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Formation de la Caraïbe
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Quiz 1
Formation de la Caraïbe
1.
The islands of the Caribbean are characterized by a geological history linked to …
Cyclones and floods
Volcanoes and tectonic plates
Tsunamis and storms
2.
The island of Haiti is located on the border of two tectonic plates that are separating from each other at a speed of 2 cm per year. How are called these two plates?
North American and Caribbean plates
South American and Cocos plates
North American and Cocos plates
3.
A volcano which is submerged is called ...
Terrestrial volcano
Underwater volcano
Strombolian volcano
4.
When an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate, that creates ...
Subduction
Tectonic plates
Convergence boundary
5.
The activity of the plates and the subduction zone of the insular Caribbean allowed the formation of islands…
Volcanic
Limestone and volcanic
Limestone, volcanic and sedimentary
6.
A break along which two rock masses slide against each other is called …
Fault
Aftershock
Earthquake
7.
The Caribbean plate, basement of the vast majority of the Caribbean islands, is divided by :
The Gonâve microplate
The North American plate
The South American plate
8.
“La Soufrière” is an active volcano located in…
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Haiti
9.
When the cloud masses located at sea level, pushed by the wind, undergo an orographic lift (by colliding with the relief, they rise in altitude), a phenomenon occurs which is called…
Cyclone
The foehn effect
Tornado
10.
The island of Haiti is crossed by four big seismic faults. Which are they?
The fault of the southern peninsula (Enriquillo/Plantain Garden)
The Gonâve fault
The northern fault
The North-Hispaniola fault
The Muertos-Neiba-Matheux fault
11.
BONUS QUESTION
Two territories shine with their biodiversity thanks to a double dominance formation (limestone and volcanic). They are …
Barbados and Dominica
Guadeloupe and Cuba
Martinique and Guadeloupe
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