.    What could be done to minimise the impact of a similar event in the future?

      2.     Give an example of a place in the world where there is …  

a.     A destructive margin

b.     A constructive margin

c.     A conservative margin

d.     A collision zone

      3.     Name three positive impacts of volcanic eruptions for the people who live nearby?

      4.     What piece of equipment measures the strength of an earthquake?

      5.     What is the difference between the quake’s focus and its epicentre?

      6.     What scale do we measure earthquakes on?

      7.     For an earthquake that you have studied …

a.     Name where and when it occurred.

b.     Why did it occur?

c.     What were the primary effects?

d.     What were the secondary effects?

e.     What did people do to minimise the effects of future quakes?

      8.     What is a tsunami?

      9.     Why do earthquakes and volcanic eruptions seem to cause more damage in LEDCs than MEDCs?

Revising Settlements

As promised here is a little revision for those who wish to keep their little grey cells ticking over during the break.

Read the Settlement Notes

Here are some questions to help you.

1. What is a settlement?

2. Write out the following settlement types in order of size (smallest to largest).
City, village, town, hamlet, conurbation

3. List five factors that will affect where a new settlement is built? (Think ancient times)

4. What is the difference between a settlement’s site and situation?

5. What is meant by a settlement’s function?

6. What is the function of the following settlements …

a. Dover

b. Chamonix

c. Sheffield (c1900)

7. For each of the following three village shapes, draw a diagram to show what it looks like and offer a suggestion as to why it might have occurred …

a. Nucleated

b. Linear

c. Dispersed

8. What is meant by the words …

a. Urbanisation

b. Suburbanisation

c. Counterurbanisation

9. What is a service?

a. Give three examples services that you would expect to find in a city?

b. Give three examples services that you would expect to find in a village?

10. Draw a clearly labeled diagram of the Burgess Model of land-use.

a. What do the letters CBD and ZIT stand for?

b. What would you expect to see if you visited each of these zones?

c. What are the weaknesses of Burgess’ model? (compare the model to real life).

11. What sorts of problems are often associated with the Inner City or ZIT?

12. What can governments do to improve the ZIT? (give an example of where this has happened)

Extension:

Watch the Megacities Video and think about .

Why do people move to the cities? (Think PUSH and PULL factors and OBSTACLES)
What are the logistical and social problems created by having so many people living so close together?

Is it Imogen's fault?

 

Is it not a coincidence that since the Met Office started naming our storms we have already got as far as 'I' for Imogen? Did they know what was coming our way when they started to give them names?

Click here to see the BBC Weather forecast for Imogen.

Imogen is the latest depression to batter the UK and this time it is us is the Southeast who will feel her rage with wind speeds of up to 90mph along the south coast. Current wind speeds here at Brambletye are around 30-40kph with gusts exceeding 70kph: see our data on the Weather Underground site.

Why are we getting so much 'bad' weather in the UK this year? It seems to have been a catalogue of floods, storms and hurricane force winds: weather records are being broken every year.

As BBC weatherman, John Hammond, explained in Countryfile yesterday (See the episode on iPlayer - first 15 minutes) , the repeated extreme weather, and flooding in places such as Cockermouth, is a side effect of this being an 'el nino'. This is a major el nino year and the warm ocean currents in the Pacific Ocean have altered weather patterns globally just as was predicted back in May. We are getting high winds and floods; the US has had extreme snow storms (the so-called #snowmaggedon2016 and tornadoes and Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing the worst drought in years! Zimbabwe has declared a state of emergency as farmers are losing up to 80% of their livestock due to the drought (read the story).

I wonder if this chap has started to believe in Climate Change? (he didn't in September 2015)