Plate tectonics of the UK

Q1. How has the position of the UK changed over the last 700 million years?

It has drifted northwards from near the south pole

It has remained stationary in its current position

It has drifted eastwards

It has drifted westwards

It has drifted southwards from near the north pole

Q2. Which fold mountain belt can be seen to run in a continuous chain if the UK, Scandinavia, Greenland and North America are fitted back together?

The Caledonian fold mountain belt

The Variscan fold mountain belt

The Rodinian fold mountain belt

The Cordilleran fold mountain belt

The Transatlantic fold mountain belt

Q3. Which one of the following land masses was not part of Gondwanaland 250 million years ago?

India

South America

Africa

Greenland

Antarctica

Q4. The name of the supercontinent that existed 300 million years ago

Cornwallis

Gigantica

Gondwanaland

Laurasia

Pangea

Q5. Name the supercontinent that existed approximately 1 billion years ago

Pangea

Kenorland

Rodinia

Columbia

Q6. Which part of the UK shows evidence of a divergent (constructive) boundary 57million years ago?

South East England

The Midlands

South West England

Northern Ireland and the West Coast of Scotland

North Wales

Q7. Which geological features in the UK were formed as a result of the Alpine Orogeny when Africa collided with Europe?

The Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall

The Wealden Anticline and Hampshire Basin

The Pennines

The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland

The granite batholith of South West England

Q8. Which one of the following provides the best evidence for a subduction zone in South West England 300 million years ago?

The Lizard Ophiolite Complex

China clay deposits around St. Austell

The granite batholith of South West England

The rock sequence along the Jurassic Coast

The red sandstones of Devon

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