Tectonics (volcanoes and plates) GCSE geography

A short andsweet quiz to test to check your knowledge for the tectonics section in the up-and-coming paper 1 (aqa) exam!

Good luck :D

I apologise for any spelling mistakes, and if I have made a mistake is selecting the correct answer, let me know and I'll correct it! :)

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  • Created by: Matilda
  • Created on: 30-05-10 14:28

1. How many MAJOR tectonic plates are there on Earth?

  • 21
  • 57
  • 7
  • 13
  • 5
1 of 25

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2. A dormant Volcano will...?

  • will erupt again one day
  • Is erupting at this moment
  • Never erupt again
  • erupted last wednesday
  • is sleeping

3. The continental plate is made from...?

  • hardened crust
  • sandstone
  • limestone
  • granite
  • basalt

4. Which of the following is an advantage of living near a volcano?

  • hot geysers
  • all of these
  • Tourist attraction through walks
  • yeilds of crops such as maize 5 times higher

5. A sheild volcano has...

  • sloping sides
  • Steep sides
  • narrow base
  • layers of ash and lava
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tom

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there are some wrong answers and dodgy questions

e.g 19 actually describes the epicentre

22 lava is described as "molten lava"

Matilda

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Sorry I did 19 wrong, forgot to select the answer!! And 22 is the correct defintion out a A-level geography book.

alex

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yh minus the couple of mistakes this is very well done and has helped me alot :D good luck

jess15

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really good quiz! i remembered alot of stuff from it

 and tom how can lava be defined a molten lava that isnt a definition, you cant define the word lava as lava thats just a silly response, to define something you cant use the word your trying to define in the definition it defeats the object of defining something  

Abby

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i thought this was okay but we got alot of them wrong but it just happened to be that there are different names of things which we havent seen before e.g. dormant volcanoes are technically sleeping!!

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