Tectonic Hazards (AQA GCSE Geography): Quizzes
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What is the state of the inner core?
What is the state of the inner core?
Solid
What is the mantle made of?
What is the mantle made of?
Semi-molten rock
What is the crust divided into?
What is the crust divided into?
Tectonic plates
What are the two types of tectonic plates?
What are the two types of tectonic plates?
Continental and oceanic
What is the place where two plates meet called?
What is the place where two plates meet called?
Plate boundary or margin
What causes tectonic plates to move?
What causes tectonic plates to move?
Convection currents in the mantle
What generates convection currents in the mantle?
What generates convection currents in the mantle?
Radioactive decay in the core
What do convection currents do to tectonic plates?
What do convection currents do to tectonic plates?
Move them
What happens where convection currents diverge near the Earth's crust?
What happens where convection currents diverge near the Earth's crust?
Plates move apart
What happens where convection currents converge?
What happens where convection currents converge?
Plates move towards each other