Tectonics Quiz

A quiz on Tectonics & Earthquakes

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What causes two plates to move? (in a constructive plate boundary)
Convection currents in the mantle.
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What happens when the plates move apart? (in Constructive plate boundary)
As they move apart magma from the mantle rises to the surface and cools forming new crust.
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What happens when Collision plate boundarys move together?
As they are the same material they crumple upwards to form fold mountains.
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What can can a destructive plate boundary from?
Volcano.
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Where was the 1995 earthquake/tsunami ?
Japan
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What year was the Haiti earthquake?
2010
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How does a ash cloud occur?
A Volcano erupting
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What happens when the plates move apart? (in Constructive plate boundary)

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As they move apart magma from the mantle rises to the surface and cools forming new crust.

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What happens when Collision plate boundarys move together?

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What can can a destructive plate boundary from?

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Where was the 1995 earthquake/tsunami ?

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