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6 marksVolcanoes, Earthquakes and Floods as Hazards

CAPE Geography Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 2 · Question 7(a)(iii)

An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 on the Richter scale struck Town X early in the morning, destroying 500 houses and killing 2,000 persons in one community, while five miles away in the same town only 20 houses were destroyed with no deaths.

Describe two characteristics of the man-made environment that might account for the difference in the impact of the earthquake.

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  1. 7(a)(i)Describe two characteristics of the population that might account for the difference in the impact of the earthquake.[6 marks]
  2. 7(a)(ii)Describe two characteristics of the physical environment that might account for the difference in the impact of the earthquake.[6 marks]
  3. 7(b)(i)Distinguish between 'lahars' and 'pyroclastic flows'.[4 marks]
  4. 7(b)(ii)Compare the environmental effects of lahars and pyroclastic flows.[8 marks]

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