WorksheetsYEAR 10 / L16 EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES REVISION QUIZ
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the geographical term used to describe the strength of an earthquake?
Strength
Magnus
Magnitude
What type of plate boundary does the diagram illustrate?
Destructive
Constructive
Conservative
Collision
What direction do the plates move at a constructive plate boundary?
Under one another
Towards each other
Away from each other
Past each other
The Richter Scale is a logarithmic scale ...
False
True
The spot underground where the rocks collide and the seismic waves start from is called the ...
Epicenter
Focus
Crust
Inner core
The map illustrates what specifically?
Volcanoes
Hot spots
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
How many died in the Haiti earthquake in 2010?
210,000
200,000
230,000
250,000
What two plates caused the Montserrat eruption?
African and Caribbean plates
North American and Caribbean plates
Pacific and Caribbean plates
N.American and Pacific plates
What type of volcano does the picture illustrate?
Composite
Cone
Shield
Strato
Hotspots are normally found ...
... in the middle of plates
... at plate boundaries
... in the middle of oceans
