Adam's Super Fun Tectonics

Tectonic quiz, have a go.

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How many layers does the Earth have?
4
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What layer is the mantle?
Second
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What type of plate boundary forms a volcano?
Destructive
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What type of plate boundary causes earthquakes?
Conservative
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What causes the tectonic plates to move?
Convection currents in the mantle
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What does the Collision plate boundary create?
Mountains
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Where is the epicentre?
The point directly above the focus.
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Where is the focus?
The point at which the earthquake occurs.
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When was the Japanese tsunami?
2011
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When did the Kobe earhquake occur?
January 17th 1995
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Why was Haiti so badly effected?
It was an LEDC and it is a densley populated area that is not built to withstand earthquakes of such a large magnitude.
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What was the death toll for the Kobe earthquake?
5,000 deaths / 23,600 injured
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How many people were left homeless in Kobe?
230,000
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What type of plate boundary causes earthquakes?

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What causes the tectonic plates to move?

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Seymour Butts

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Adam your'e really cool.

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