Plate Tectonics

Past Examinations Questions

1.    Structure of the Earth & Plate Margins

a.    Identification of mantle and core (2 marks) (1993)

b.    Characteristics of mantle (3 marks) (1993)

c.    Identification of destructive plate margin & movement of plates in this margin (1+4 marks) (1991)

d.    Tectonic activities found along destructive plate margin (4 marks) (1991)

e.    Identification of constructive and destructive plate margins (2 marks) (1996)

f.    Characteristics of constructive plate margins (3 marks) (1996)

2.    Mountain Building Processes - Folding & Faulting

a.    Characteristics and formation of fold mountains in zone of subduction + world example (12+2 marks) (1991)

b.    Characteristics of the Alps, a fold mountain in zone of convergence (5 marks) (1993)

c.    Formation of the Andes, a fold mountain (9 marks) (1996)

d.    Crustal movements that may take place in the mountain areas of the Andes (2 marks) (1996)

3.    Vulcanicity

a.    Benefits of vulcanicity to human beings (3 marks) (1996)

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