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AQA A Level Geography Hazards Knowledge Test
What are hot spots?
What is magma?
AQA A Level Geography Hazards Knowledge Test
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AQA A Level Geography - Hazards
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What is magma?
Lava when it reaches the surface
Molten rocks when they reach the surface
Molten rock, gases and liquids in the mantle
Molten rock from the mantle
2
What are hot spots?
The climate is really hot
Where magma plumes rise
Heat from core concentrated at one point on the crust
3
What are constructive plate margins?
When 2 plates are pushed together
When 2 plates desperate
4
Which of these is the most violent type of volcanic eruption?
Vulcanian
Plinian
Hawaiian
Peleean
5
Which is an example of a conservative plate margin?
Great African Rift Valley
San Andreas Fault
6
Which of these is a warning sign of volcanoes?
Ground deformation
Rising groundwater temperatures
Upward movement of iron-rich magma
Seismic activity
7
What are conservative plate margins
When 2 plates collide
When 2 plates pull apart
When 2 plates slide past each other
8
What are extrusive igneous rocks?
Igneous rocks formed below ground
Igneous rocks formed above ground
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Which rock is oceanic crust made out of?
Sima
Sial
10
What are igneous rocks?
Rocks formed by compressing sediment
Rocks formed by the cooling of molten magma
11
What percentage of Earth’s earthquakes and volcanoes occur along plate margins?
75%
85%
95%
65%
12
Which of these is not a characteristic of oceanic crust?
Young
Thin (6-10km)
More dense
Less dense
13
How many cm did the Atlantic sea floor spread per year?
4cm
5cm
2cm
3cm
14
Which of these is not a human response to a hazard?
Prediction
Adaptation
Protect
Fatalism
15
Which rock is continental crust made out of?
Sial
Sima
16
What is the asthenosphere?
Upper crust
Upper mantle
Lower crust
Lower mantle
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Which of these is not a type of continental plate margin?
Mid-ocean ridges
Oceanic meets oceanic
Rift valleys
18
What are transform faults?
Regular breaks perpendicular to the plate margin
Faults which alternatively produce volcanoes then earthquake
19
Which of these is the most gentle type of volcanic eruption?
Icelandic
Strombolian
Vesuvian
Plinian
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Which of these is not a type of crust?
Lithospheric
Continental
Oceanic
21
What hazards occur at hot spots?
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
22
Which plate margin does subduction not occur at?
Oceanic meets oceanic
Continental meets continental
Continental meets oceanic
23
Who is responsible for the theory of continental drift?
Harry Hess - 1962
Alfred Wegener - 1912
24
Which one is not a type of hazard?
Lithospheric
Hydrological
Geophysical
Atmospheric
25
What is the scale called which measures magnitude of volcanic eruptions?
Mercalli Scale
Volcanic Explosivity Index
Richter Scale
Saffir-Simpson Scale
26
What is the core made out of?
Iron and nickel
Iron and sima
Nickel and sima
Iron and sial
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What are destructive plate margins?
When 2 plates pull apart
When 2 plates are pushed together
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What hazards occur at conservative plate margins?
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
29
What is the Benioff Zone?
Zone of sinking
Zone of melting
30
Which is an example of a hot spot?
Yellowstone National Park
Hawaiian Islands
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What temperature is the core?
5000 degrees C
2000 degrees C
4000 degrees C
3000 degrees C
32
What are mudflows/lahars?
Flows of ash that have been changed to clay by volcanic gas
Flows of ash
Flows of mud
Flows of water
33
What are the four stages of the hazard management cycle?
Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, Recovery
Preparedness, Response, Recovery, Mitigation
Response, Mitigation, Preparedness, Recovery
Response, Mitigation, Recovery, Preparedness
34
What is the mantle made up of?
Semi-molten silicate rocks
Semi-molten igneous rocks
Semi-molten sima rocks
Semi-molten sial rocks
35
What are intrusive igneous rocks?
Igneous rocks formed above ground
Igneous rocks formed underground
36
What is a cause of mudflows and lahars?
Pyroclastic flows entering streams
Eruptions releasing water
Rapid melting of ice and snow from volcanoes slopes
Eruptions induced heavy rainfall
37
What is fatalism?
Except that death is inevitable
Do nothing to prevent hazards
Accept that there is little we can do to control hazards
Do everything possible to prevent hazards
38
Which hazard does not occur along mid ocean ridges?
Volcanoes
Submarine volcanoes
Earthquakes
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Which of these is not a type of destructive plate margin?
Mid ocean ridges
Continental meets continental
Oceanic meets continental
Oceanic meets oceanic
40
Which is not a characteristic of continental crust?
Thick (30-70m)
Less dense
Older
Thin (6-10km)
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Which is an example of a mid ocean ridge?
Great African Rift Valley
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
42
What hazards don’t occur at continental meets continental?
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Fold mountains
43
How thick is the mantle?
3100 km
3400 km
2900 km
2500 km
44
Which of these is not a type of gravitational sliding?
Ridge pull
Slab pull
Ridge push
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What is the lithosphere
Crust and upper mantle
Lower mantle and core
Crust
Mantle
