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6. The Alps, Himalayas and Andes are all examples of
- Young fold mountains
- Hills
- Landforms
7. Ocean trenches are formed in the subduction zone
8. An example of a shield volcano is...
- Surtsey island, near Iceland
- Etna in Italy, Krakatoa in Indonesia
9. What plate margin is a fold mountain formed on?
- Destructive plate margins
- constructive plate margins
- Conservative plate margins
10. What are the names of the two types of crust?
- Oceanic and Continental crust
- Tectonic plates
11. Earthquakes can occur when
- fold mountains are made
- build up pressure forces plates unstuck
- build up pressure causes magma to rise
12. Which of these is not a feature of constructive plate margins?
- Volcanoes can form islands if they rise above sea level
- Ridges and shield volcanoes are formed by the build up of magma
- Ocean trenches are formed
- Usually found under the sea
13. Shield volcanoes
- Have gentle slopes and a wide base
- Are nearly flat!
14. A super-volcanoes eruption is
- 100 times bigger than normal volcanoes
- 1000 times bigger than normal volcanoes
- 10,000 times bigger than normal volcanoes
15. A conservative plate is when....
- Plates slide past eachother
- Plates move together
- Plates move apart
16. Ridges and Shield Volcanoes are formed by...
- By the destructive plate margin making fold mountains
- By the build up of magma
- By magma