Boundaries
Constructive (Divergent)
Who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegner
The place where an earthquake occurs is called the ?
Focus
From which type of Volcano do we get Runny Lava?
Shield
What land form is created where a plate is being subjected under another?
Ocean Trench
What scale is sometimes used to measure damage from an earthquake- (not size)?
Mercalli Scale
At what type of plate boundary is crust destroyed?
Destructive (Convergent)
In what year was the theory first given?
1912
The place directly above where the earthquakes occurs is called the?
Epicentre
What type of Volcano has thick lava?
Composite or Strato
Hawaii is away from a plate boundary but is located over what?
A Hot Spot
What disease spread as a secondary result of the Earthquake and where was it supposed to come from?
Cholera- From UN soldiers from Nepal
Give an example of where two continental plates meet?
Himalayas
What process is causing the plates to move?
Convection currents in the mantle.
*Double Points if either Slab Pull or Ridge Push mentioned
What was the size of the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010?
7.0
What is the hot cloud of gas and ash which can be released from some volcanoes?
Pyroclastic Flow
What type of feature can be found where plates are pulling apart under the ocean?
Ocean Ridge
Where two continental plates meet is an example of what boundary?
Collision
What is the name of the Plate Boundary that Iceland sits on?
Mid Atlantic Ridge
When Harry Hess found Sea floor what- he helped to prove Wegners Theory?
Spreading
What is the Capital of Haiti?
Port Au Prince
What type of equipment is used to measure gas from a volcano?
Spectrometer
What types of mountains are made when plates push together?
Fold Mountains
True or False Fold Mountains occur at all plate boundaries?
False
What plate is sub ducted under the South American plate- causing the Andes fold mountains and several Volcanoes?
Nazca
What was the name of the super continent which existed when all continents were joined?
Pangea
How far from the capital was the earthquake of 2010?
25 kilometres west
How are Volcanoes measured- What Scale?
VEI
Volcanic Eruption Index
In Africa we can find the largest example of where two continental plates are moving apart, what landform is created there?
A Rift Valley
What is the method of dating the magnetic signature of rock and hence its age called?
Paleomagnetism