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Geography Methodologies assignment Mark Reddin Niamh Horan Stacy Whitney Beth Murphy Colm Byrne
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1
Volcanoes can form at Transformative Plate boundaries
False
True
2
What is the keyword for the theory describing the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates?
Eruption
Subduction
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
3
What happens where there is a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust, causing seismic waves?
Fold mountains
Earthquake
Volcano
Hurricane
4
Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?
Divergent
Convergent
Incongruent
Transform
5
What feature is formed as a result of subduction?
Trench
Volcano
Fold mountains
6
How far do the Earth's Continents move each year?
A few millimetres
a few metres
a few centimetres
a few kilometres
7
What is the term for the process of where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another?
Divergence
Subduction
Convergence
Uplift
8
The San Andrea's Fault is an example of a Transformative plate boundary.
False
True
9
The Ring of Fire zone is known for Desertification
True
False
10
What type of plate boundary can you see in this image?
Convergent
Divergent
I don't see one
Transformative
11
What causes the movement of tectonic plates?
Wind
The Sea
Gravity
Convection Currents
12
Which oceanic feature is formed at a divergent plate boundary?
Ridge
Island Arc
Subduction zone
Trench
13
What continential plate is Ireland located on?
Irish plate
Nazca Plate
Arabian Plate
Eurasian Plate
14
What is most likely to occur at a Convergent plate boundary?
Deposition
Trench Formation
Volcanic eruption
Subduction
15
Volcanoes are formed at Divergent plate boundaries
False
True
16
What feature can you see in this image?
Volcano
Ridge
Fold mountain
Landslide
17
The Himalayan mountain range was formed due to the collision of which two tectonic plates?
Indian & Eurasian
South American & African
Pacific & North American
North American & Eurasian
18
Convection currents occur in the inner core
False
True
19
What is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
An ancient coral reef
A volcanic mountain range
A deep ocean trench
A large desert in the Atlantic Ocean
20
What type of plate boundary results in the formation of mountain ranges?
Subduction
Divergent
Transformative
Convergent
21
Transformative plate boundaries:
Buckle upwards
Move apart from eachother
Move towards eachother
Slide past each other
22
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed around 335 million years ago?
Gondwana
Eurasia
Pangea
Laurasia
23
Convergent boundaries have plates that move towards each other
True
False
24
What evidence supports the theory of Plate tectonics?
Earthquake patterns
All of the Above
Fossil records
Rock formations
25
The Earth's lithosphere is divided into large pieces called
Plates
Oceans
Continents
Islands
26
The Outer Core is composed of solid iron and nickel
True
False
27
What can occur as a result of an Earthquake
Destruction of buildings
Avalanche
All of the Above
Tsunami
28
Select the definition of a Divergent plate boundary:
Plates moving towards eachother
Plates moving away from eachother
Plates colliding
Plates sliding past eachother
29
The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans and is associated with which type of plate boundary?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
30
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
Core
Inner Core
Crust
Mantle
