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AS Geography Edexcel other case studies for "The world of risk"

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  1. 1What type of plate boundary is new Zealand on?
    1. ADestuctive
    2. BConservative
    3. CCollision
    4. DConstuctive
  2. 2The [blank_start]6.3[blank_end] magnitude earthquake stuck New Zealand at [blank_start]12:51[blank_end] on the 22nd February 2011. The quake killed [blank_start]181[blank_end] and injured [blank_start]2,000[blank_end]. It was a result of a earlier more powerful earthquake in 2010 however this stuck in a sparsely populated area so the effects were less severe. This quake took place in [blank_start]Christchurch.[blank_end]
    1. A6.3
    2. B5.5
    3. C8.2
    4. D12:51
    5. E11:41
    6. F6:14
    7. G181
    8. H300
    9. I48
    10. J2,000
    11. K3,000
    12. LChristchurch.
    13. MWellington
  3. 3A huge glacier near New Zealand broke forming a huge iceburg
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  4. 4How much of Bangladesh is below 1 meter of sea level
    1. A50%
    2. B100%
    3. C70%
    4. D80%
  5. 5Bangladesh gets flooded regularly due to the Himalayas and it being low lying land.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  6. 6Typhoon Koppu hit on the 18th October 2015?
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  7. 7During Typhoon Koppu [blank_start]9,000[blank_end] people were evacuated and there were [blank_start]52[blank_end] deaths as a result of this. It caused [blank_start]4[blank_end] landslides and cut power for [blank_start]9[blank_end] million people. [blank_start]30[blank_end] flights were cancelled as a result of this.
    1. A9,000
    2. B52
    3. C4
    4. D9
    5. E30
  8. 8Tick all true impacts about the 2006 Hengchun earthquakes
    1. A7.0 on rhichtor scale
    2. B7.4 on rhichtor scale
    3. C1621 were killed
    4. D3000 were injured
    5. E3100 were injured
  9. 9Lewes was built on clay. Which is impermeable meaning less can be absorbed and increases surface run of.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  10. 10In 2000, in Lewes, [blank_start]150[blank_end] mm of of rain fell within [blank_start]12[blank_end] hours. there were [blank_start]3[blank_end] days of consistent before the floods. Nobody dies but [blank_start]613[blank_end] homes flooded and [blank_start]1,000[blank_end] people were evacuated. £ [blank_start]88[blank_end] million was the total cost of flooding and the number of businesses.
    1. A150
    2. B12
    3. C3
    4. D613
    5. E1,000
    6. F88

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This quiz contains information about the 2011 New Zealand earthquake. Bangladesh, The Kyoto protocol and Paris climate change conference, Typhoon Koppu or the Philippines, The Hengchun earthquake and the Lewes floods
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