Starter quiz
- How many countries make up the UK?
- '4' ✓
View the diagram and order the layers of Earth starting with the inner most layer.- 1⇔Inner core
- 2⇔Outer core
- 3⇔Mantle
- 4⇔Crust
- The strength of an earthquake is also called its...
- 'magnitude' ✓
- Which scale is commonly used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
- Richter scale
- Mercalli Scale
- Moment magnitude scale ✓
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- Earthquakes with a magnitude of 7-10 on the moment magnitude scale are classed as...
- minor
- moderate
- major ✓
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- Earthquakes with a magnitude of 1-3 on the moment magnitude scale are classed as...
- minor ✓
- moderate
- fair
- major
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Exit quiz
- Approximately, how often do earthquakes occur around the world?
- every 10 seconds
- every 30 seconds ✓
- Every 1 minute
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- What are tectonic plates?
- 'huge pieces of Earth's crust' ✓
What does the yellow circle represent in the diagram shown?- Earthquakes in the UK ✓
- All natural disasters that have occured in the UK
- Cities in the UK
- Predicted earthquakes in the UK
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- The point where two tectonic plates meet is known as a....
- 'tectonic plate boundary' ✓
- Where do the majority of earthquakes occur?
- continent boundaries
- country boundaries
- sea and land boundaries
- tectonic plate boundaries ✓
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- Which of Earth's layers is being melted and moved causing tectonic plate movement?
- 'mantle' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Every 30 seconds there is an earthquake somewhere in the world - including in Britain.
- Maps can be investigated to locate major earthquake zones.
- Earthquakes occur near the boundary of tectonic plates.
Common misconception
Earthquakes only occur at tectonic plate boundaries.
Earthquakes can occur anywhere in the world, but they are most commonly found at tectonic plate boundaries.
Keywords
Tectonic plates - The huge pieces that Earth’s crust is broken into are known as tectonic plates.
Plate boundaries - The point where two tectonic plates meet is known as a plate boundary.
Mantle - The mantle is the layer between Earth’s outer core and crust. It is the largest layer of Earth and is mostly semi-molten lava.
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