Year 8 Geo

Why are volcanoes often distributed along the Ring of Fire?

• It is where volcanic hot spots are

• It is a convergent plate boundary

• It is a convergent plate boundary where denser and heavier Oceanic plate is subducting under continental plate

• Because it is a divergent boundary, when it moves away magma rises and creates volcanic eruptions

The anomaly to this pattern of distribution are volcanic____________

Tourists to the National Park are in immediate danger and would need to be evacuated and/or warned

• Impact on people

• Impact on places

• Impact on environments

Waterways are impacted due to the covering of ash.

• people

• place

• environment

Erosion into water catchment because trees have been destroyed.

Ash washes into waterways.

• people

• place

• environment

Loss of farmland: crops and livestock.

Farmland are rendered useless if covered with ash.

• place

• people

• environment

Loss of small towns as people need to evacuate to other areas where there are services e.g. schools, medical services

• people

• place

• environment

Loss of services such as schools, shops and government services such as transport services.

• people

• place

• environment

Displacement of people living in small towns due to and ash explosion (short-term/long-term)

• people

• place

• environment

Habitat loss in the surrounding national parks, impacting on plant and animal ecosystems (short-term/long-term)

• people

• place

• environment