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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

  • Sometimes
  • True
  • False

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