Hazards 4 AQA A Level Geography Quiz

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What happens at a destructive plate margin?

Crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other

New crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other

Crust is destroyed as one plate subducts under another

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What happens at a conservative plate margin?

Crust is destroyed as one plate subducts under another

Crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other

New crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What happens at a constructive plate margin?

New crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other

Crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other

Crust is destroyed as one plate subducts under another

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is ‘ridge push’?

Gravitational force that causes a plate to move away from the crest of an ocean ridge, and into a subduction zone

As a crustal plate moves further from an oceanic ridge, it cools and becomes increasingly dense. This causes it to sink beneath the continental crust in a subduction zone. The weight of this sinking, cooling plate causes a major pulling action, which causes the rest of the plate to be pulled downwards as well.

It is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere. The theoretical model builds on the concept of continental drift developed during the first few decades of the 20th century

Heat from the Earth’s core causes currents in the mantle. These currents slowly move the crust around. In some places the crust is destroyed. In other places new crust is formed.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is ‘slab pull’?

Gravitational force that causes a plate to move away from the crest of an ocean ridge, and into a subduction zone.

It is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere. The theoretical model builds on the concept of continental drift developed during the first few decades of the 20th century

As a crustal plate moves further from an oceanic ridge, it cools and becomes increasingly dense. This causes it to sink beneath the continental crust in a subduction zone. The weight of this sinking, cooling plate causes a major pulling action, which causes the rest of the plate to be pulled downwards as well.(

Heat from the Earth’s core causes currents in the mantle. These currents slowly move the crust around. In some places the crust is destroyed. In other places new crust is formed.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is ‘plate tectonic theory’?

Gravitational force that causes a plate to move away from the crest of an ocean ridge, and into a subduction zone.

As a crustal plate moves further from an oceanic ridge, it cools and becomes increasingly dense. This causes it to sink beneath the continental crust in a subduction zone. The weight of this sinking, cooling plate causes a major pulling action, which causes the rest of the plate to be pulled downwards as well.

It is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere. The theoretical model builds on the concept of continental drift developed during the first few decades of the 20th century.

Heat from the Earth’s core causes currents in the mantle. These currents slowly move the crust around. In some places the crust is destroyed. In other places new crust is formed.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What are ‘convection currents’?

Gravitational force that causes a plate to move away from the crest of an ocean ridge, and into a subduction zone.

As a crustal plate moves further from an oceanic ridge, it cools and becomes increasingly dense. This causes it to sink beneath the continental crust in a subduction zone. The weight of this sinking, cooling plate causes a major pulling action, which causes the rest of the plate to be pulled downwards as well.

It is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere. The theoretical model builds on the concept of continental drift developed during the first few decades of the 20th century.

Heat from the Earth’s core causes currents in the mantle. These currents slowly move the crust around. In some places the crust is destroyed. In other places new crust is formed.