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WorksheetsYear 10 Tectonic Hazards Week 3 Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is a natural hazard?
A hazard resulting from the movement of tectonic plates.
A hazard caused by climate change.
An extreme natural event that threatens people or has the potential to cause damage, destruction and death.
An extreme hazard caused by human activity.
Natural events, such as volcanic eruptions or earthquakes that occur away from humans and properties are not considered natural hazards.
True
False
Which of the following factors affect the risk from natural events such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and floods?
Urbanisation
Level of economic development
Geographic location
All of the above
What is a tectonic hazard?
A hazard that occurs as the result of extreme weather conditions.
A hazard that occurs when the climate becomes too hot and causes drought.
A hazard that occurs because of a movement of the Earth’s crust.
A hazard that occurs as the result of human actions.
Which of the following is an example of a tectonic hazard?
Volcanic eruption
Flooding
Landslide
Drought
Countries around the Pacific Ring of Fire are more at risk of what types of natural hazard?
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Earthquakes and flooding.
Volcanic eruptions and drought.
Volcanoes and forest fires.
What would the likely short-term impacts of a climatic hazard be on a developed country?
High death toll and high economic cost
Low death toll and low economic cost
High death toll and low economic cost
Low death toll and high economic cost
Which type of event is likely to occur more often due to climate change?
Volcanic eruptions
Tropical storms
Landslides
Earthquakes
What layer of the earth is found beneath the crust?
Inner core
Outer core
Mantle
Plate
What are the characteristics of the Earth's inner core?
It is the hottest part of the earth. It is a solid mass of iron and nickel. The temperature is around 5500°C.
It is made of solid material that can flow very slowly.
It is made up of iron and nickel though it is in liquid form.
What are the characteristics of the Earth's outer core?
It is the hottest part of the earth. It is a solid mass of iron and nickel. The temperature is around 5500°C.
It is made up of iron and nickel though it is in liquid form.
It is made of solid material that can flow very slowly.
Which type of crust has the following characteristics? - Thin, 5-10km thick - Dense - Formed from basaltic rock - Recycled at destructive margins - Young, usually less than 200 million years old.
Oceanic
Continental
Which type of crust has the following characteristics? - Thick, 20-200km - Less dense - Made up mainly of granite - Old, up to 3.8 billion years old.
Oceanic
Continental
What is the name for hot, liquid rock below the Earth's surface?
Magma
Lava
In 1915 Alfred Wegener first proposed the theory of C__________ D________
(a)
Wegener noticed that the landmasses seemed to match like a jigsaw - this is called c___________ f___
(a)
Select two other pieces of evidence that Wegener gave to support his theory
He found old maps of Pangea and Laurasia
Observations that similar fossils appeared on continents that were now completely separate
He discovered ocean floor magnetism
He matched up rocks on either side of the Atlantic Ocean like puzzle pieces
Scientists did not accept Wegener’s theory of continental drift during his lifetime. Why?
He was a meteorologist by training.
He could not give evidence for the processes that move the plates, so it appeared impossible.
Other scientists did not like him.
Select the 2 mechanisms by which plates move.
Ridge push and slab pull
Ridge pull and slab push
Convection currents
Earth's rotation
Earth's magnetic field
Which plate margin occurs when two tectonic plates move apart?
Constructive
Destructive
Conservative
Which plate margin occurs when two tectonic plates move towards each other?
Conservative
Destructive
Constructive
What type of plate margin occurs when 2 plates slide past each other?
Constructive
Destructive
Conservative
Where do volcanoes NOT occur?
Destructive plate margins
Conservative plate margins
Constructive plate margins
In the centre of plates
What causes plates at a conservative margin to get stuck as they pass each other?
Subduction
Friction
Liquification
Meditation
