Geog 12/SS 10 answers to Friday 5, Nov. 28

 SS 10

1. What is a union?

- an organization of workers who come together to negotiate with their employer for improved wages, benefits, and working conditions

2. Why were people striking in Winnipeg?  (what did they want?)

-better wages and working conditions

3. What was OBU and what was it’s purpose?

-One Big Union, it's purpose was to join together labour unions to increase the chance of getting change

4. Why were people suspicious of unions?

-because their ideals were sometimes linked to communism

5. Why was union membership on the rise in the 1900’s?

-because working conditions were poor and it felt like the employers had all the power

Bonus:  what is collective bargaining?

-negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees/labour union

Geog 12

1. Briefly describe how interplate volcanism occurs.

volcanic activity that occurs within tectonic plates, away from their boundaries, and is most commonly caused by hot spots/mantle plumes

2. Explain why Yellowstone is a more rare form of interplate volcanism.

because it is in the middle of continental crust which is thicker than oceanic crust

3. Where do the most explosive volcanoes form?  

at subduction zones

4. Provide a positive and a negative of living near a volcano.

Pos:

-tourist attraction, brings jobs and revenue

-area is rich in minerals creating fertile soil and good mining opportunities

-hydrothermal power

Neg:

-destruction of area is a possibility

-living under stress due to volcanic activity

-depending on if dormant or active, could cause death

5.  Define pyroclastic flow.

-a fast moving cloud of ash, gas, pumice and rock (tephra) that can be extremely deadly as it rushes down the side of a volcano due to an eruption, moving up to 700km/hr.  Acts like an avalanche.