Geography Test Study

Question 1

Name the seven major plates

Answer 1

Eurasian plate, African plate, North-American plate, South-American plate, Nazca plate, Pacific plate and Indo-Australian plate

Question 2

Name the four layers of the Earth

Answer 2

Crust, Mantle, Outer core, Inner Core,

Question 3

What plate boundary is it when plates collide

Answer 3

Destructive plate boundary

Question 4

What boundary is where plates separate

Answer 4

Constructive plate boundary

Question 5

How does the magma come up to the earths surface.

Answer 5

Through a vent

Question 6

Where is the magma kept before it explodes from the volcano

Answer 6

Magma chamber

Question 7

What do volcanologists use to measure the force of the eruption

Answer 7

( VEI ) volcanic Explosity index

Question 8

What is the point inside the earths crust where the earthquake starts called

Answer 8

Focus

Question 9

What is the name of the shock waves that travel out from the focus called

Answer 9

Tremors

Question 10

What is the place on the earths surface direct,y above the focus called

Answer 10

Epicentre

Question 11

What are the little or big earthquakes called after the main earthquake

Answer 11

Aftershocks

Question 12

What is the name of where 70% of all earthquakes take place

Answer 12

The Pacific Ring Of Fire

Question 13

Name two economical and environmental impact of 1980 mt St Helens

Answer 13

Economical = 57 people died and hundreds of people lost their home and were left without a job

Environmental impacts = 150 new lakes were formed and existing lakes flooded their banks

Question 14

Write out the three stages of a volcanoes life

Answer 14

Active
Dormant
Extinct