Plate Tectonics
What are the different sections of crust called?
Tectonic Plates
Name a fold mountain
Mount Everest or any other
What causes an earthquakes?
Plate Tectonics - movement of plates
What is a volcano?
Landform created from lava escaping through fissure on surface
Bogota
Columbia
What plate is Ireland located on?
Eurasian
How do fold mountains form?
Collision boundaries, uplifting of crust
A tsunami is...
An underwater earthquake which generates a tidal wave
What causes volcanoes to form?
Convection currents, plate tectonics
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Subduction is....
when a heavier plate sinks below a lighter plate
When was the Caledonian Orogeny?
400MYA
Where was the biggest earthquake ever recorded and what would it have measured on the richter scale?
Valdivia, Chile, 1960. 9.5
Name one active volcano
Mt Etna, Sicily, Italy.
Cairo
Egypt
Name two minor plates
Caribbean, Nazca, Cocos, Philippine, Arabian, Juan de Fuca, Scotia
Name a mountain range formed during the Alpine orogeny
European Alps, Himalayas
Differentiate between the focus and the epicenter of an earthquake.
focus - under surface
epicentre - above surface
Where are 75% of the earth's volcanoes located?
Pacific Ring of Fire
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
What islands in the Pacific are formed as a result of 'hotspots'
Hawaiian islands
What are some benefits of fold mountains (name two)
Tourism, natural resources, settlements, biodiversity, scenery
How does the richter scale differ from the moment magnitude scale?
Richter scale - seismograph measuring seismic waves
MMS - Seismograph and rock stress measured
Tell me what you know about supervolcanoes
There is one in Yellowstone, US. It is predicted to erupt in the near future. The eruption could devastate much of the US.
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar