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The document is an exercise focused on earthquakes, including questions about plate boundaries, definitions of key terms such as earthquake, focus, and epicenter, and the distribution of earthquakes based on a provided figure. It also asks for an explanation of how earthquakes occur at destructive plate margins. The exercise is designed to test knowledge of geological concepts related to earthquakes and tectonic plate movements.

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f3 geo1

The document is an exercise focused on earthquakes, including questions about plate boundaries, definitions of key terms such as earthquake, focus, and epicenter, and the distribution of earthquakes based on a provided figure. It also asks for an explanation of how earthquakes occur at destructive plate margins. The exercise is designed to test knowledge of geological concepts related to earthquakes and tectonic plate movements.

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F 3 EARTHQUAKES EXERCISE

1 (a) Fig. 1.1 shows plate boundaries and the direction of movement of some plates.

Fig. 1.1
Use Fig. 1.1 to complete the table by writing in the letter, chosen from A to F, that locates
the description.

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(b) What causes plates to move?
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2 (a) Define the following terms:

Earthquake …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Focus ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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(b) Fig. 2 shows earthquakes with magnitude (strength) of 5.0 and above on the Richter Scale that
occurred in one week in April 2013.

Fig. 2
(i) Name the type of plate boundary at X.

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(ii) With reference to plate boundaries, describe the distribution of the earthquakes shown on
Fig. 2.

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(c) Explain how earthquakes occur at destructive plate margins.


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