Restless Earth

Question 1

Conservative

Answer 1

A plate margin where the tectonic plates are sliding past each other

Question 2

Constructive plate margin

Answer 2

A plate margin where the tectonic plates are sliding past each other.

Question 3

Continental crust

Answer 3

The part of the earth’s crust that makes the continents

Question 4

Convection currents

Answer 4

Circulating movements of the magma in the mantle caused by the heat of the core

Question 5

Destructive plate margin

Answer 5

A plate margin where the tectonic plates collide

Question 6

Epicentre

Answer 6

The point of the ground directly above the focus(centre) of an earthquake

Question 7

Focus

Answer 7

The point of origin of an earthquake

Question 8

Magnitude

Answer 8

The size of an earthquake

Question 9

Oceanic crust

Answer 9

The part of fhe earth’s crust which is below the oceans

Question 10

Ocean trench

Answer 10

A deep conversation on the ocean floor formed at the subduction zones of destructive plate margins

Question 11

Plates

Answer 11

The large pieces of broken crust that cover the earth

Question 12

Plate margin

Answer 12

Boundary between the two tectonic plates

Question 13

Predictions

Answer 13

Forecasting future changes

Question 14

Primary effects

Answer 14

Impacts of a natural disaster that happen immediately or soon after the event

Question 15

Response

Answer 15

The way in which people react to a situation e.g an earthquake

Question 16

Second effects

Answer 16

The after effects of a disaster e.g disease spreads due to dirty water, loss of economy due to destruction of business

Question 17

Subduction

Answer 17

The transformation into magma of a denser tectonic plate as it diver under a less dense plate

Question 18

Supervolcano

Answer 18

A volcano capable of erupting on a much larger scale than a normal volcano

Question 19

Tectonic plates

Answer 19

Threats posed by earthquakes, volcanoes etc

Question 20

Tsunami

Answer 20

Huge waves cause by an earthquake under the sea

Question 21

Caldera

Answer 21

A large ridge forming the edge of a supervolcano, where the original cone had either collapsed or been destroyed in a large eruption