CCEA GCSE Geography Unit 1 Theme D The Restless Earth quiz
14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.
Which layer of the Earth do we live on?
What drives the movement of tectonic plates?
Which type of crust is denser and gets subducted at a destructive margin?
At which plate margin do you find earthquakes but no volcanoes, where plates slide past each other?
What is the focus of an earthquake?
Which scale measures the energy released by an earthquake?
Which of the following is part of planning to reduce earthquake damage?
What shape is a shield volcano, and why?
Which of these is a reason people choose to live near volcanoes?
Which instrument detects the ground bulging as magma rises in a volcano?
Why can volcanoes usually be predicted better than earthquakes?
Which type of margin forms fold mountains such as the Himalayas?
What is the single most important factor, apart from magnitude, in deciding an earthquake's death toll?
Why do earthquakes of similar magnitude often kill more people in poorer countries?