AQA GCSE GEOGRAPHY - TECTONIC HAZARD

What natural hazard happens at a subduction zone?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes and volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Tropical storms

What natural hazards occur at a constructive boundary?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Hurricanes

• Volcanoes and earthquakes

Why do earthquakes happen on conservative boundaries?

• The weather is very hot

• The plates get stuck as they move against one another

• The plates are pulling apart

• Magma is erupting and makes the ground shake

What plate is the UK on?

• North American

• Eurasian

• Caribbean

• Indo-Australian

Approximately how far is it to the centre of the earth?

• 2,900 kilometres

• 2,440 kilometres

• 4,600 kilometres

• 6,400 kilometres

What types of plate meet at a collision zone?

• Oceanic and oceanic

• Continental and continental

• Oceanic and continental

• Eurasian and north American

Which layer of the earth does this describe?

‘liquid, convection currents, magma’

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Mantle

• Crust

What creates plate movement?

• Hot weather

• Warm weather

• Global Warming

• Convection currents

Which gas gives evidence that an earthquake may happen?

• Methane

• Carbon Dioxide

• Ozone

• Radon

An increase in which gases may indicate a volcanic eruption is likely?

• Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide

• Ozone and methane

• Sulphur dioxide and hydrochloric acid

• Sulphuric acid and magnesium dioxide