Y9 revision quiz

What direction are plates moving at a conservative plate boundary

• Towards each other

• Past each other in the opposite directions

• Away from each other

What direction are plates moving at destructive plate boundaries?

• Away from each other

• Towards each other

• In the same direction but at different speeds

• In the same direction but at different angles

What type of landform is formed at destructive plate boundaries?

• Mountain ranges

• Ocean trenches

• Volcanoes

• All of the above

What is the primary cause of earthquakes at conservative plate boundaries?

• Subduction of plates

• Sliding past each other

• Plates 'bashing' into each other

At which plate boundary is new oceanic crust formed?

• Destructive plate boundary

• Constructive plate boundary

• Conservative plate boundary

What is meant by the term 'focus'?

• The place where the oceanic crust subducts beneath the continetal crust

• Where the earthquake originates

• The energy released by the earthquake

• The point on the earth's surface vertically above where the EQ originated

  
  

How many people were injured in the 2015 Nepal EQ?

• 9000

• 20,000

• 50,000

• 500

Which of the following is NOT a secondary impact of the Nepal EQ?

• Decline in tourism due to loss of heritage sites and avalanches

• Food prices rising as food became difficult to get

• 7000 Schools were destroyed

• Avalanches and landslides

We can predict earthquakes

• True

• False

Which crust is more dense?

• Oceanic

• Constructive

• Continetal

• Ridge