Tectonic hazards – Bingo worksheet

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Emma Espley
Tectonic hazards - bingo worksheet
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Hazardous earth: Plate tectonics
Resource type
Game/quiz
Revision
Starter/Plenary
Student activity
Teaching ideas
Worksheet

Use this bingo worksheet to introduce or reinforce key terminology for tectonic hazards. Includes a list of definitions which can be read out for students to identify. It could also be easily adapted to challenge students to give the definitions of key terms themselves.

It makes a great starter or plenary activity for a lesson introducing tectonic hazards or as retrieval practice for lessons on volcanoes and earthquakes.

Key term

Definition

focus

The point beneath the Earth’s crust where an earthquake starts.

epicentre

The point on the ground above the focus of an earthquake where the vibration is greatest.

fault

A break in the rocks caused by movements in the Earth’s crust.

fold mountains

Mountains formed by huge pressures in the Earth’s crust which push the rocks upwards.

foreshocks

Small earthquake shocks which come before the main earthquake.  They can help warn people of a forthcoming earthquake.

collision zone

The area where two continental plates move together and collide.

active zone

An area where two tectonic plates meet.  Earthquakes and volcanoes occur here.

lava

Molten rock which flows onto the surface of the Earth from an erupting volcano.

magma

Molten rock formed deep beneath the surface of the Earth.

constructive margin

Where two plates move away from each other and magma rises to the surface to form new crust.

destructive margin

Where oceanic crust moves towards continental crust.  Oceanic crust is heavier, so it sinks beneath the continental crust and is destroyed.

conservative margin

Where two plates move past each other.  Crust is neither formed nor destroyed.

mid oceanic ridge

A long, narrow line of underwater mountains, formed in the centre of an ocean by volcanic activity.

deep sea trench

A deep trench or underwater valley formed where continental crust meets oceanic crust.

volcano

A place where magma reaches the Earth's surface.

aftershocks

One of a series of minor tremors or earthquakes which occur after the main earthquake.

rift valley

A large depression in the Earth's crust.  This is formed when a very large block of land slips downwards between two parallel faults.

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