Geography Revision Year 8 (Tectonic Plates)

A revision Quiz for my Geography assessment on Tectonic Plates. Covers everything I have learnt in Geography.

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Who created a theory on Tectonic Plates?
Alfred Wagner
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Name the two land masses that have split from Pangaea.
Laurasia and Gonowanal
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Why is Iceland still growing?
Volcanoes are errupting and the magma is creating land.
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What two directions are the plates are moving in a constructive boundary?
West and East
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Is Iceland a constructive boundary or a destructive boundary?
Constructive Boundary
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Why is the Pacific ocean called 'the Pacific ring of fire'?
Loads of volcanoes surround the Pacific.
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What makes the plates move in a constructive boundary?
Convection Currents
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Why are there two names for fire as a liquid? (Magma and Lava)
Magma is underground and Lava isn't
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Why do Earthquakes happen?
The tectonic plates are moving towards eachother.
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How does the mantle get to the core?
Sinks towards the core.
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Card 2

Front

Name the two land masses that have split from Pangaea.

Back

Laurasia and Gonowanal

Card 3

Front

Why is Iceland still growing?

Back

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Card 4

Front

What two directions are the plates are moving in a constructive boundary?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Is Iceland a constructive boundary or a destructive boundary?

Back

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