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Geography Revision Questions
The Restless Earth
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Name the three layers that make up planet earth.
What is the core made up of?
What is the mantle made up of?
How thick/thin can the crust be?
The crust is made up of moving____________?
Europe and America are moving apart from each other. This is known
as_________ __________?
7. What causes plates to move?
8. What happens when plates collide (Push against each other)? Use diagrams to
illustrate your answer.
9. What happens when plates separate? Use diagrams to illustrate your answer.
10. What happens when plates slide past each other? Use diagrams to illustrate
your answer.
11. Give three examples of Fold Mountains.
12. Why are Ireland’s fold mountains so low?
13. Name the famous fault line in California.
14. What do the following terms mean? Epicentre, focus, shock waves.
15. What device is used to measure earthquakes?
16. What is the name of the scale used to measure earthquakes?
17. Where would be worse affected by an earthquake. A developed (Rich) city or
an undeveloped (Poor) city? Give reasons for your answer.
18. Name two examples of Volcanoes.
19. Volcanoes can be described in three ways due to how often they erupt. Name
these.
20. Two plates are separating in the mid Atlantic. The magma has been building
up to form what?
21. Name three islands that have been formed by volcanic activity.
22. The area of the world with the most active volcanoes and earthquake zones is
known as?
23. What Japanese word is the name given to a tidal wave that has been caused by
an under water earthquake or volcano?
24. What do the following words relating to an earthquake or a volcano mean?
Crater, Vent, Cone?
Rocks
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Name the three rock groups.
How are Igneous rocks formed?
How are Sedimentary rocks formed?
How are Metamorphic rocks formed?
Name two rocks from each group.
Now take each rock and give four facts about it.
What is the most common rock in Ireland?
8. Name three resources that we use from under the ground.
9. Name two ways we get rocks from the ground.
10. From which rock is cement made?
Weathering and Erosion
1. What is weathering?
2. Name the two different types of weathering.
3. Give an example of Mechanical weathering. Use diagrams to illustrate your
answer.
4. What is the name given to the loose rock found on the sides of mountains?
5. What rock is most likely to be affected by Chemical weathering (acid rain)?
6. What is the name of an area where limestone is exposed at the surface?
7. What is the name of the area of North Clare that is composed totally of
exposed limestone?
8. What does permeable mean?
9. What is a grike?
10. What is a clint?
11. when a river disappears into an enlarged grike it is called a S________
H______?
12. The feature that hangs from the roof of an underground cave is called a
S__________?
13. The feature that grows up from the floor of an underground cave is called a
S__________?
14. If these two features eventually join they form what is known as a _________?
Mass Movement
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Name FOUR types of Mass movement.
What is the slowest form? Explain with the aid of a diagram.
What are the small step like features on a steep field known as?
Explain how Bog Bursts happen.
How can Landslides occur?