Japan's Geography

Question 1

The four main islands

Answer 1

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu

Question 2

The northern island

Answer 2

Hokkaido

Question 3

The largest middle island

Answer 3

Honshu

Question 4

The smallest of the four

Answer 4

Shikoku

Question 5

The most southern

Answer 5

Kyushu

Question 6

Name some Japanese cities

Answer 6

Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Yokohama

Question 7

What is a constructive margin

Answer 7

Warm air rises causing the plates to move away from each other (convection currents) = a shield volcano

The magma is very fast moving and spreads quickly.

Question 8

Conservative margin

Answer 8

1) convection currents push the plates past each other
2) Pressure builds from the convection currents
3) The plates slip causing an earthquake

Question 9

Destructive margin

Answer 9

Happens between oceanic plate and continental plate.

Convection currents push oceanic plate below continental plate causing a composite volcano.
A magma chamber builds up then explodes

E.g.Mount Fuji

Question 10

Collision Plate boundary

Answer 10

1) Convention currents push plates together
2) Plates collide
3) Sediment is pushed upwards
4) Land crinkles to form fold mountains

E.g. Himalayas