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Natural hazards bingo
1. Select nine words from the list at the bottom of the
page and write each one in a blank space in the grid
below.
2. Listen as your teacher reads out some definitions.
3. When you hear the definition for one of the words on
your bingo card, put a neat cross through the word.
4. Call out ‘Bingo!’ when you have either a horizontal
line, a vertical line or a full house.
plate boundary
collision zone
fault epicentre
deep-sea trench
magma lava
volcano
mid oceanic ridge
focus
aftershocks
destructive margin
active zone
rift valley
constructive margin
foreshocks
fold mountains
conservative margin
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Natural hazards bingo
Teaching notes
1. Make sure that all students have selected nine words from the list provided and
written one in each of the blank spaces on their bingo card.
2. Read out the definitions below at random, keeping a tally of those that you have
used.
3. If the students think they have the word that matches the definition, then they
should cross it through on their bingo card. The three winners are the first with a
horizontal line, the first with a vertical line, and then the first with a full house.
4. Check that the words on the winner’s bingo card match the definitions that you have
read out.
Key term
Definition
focus
The point beneath the Earth’s crust where an earthquake starts.
epicentre
The point on the ground above the focus of an earthquake where the
vibration is greatest.
fault
A break in the rocks caused by movements in the Earth’s crust.
fold mountains
Mountains formed by huge pressures in the Earth’s crust which push the
rocks upwards.
foreshocks
Small earthquake shocks which come before the main earthquake. They
can help warn people of a forthcoming earthquake.
collision zone
The area where two continental plates move together and collide.
active zone
An area where two tectonic plates meet. Earthquakes and volcanoes
occur here.
lava
Molten rock which flows onto the surface of the Earth from an erupting
volcano.
magma
Molten rock formed deep beneath the surface of the Earth.
constructive margin
Where two plates move away from each other and magma rises to the
surface to form new crust.
destructive margin
Where oceanic crust moves towards continental crust. Oceanic crust is
heavier, so it sinks beneath the continental crust and is destroyed.
conservative margin
Where two plates move past each other. Crust is neither formed nor
destroyed.
mid oceanic ridge
A long, narrow line of underwater mountains, formed in the centre of an
ocean by volcanic activity.
deep sea trench
A deep trench or underwater valley formed where continental crust
meets oceanic crust.
volcano
A place where magma reaches the Earth's surface.
aftershocks
One of a series of minor tremors or earthquakes which occur after the
main earthquake.
rift valley
A large depression in the Earth's crust. This is formed when a very large
block of land slips downwards between two parallel faults.
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