Geography Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Earths layers

Revision test on earthquakes, volcanoes and the layers of the earth 

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What is atmosphere?
layers of gases which make up the air around us
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what is hydrosphere?
layer of water- sea,lakes,rivers,groundwater and ice on the earths crust
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what is biosphere?
thin layer of living things- plants,animals living on the earths crust
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what is geosphere?
rocks of the earths crust and deeper into the earth towards the core
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what is the name of the crust and upper mantle?
lithosphere
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under the upper mantle there is a goo like substance called?
asthenosphere
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in the earths layers, the rock cycle is otherwise known as?
convection
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what is the outer and inner core made of?
iron and nickle
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Oceanic can sink/be pushed into the mantle?
True
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continental makes continents and is made of granite?
True
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a destructive plate boundary...
has oceanic crust that moves towards continental crust
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a collision margin is when...
plates move together, both continental crust
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constructive is where?
plates move apart
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conservative plates..
slide past eachother
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why is the inner core so hot?
because molten lava is spewing from active volcanoes, it shows its hot inside the earth which is caused by radioactive decay of elements in the core
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why doesn't the inner core melt?
its under too much pressure and theres no room for it to melt
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what creates northon lights?
charged particles hit the earths magnetic field which bounce off creating colours which are the northon lights
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what is the outer core?
metal liquid that moves around creating a magnetic field around the world which protects us from the suns atems
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all volcanoes are found at plate edges?
False
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volcanoes can be found at plate edges, destructive, constructive and hotspots?
True
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what is a hotspot?
places where the earths crust is thin
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classify an active volcano?
recently erupted(200 years), likely to erupt again
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dormat volcanoes?
erupted with historic times (last 2000 years)
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extint volcanoes?
has not erupted in historic times and wont erupt again
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basic lava is runny and hot 1200 c?
True
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acidic lava has less eruptions but more violent due to gases?
True
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basic lava found at constructive plate boundaries and hot spots?
True
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acidic lava is found at destructive margins where oceanic crust is destroyed ?
True
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shield volcanoes have gently sloping sides?
True
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composite volcanoes have steeper sides?
True
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moniter shape of volcano
tiltmeter
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short term responses to earthquake impacts?
emergency water supplies,sniffer dogs, tempory houses
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earthquake starts at a focus which is...
the point of energy release in the crust
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epicentre is first to get shaken, on suface above focus?
True
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question 25 isn't clear. A extinct volcano has erupted, even if it's not in our or others history it's still history so has happened in historical times

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