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Subduction
Sea floor spreading
Deep ocean trench
Fold mountains
What does LDCs stand for
Little Developed Countries
Lower Developing Cities
Less Dependent Countries
Less Developed Countries
This city in New Zealand was destroyed by liquefaction after an earthquake in 2011.
Wellington
Samoa
Queensland
Christchurch
How many levels are there to the Mercalli scale.
12
10
8
11
The study of this gas can help us predict earthquake activity.
Carbon Monoxide
Futon
Radon
Sulpher Dioxide
Which is a category of earthquake?
Strong
Intermediate
Seismic
Magnitude
This is the slowest wave picked up by the seismograph
P Wave
S Wave
Surface Wave
Shallow earthquakes happen at depths up to....
10km
25km
80km
120km
The African Rift Valley is an example of a ...
Horst
Block mountain
Transform plate boundary
Graben
The steep sides of the African rift valley are called...
scarps
synclines
limbs
aretes
Mount Kilimanjaro is located here.
Himalayas
Andes
African Rift Valley
Marianas trench
The San Andreas Fault is an example of this fault line.
Reverse
Tear
Normal
Overthrust
Name the fault line in the image
Reverse
Tear
Normal
Anticline
The Munster ridge Valley has a _____________ trend
Up down
east west
north east
south to east
The Paris Basin and Munster ridge and valley were formed through the _________ folding period
Armorican
Alpine
Caledonian
This term describes the mountain building process.
Faulting
Orogeny
Denudation
Glaciation
This era of folding is responsible for the Scottish Highlands and the Wicklow Mountains
Armorican
Alpine
Caledonian
Name the most common rock found in the Munster Valley.
Limestone
Igneous
Yellow Sandsone
Old Red Sandstone
Which plate is NOT affected by the African Rift Valley
Arabian
African
Eurasian
Which of these is NOT a short term effect of Earthquake activity.
Avalanche
Tsunami
Liquefaction
Economic slowdown
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