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AQA GCSE GEOGRAPHY - TECTONIC HAZARD

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What natural hazard happens at a subduction zone?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Earthquakes and volcanoes

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Tropical storms

2.

What natural hazards occur at a constructive boundary?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Hurricanes

d)

Volcanoes and earthquakes

3.

Why do earthquakes happen on conservative boundaries?

a)

The weather is very hot

b)

The plates get stuck as they move against one another

c)

The plates are pulling apart

d)

Magma is erupting and makes the ground shake

4.

What plate is the UK on?

a)

North American

b)

Eurasian

c)

Caribbean

d)

Indo-Australian

5.

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

a)

2,900 kilometres

b)

2,440 kilometres

c)

4,600 kilometres

d)

6,400 kilometres

6.

What types of plate meet at a collision zone?

a)

Oceanic and oceanic

b)

Continental and continental

c)

Oceanic and continental

d)

Eurasian and north American

7.

Which layer of the earth does this describe?

‘liquid, convection currents, magma’

a)

Inner core

b)

Outer core

c)

Mantle

d)

Crust

8.

What creates plate movement?

a)

Hot weather

b)

Warm weather

c)

Global Warming

d)

Convection currents

9.

Which gas gives evidence that an earthquake may happen?

a)

Methane

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Ozone

d)

Radon

10.

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

a)

Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide

b)

Ozone and methane

c)

Sulphur dioxide and hydrochloric acid

d)

Sulphuric acid and magnesium dioxide

11.

Which methods are used to monitor Mount Sakurajima in Japan?

a)

Satellite

b)

Gas monitoring

c)

Temperature change

d)

All of the methods mentioned

12.

Which of these is a reason for living in a seismic area?

a)

A seismic event is hugely unlikely to happen.

b)

There are no longer fatalities in seismic areas.

c)

Seismic areas are now completely safe.

d)

There are job opportunities in seismic areas.

13.

Which of these jobs isn’t created by plate boundaries?

a)

Diamond miner

b)

Rice farmer

c)

ICT technician

d)

Geothermal heat engineer

14.

Which of these would help a building stay standing if there was an earthquake?

a)

Hollow bricks

b)

Shock absorbers

c)

Flat roof

d)

Cube shape

15.

How hot is pyroclastic flow?

a)

-20 degrees C

b)

2 degrees C

c)

20 degrees C

d)

200 degrees C

16.

Why do earthquakes happen on conservative boundaries?

a)

It's hot

b)

The oceanic plate sinks and gets stuck

c)

Volcanoes cause them

d)

The plates are rubbing together and get stuck

17.

What type of plate boundary produces a shield volcano?

a)

Conservative

b)

Destructive subduction

c)

Constructive

d)

Destructive collision

18.

On what type of boundary do shallow focus earthquakes occur?

a)

All types

b)

Conservative

c)

Constructive

d)

Subduction Zones