Summary: Chapter 5 Asia: Devastating Forces Of Nature

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• 1 The ring of Fire (Getting know Asia)

• How big and is Asia and how big is the population?

  - 44.7 million square kilometres, almost 30% percent of the earth's surface.

  - population around 4 billion, around two-third of worlds population

  - more cultures, languages and religions in Asia than in any other continent 

• Can you find all the natural zones in Asia?

  yes

• All these differences in nature and in culture make it very difficult to a line around Asia so what did they do? 

  so the continent is split into six regions to make it easier to understand.

• 1.1 Ring of Fire

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• In which three ways can the tectonic plates move?

  past each other --> (transform) 

                               -->

  
  

  away from each other <-- --> (divergence)

  towards each other --> <-- ( convergence)

• What happens when the plates collide

  one plate moves under the other and this releases a lot of energy. These movements cause volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

• 1.2 Natural disasters in Asia

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• Which natural disasters happen in Asia?

  Not only earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Often hit by disasters which come from the atmosphere, like hurricanes, heavy tropical storms which begin above the ocean. The strong wind and heavy rain can destroy. 

• 1.3 GG56 Endogenic and exogenic forces

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• Why is the Earth's crust constantly changing?

  because of natural forces that work from the outside and the inside.

• At a depth of 1,000 metres the temperature inside the Earth's crust is already 30 degrees hotter than on the surface. At  a depth of 10 kilometres it is 300 degrees. So what happens with the rock

  The heat is so intense that is turns the rock into magma.

• What is a volcano?

  When lava cools and hardens it forms a mountain called a volcano

• Which three parts does the earth have?

  1. inner core

  2. outer core

  3. mantle

  4. crust