Volcanoes/ palte boundaries...

GCSE geography AQA

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  • Created by: karolina
  • Created on: 25-05-09 20:11
Dormant means...
hasnt erupted in over 2000 years
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A shield volcano is...
lava is runny, quick, easily spread over large areas forming wide falt features.
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A dome volcano is...
lava is acid and thick, flows slower and hardens quickly to form steep sided features.
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where is the focus of a earthquake...
underneath the ground where the plates are.
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what does the richter scale and seisograph measure...
measures earthquakes and size and magnitude of them.
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A shield volcano is...

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lava is runny, quick, easily spread over large areas forming wide falt features.

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A dome volcano is...

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where is the focus of a earthquake...

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what does the richter scale and seisograph measure...

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karolina

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sorry there are spelling errors and the first question and one of the answers is suposed to say 'has not erupted in over 2000 years'

Sophie Carter

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not very useful sorry! got 100% though :)

RJ

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this was a sick quiz lid 8)

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