Tectonic hazards KS3

Plates move together

• Constructive

• Conservative

• Destructive

Plates move apart

• Constructive

• Conservative

• Destructive

Plates move past each other

• Constructive

• Conservative

• Destructive

At which margin do you not find volcanoes?

• Constructive

• Conservative

• Destructive

Point underground where an earthquake happens

• Focus

• Epicentre

• Shockcentre

• Seismicentre

Volcano with steep sides, explosive eruptions and sticky lava

• Shield

• Stratovolcano / composite

• Megavolcano

• Craton volcano

Hot cloud of ash, gas and rocks that travels downhill at speeds of up to 400 miles per hour, destroying everything

• Lahar

• Pyroclastic flow

• Land surge

• Volcanic slide

Which is NOT a reason people live near volcanoes?

• Farming

• Nuclear energy

• Tourism

• Mining

One way to make a building more earthquake resistant is...

Name a way, other than improving buildings, to prepare for an earthquake