Year 8 Tectonics Unit Vocab Quiz

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a tectonic plate?
The giant slabs/sections of the Earth's crust.
Where two tectonic plates meet.
An area of the Earth's mantle.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a plate boundary?
The giant slabs/sections of the Earth's crust.
Where two tectonic plates meet.
An area of the Earth's mantle.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an earthquake?
Tectonic hazard where friction released causes shaking of the ground.
Tectonic hazard where magma is released on the Earth’s surface as lava.
Tectonic hazard where shaking causes a huge wave chain to hit the shore.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the focus of an earthquake?
The centre point of the earthquake where pressure is released and the origin of seismic waves.
The centre point of an earthquake on the Earth’s surface.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the epicentre of an earthquake?
The centre point of the earthquake where pressure is released and the origin of seismic waves.
The centre point of an earthquake on the Earth’s surface.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a seismic wave?
The large wave chains caused by an earthquake, a tsunami.
The shockwaves that roll out of an earthquake, in the Earth's crust.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is subduction?
The movement of one tectonic plate against another.
The downward movement of one tectonic plate beneath anther.
When an earthquake happens on the ocean floor.
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