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Year 9 Natural Hazards 9.3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is not a plate margin?

a)

Destructive

b)

Conservative

c)

Constructive

d)

Creative

2.

What is the name of a plate boundary where one plate subducts under the other?

a)

Destructive

b)

Conservative

c)

Constructive

d)

Collision

3.

Which is not a feature of oceanic crust?

a)

Dense

b)

It can sink

c)

It cannot be destroyed

d)

It is less than 200 million years old

4.

Which is not a feature of continental crust?

a)

Older than 200 million years old

b)

Light

c)

It can sink

d)

It cannot be destroyed

5.

How much does the average plate margin move per year?

a)

a few millimeters

b)

a few centimeters

c)

a few meters

d)

a few miles

6.

Which of these features is NOT found at a constructive plate margin?

a)

Subduction Zone

b)

Rising Magma

c)

Plates moving apart

d)

Volcanoes

7.

What is the correct order of the interior sections of the Earth?

a)

Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core, Crust

b)

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

c)

Outer Core, Inner Core, Mantle, Crust

d)

Inner Core, Crust, Mantle, Outer Core

8.

What are Convection Currents?

a)

The movement of heat through the Mantle

b)

The movement of heat through the Outer Core

c)

The movement of heat through the Crust

d)

The movement of heat through the Interior of the Earth

9.

Subduction is ....

a)

Where oceanic crust is drawn down beneath continental crust by convection currents

b)

Where continental crust is bent and mountains are formed

c)

When a volcano is formed by rising magma

d)

They process which forms earthquakes

10.

Which type of plate boundary involves one piece of oceanic crust sliding under a piece of continental crust

a)

conservative

b)

constructive

c)

destructive