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Hostile World: Plate Tectonics - Basics recap AQA B
Hostile World: Plate Tectonics - Basics recap AQA B
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A quick quiz for revision. Based on GCSE GEOG AQA B
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1
Which layer is semi-molten?
Mantle
Crust
Inner Core
Outer Core
2
Convection currents cause plates to move away from each other at which type of boundary?
Collision
Destructive
Constructive
Conservative
3
Mountain ranges are most often found at which type of boundary?
Constructive
Destructive
4
Convection currents occur in the mantle?
False
True
5
Temperatures in the core can reach up to...
500 degrees
45 000 degrees
7 500 degress
5500 degress
6
Which two plates make up the Mid-Atlantic ocean ridge?
<p>Indo-Australian</p>
Nazca
<p>Eurasian</p>
North American
7
The downward movement of a plate into the mantle beneath another plate is called...
Convection
Lahar
Subduction
Focus
8
The San Andreas Fault is an example of which type of plate boundary?
Collision
Conservative
<p>Destructive</p>
Destructive
9
Which one of the following is not part of the Earth's structure?
Trench
Crust
Inner Core
<p>Mantle</p>
10
What type of plate boundary is Haiti located on?
Conservative
<p>Constructive</p>
Destructive
11
The Eurasian plate is an example of what type of crust?
Continental
<p>Oceanic</p>
12
The point on the Earth's surface closest where an earthquake is felt is called what?
Epicentre
Fault Line
Focus
Seismic Waves
13
Earthquakes are found at which type of plate boundary?
Constructive
Destructive
Conservative
<p>Labour</p>
14
Which layer is the thickest part of the earth?
Outer Core
Inner Core
Mantle
Crust
15
In the Kobe earthquake which plate was made of denser oceanic crust?
Phillipines Plate
African
Eurasian
Nazca
16
How thick is the crust?
<p>0-40km</p>
0-60km
0-20km
0-80km
17
Which type of crust is the most dense?
<p>Oceanic</p>
Continental
18
Which two plates were involved in the Haiti earthquake?
Caribbean Plate
South American Plate
North American
19
What type of plate boundary is this diagram showing?
Constructive
Destructive
Collision
Conservative
20
Seismic waves travel out from the...
Epicentre
Focus
21
Volcanoes are found at which of the following types of plate boundaries?
Destructive
Constructive
Conservative
Collision
22
The Nazca and South American plates meet at which type of plate boundary?
Conservative
Destructive
Collision
Constructive
23
The power of an earthquake is measured using a seismometer, true or false?
False
<p>True</p>
24
The Cascade Mountain range in North America (Mt St Helens) are one on which type of boundary?
<p>Conservative PB</p>
Destructive PB
Constructive PB
25
Which type of crust does this statement refer to? 'The oldest type of crust'
Continental
Oceanic
