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Landform Use and Tectonic Plates
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Landform Use and Tectonic Plates

This Geography quiz tests your knowledge of landform use and tectonic plates. The Earth's crust is unstable, especially at the edges of tectonic plates. You are expected to know how these plate boundaries are distributed around the world and the key features of each type of boundary, including the landforms they produce. This overlaps with the human geography section of your studies as you also need to know how humans use the landscapes produced where plates meet.

There are three types of plate boundary - destructive, constructive and conservative. Constructive plate boundaries are mainly located under the seas and oceans of the world and are therefore not used by humans. Conservative boundaries are found on land as well as underwater and they generally don't form particularly specific landforms.

1 .
The management of coniferous forests is an important use of fold mountains. Which of the following is NOT a use of these forests?
Generating electricity on a large scale
Fuel for heating homes
Providing timber for building
Providing an area for leisure activities
It is important to manage forests sustainably to ensure this renewable resource will continue to be available to future generations of humans
2 .
In fold mountains, roads usually follow the line of which of the following features?
Pyramidal peaks
Aretes
Valleys
Scree slopes
Roads in valleys are less exposed to the weather and are easier to construct
3 .
Which of the following is NOT a direct human use of fold mountains?
Winter sports
Agriculture
Mobile telephone manufacture
Electricity production
Tourism, agriculture and hydroelectric power generation are important uses of this landform. There could be mobile telephone manufacturing in urban areas that have developed in fold mountains, but they are not there because of the mountains
4 .
On which slopes of fold mountains in the SOUTHERN hemisphere would agriculture be most likely to take place?
East
South
West
North
In the southern hemisphere, the northern slopes are facing the Sun - it is the opposite to the northern hemisphere where the southern slopes are the sunniest
5 .
Why do people live near to active volcanoes?
The soils can be very fertile
The heat from the volcano creates a warm climate
To save money on heating bills
Houses near volcanoes are all a lot cheaper than other houses
The fertile soils mean that farming will be more productive. There are long periods of time between eruptions so most of the time, the people living there are in no danger from the volcano. Volcanologists can usually give several days warning before an eruption
6 .
The three types of plate boundary are:
destructive, constructive and conservative
sideways, upwards and downwards
always passing each other on the left
locked in place
Each produces unique landform features
7 .
Iceland is right on the constructive plate boundary between the Eurasian plate and the North American plate. Which of the following statements is correct?
Many Icelanders are killed each year by volcanic eruptions
Iceland can use geothermal energy to generate electricity
Iceland is an uninhabited island because of the volcanoes
It is not possible to farm on Iceland
The magma that comes out of the volcanoes in Iceland heats up the ground sufficiently hot to be used for geothermal power stations
8 .
Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
Tourism in fold mountains occurs all year round
Volcanic soils are often very fertile
Road and rail communications in fold mountains can be difficult
Tourists are not allowed to visit volcanoes
Many volcanoes, including some which are dormant or still active attract tourists. This is possible because they are closely monitored so that volcanologists can say whether there is about to be an eruption
9 .
Which of the following methods of generating electricity is MOST likely to be developed in a mountainous area?
Biogas
Hydroelectric
Nuclear
Geothermal
For the GCSE, you should associate geothermal energy generation with volcanic landforms. Fold mountains often have deep, steep-sided valleys which can easily be dammed to provide lakes for hydroelectric power schemes
10 .
Which of the following features is created at a destructive plate boundary?
A crater
Fold mountains
Pillow lava
A rift valley
Rift valleys are created where the Earth's crust is being pulled apart by tectonic movements, pillow lava is created at undersea constructive plate margins
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Plate tectonics

Author:  Kev Woodward

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