Exam 2 (Friday, November 13) - Covers Lectures (10/19-11/9) plus Chapters 4, 5, 8 (section 8.5 as it relates to guest lecture) in text
Volcanoes and Magma - Basic Science
- What volcanoes are made of (silicate minerals and igneous rocks, etc.)
- Difference between mafic and felsic magma (composition, temperature, viscosity, gas content, etc.)
- What controls melting of rock
- Where melting happens (where does magma for and why), including concept of partial melting
- Relationship of plate tectonics to magma formation
- Basic volcano terminology and how an eruption works
- Types of eruptions and VEI scale
- Volcanic products (details about lava flows, rocks, gases, pyroclastics, etc.)
- Types of volcanoes
- Supervolcanoes - Toba and Yellowstone - basic concepts, how they were "discovered", etc. (film)
- Basic knowledge of Washington and Oregon volcanoes (what are they, know basic history of a couple of major ones, etc.)
Volcanoes - Hazards and Mitigation
- Types of volcanic hazards (lahar, pyroclastic flows, etc.)
- Long-term hazards (climate change, famine, etc.)
- Preparing for eruptions - understanding history of a specific volcano
- Volcano hazard maps
- Volcano monitoring - methods and what we monitor
- Warning systems and what to do during an eruption
Flood Science and How Rivers Work
- River basin anatomy, drainage basins, river cross sections, floodplains, etc.
- What happens when it rains, surface water vs. groundwater
- What factors influence infiltration vs. runoff - and how this effects flooding
- Factors that effect water velocity
- Discharge and hydrographs, impacts from development on discharge and lag time
- Erosion, transport and deposition of sediment by a river (including delta formation)
- What is a flood and basic knowledge of floods in Washington
- Issues associated with the Howard Hanson Dam and Green River Flooding in WA (guest speaker)
Flood Effects and Mitigation
- Effects of Floods (erosion, landslides, inundation, etc.)
- Flood hazard maps, flood stage, and recurrence intervals (determining the size and stage of the "hundred-year flood", etc.)
- Monitoring rivers
- Structural and non-structural solutions for preparing for flooding (including personal preparation)
- What to during during a flood (including information from guest speaker on Green River)
Tornadoes and Washington Storms
- Basic concepts from Kent Short's guest lecture (causes of tornadoes, types of wind storms in WA, etc.)
Basic concepts of how disasters end up in our stories and pop culture (monster movies)
Please bring a scantron sheet to the exam for multiple choice questions.
Exam 1 (Friday, October 16) - Covers Lecture plus Chapters 1-3 in text
Basics/Intro
- Hazard vs. Disaster vs. Catastrophe
- Scientific Method
- Observation vs. Interpretation
Risk and Policy
- Acceptible Risk
- Probability x Consequences
- Mitigation - what is it?
- Prediction vs. Forecasting
- Stages of recovery
Plate Tectonics
- Wegener's original evidence for "Continental Drift" & Sea Floor Spreading
- What is Plate Tectonics (Definition, etc)
- Layers of the Earth
- Hot spots and measuring the speed of plates
- Types of plate boundaries
Earthquakes - Basic Science
- What is an earthquake and the eleastic rebound theory
- Stress and deformation
- Faults - types, definitions, where they occur, etc.
- Fault activity
- Seismic Waves - types and differences
- Seismograms finding the location of quakes
- Magnitude and Intensity scales
- Factors that influence shaking
- Earthquakes and plate tectonics
- Intraplate quakes - what causes them, examples, etc.
- Earthquakes is Washington - types, hazards, history, Seattle Fault, 1700 Cascadia quake, etc.
- Examples of other famous historic quakes
- Basic primary and secondary effects of earthquakes - seiches, liquifaction, etc.
- Basic info on recent quake events
Tsunami
- What are they and what causes them? Why are they different from regular waves?
- Basic wave terminology and motion
- How do quakes create tsunmai?
- Examples, including basic knowledge of 2004 Indonesian quake
- Examples of other things that can create tsunami
- Tsunami mitigation - what can society do / what can you do?
Earthquakes - Mitigation
- Long term forecasting, paleoseismicity, etc
- Short term prediction, dilatancy, animal behavior, etc.
- Land use planning, building codes - what works and what doesn't
- Retrofitting - structural and nonstructural
- Insurance?, personal preparation and what do do during the quake
Psychology of Natural Disasters
- Basic concepts from Helen Taylor's guest lecture
Please bring a scantron sheet to the exam for multiple choice questions.
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