Boundaries
Theory
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Landforms
Protection
100
At what type of Boundary is new crust made?
Constructive (Divergent)
100
Who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegner
100
The place where an earthquake occurs is called the ?
Focus
100
From which type of Volcano do we get Runny Lava?
Shield
100
What land form is created where a plate is being subjected under another?
Ocean Trench
100
This is a spectrometer, what is it designed to measure?
Gas emissions
CO2 and Sulphur Dioxide
200
At what type of plate boundary is crust destroyed?
Destructive (Convergent)
200
In what year was the theory first given?
1912
200
The place directly above where the earthquakes occurs is called the?
Epicentre
200
What type of Volcano has thick lava?
Composite or Strato
200
Hawaii is away from a plate boundary but is located over what?
A Hot Spot
200
What is this and how can this help?
Thermal imaging allows more accurate predictions to be made on when an eruption will take place.
300
Give an example of where two continental plates meet?
Himalayas
300
What process is causing the plates to move?
Convection currents in the mantle.
*Double Points if either Slab Pull or Ridge Push mentioned
300
What was the size of the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010?
7.0
300
How many people were killed in the 1997 eruption in Montserrat?
19
300
What type of feature can be found where plates are pulling apart under the ocean?
Ocean Ridge
300
What type of construction protection from earthquakes is this ?
Cross Bracing
400
What is the name of the Plate Boundary that Iceland sits on?
Mid Atlantic Ridge
400
When Harry Hess found Sea floor what- he helped to prove Wegners Theory?
Spreading
400
What is the Capital of Haiti?
Port Au Prince
400
What is the Capital of Montserrat?
Plymouth
400
What types of mountains are made when plates push together?
Fold Mountains
400
What is this ?
Hazard Management Map
500
What plate is sub ducted under the South American plate- causing the Andes fold mountains and several Volcanoes?
Nazca
500
What was the name of the super continent which existed when all continents were joined?
Pangea
500
What disease spread as a secondary result of the Earthquake in Haiti in 2010?
Cholera
500
How are Volcanoes measured- What Scale?
VEI
Volcanic Eruption Index
500
In Africa we can find the largest example of where two continental plates are moving apart, what landform is created there?
A Rift Valley