Geography OCR-B Theme 3 Review Quiz
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The document discusses various topics related to plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, and natural disasters such as tsunamis and droughts. It includes multiple choice questions about plate boundaries and tectonic features, earthquakes including the 1995 Kobe earthquake, and the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. It also addresses factors related to drought and desertification.
Geography OCR-B Theme 3 Review Quiz
- 1. A Qwizdom Quiz by S.Rackley (FEHS 2009)
- 2. Death & destruction Threat & potential Damage & disturbance Inconvenience & Impact
- 3. Time/duration Severity Location Size/area
- 4. A B C D
- 5. TRUE -or- FALSE
- 6. The coastlines of ____________ and ___________ appear to fit together. Also, fossils from the same animals were found on both continents. North America & Europe Australasia (Oceania) & Asia Europe & Africa South America & Africa
- 7. Pacific Eurasian Nazca Scotia
- 8. Collision zone Constructive margin Transform Subduction zone
- 9. convergent, convergent, conservative, divergent convergent, divergent, conservative, convergent divergent, convergent, convergent, conservative conservative, convergent, divergent, convergent Type of plate boundary Direction of movement Types of crust involved Tectonic features Collision 1? Continental – Continental Subduction 2? Continental (or oceanic) – oceanic Transform 3? Any Constructive 4? Continental-continental or oceanic-oceanic
- 10. island arcs, mid-ocean ridges, violent earthquakes, fold mountains mid-ocean ridges, island-arcs, fold mountains, violent earthquakes violent earthquakes, mid-ocean ridges, fold mountains, island arcs fold mountains, island arcs, violent earthquakes, mid-ocean ridges Type of plate boundary Direction of movement Types of crust involved Tectonic features Collision Convergent (towards each other) Continental – Continental 1? Subduction Convergent (towards each other) Continental (or oceanic) – oceanic 2? Transform Conservative (sliding past each other) Any 3? Constructive Divergent (away from each other) Continental-continental or oceanic-oceanic 4?
- 11. Constructive (divergent) Conservative (transform) Destructive (convergent subduction) Collision (convergent)
- 12. A B C D
- 13. A B C D
- 14. The African plate subducts under the Eurasian plate Continuous eruptions of magma (lava), builds up the composite/cone volcano of Etna. As the plate subducts it melts into magma The magma rises, pushing through the crust The Juan de Fuca plate subducts under the N.American plate Continuous eruptions of magma (lava), builds up the shield volcano of Etna. Convection currents in the mantle move the plates above
- 15. Farming on the rich, fertile soil Geothermal power Presence of minerals such as gold, diamonds, zinc etc A comfortable climate Income through tourism
- 16. Fault Epicentre Richter Seismic
- 17. Ground shaking Landslides/avalanches Tsunami Liquefaction
- 18. The Kobe earthquake took place in ??? at around 6am in the morning. It was ??? on the Richter Scale. It was caused by the ??? Plate subducting under the Eurasian Plate. ??? effects included buildings and highways collapsing, death and injury. ??? effects included fires, flooding and homelessness. The Japanese believed that they could ??? earthquakes, which is why they were criticised for not being fully prepared. 1. predict 2. Jan 1995 3. primary 4. Dec 2004 5. secondary 6. stop 7. 7.2 8. Philippine 9. 9.0
- 19. TRUE -or- FALSE
- 20. B A C D
- 21. 26 th December 2004 9.0 on Richter Scale Off the coast of Sumatra Indo-Australian & Eurasian plates Over 200,000 deaths, many more homeless and missing Disease, contaminated water $7 billion of overseas aid 26 th December 2004 8.0 on Richter Scale Off the coast of Sri Lanka Indo-Australian & Eurasian plates Over 200,000 deaths, many more homeless and missing Disease, contaminated water But little overseas aid 26 th December 1999 9.0 on Richter Scale Off the coast of Sumatra Indo-Australian & Eurasian plates Over 500,000 deaths, many more homeless and missing Disease, contaminated water $7 billion of overseas aid 26 th December 1999 9.0 on Richter Scale Off the coast of Sumatra Indo-Australian & Pacific plates Over 500,000 deaths, many more homeless and missing Disease, contaminated water $7 billion of overseas aid A B C D
- 22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
- 23. Type in the number...
- 24. TRUE -or- FALSE
- 25. Type in the number...
- 26. New Orleans is built below sea-level The levees protecting the city failed Damaging high winds also pushed a storm surge into the city New Orleans has a high population density
- 27. Mangroves Levees Rip-rap walls Coral reefs
- 28. A yearly rainfall of less than 100mm A period of 3 months without rain When evapotranspiration is greater than rainfall It depends on the location, dependant on what the usual climate is
- 29. Social Politics Technology Environment Use and users Climate Economics They are all factors
- 30. Type in the number
- 31. Yearly rains fail to move far enough north Desertification leading to loss of soil and moisture Intense farming uses the little soil nutrients and moisture left Weak amount of rainfall Deforestation leading to exposure of soil Higher sea surface temperatures
- 33. Type in a year...
- 34. 900 million 90 million 9 million 0.9 million
- 35. Low walls built across fields to reduce run-off Drip-and-sprinkle irrigation Use of concrete water coolers to utilise hot groundwater Areas created for tree planting to conserve moisture in the soil Stone piles to collect water by allowing water to condense onto the cold stones Cloud seedinjg – injecting clouds with ‘seeds’ of silver iodide, salt or dry ice to make the clouds’ water particles bigger Sea water greenhouses that use solar power to evaporate sea water and produce fresh water Planting drought-resistant crops
- 36. That’s it!