AQA GEOGRAPHY PAPER PRACTICE TEST
2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED TO PASS
●● What are the two main types of natural hazard?
Answer: Tectonic and climatic
●● Give four examples of tectonic hazards
Answer: Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, avalanches
●● Give four examples of climatic hazards
Answer: Flooding, tropical storms, tornadoes, droughts
●● What is meant by "hazard risk"?
Answer: The chance of a natural hazard affecting people
●● Give three factors that could affect hazard risk
Answer: The type of natural hazard, the level of development, the
likelihood of a natural hazard occurring in that area
●● What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Answer: That Earth's crust is split into tectonic plates which can move
,●● Explain why tectonic plates are moving
Answer: Complex interactions between the dense crust and the less
dense mantle
●● What are the two types of crust?
Answer: Oceanic and continental
●● Where is oceanic crust found?
Answer: Under the oceans
●● Where is continental crust found?
Answer: Under land
●● What name is given to areas where different plates meet?
Answer: Plate margins/boundaries
●● Which natural hazards are found at a plate boundary?
Answer: An earthquake or volcano
●● What are the three types of plate margin?
Answer: Constructive, destructive, conservative
,●● At a destructive margin, which direction are the plates moving?
Answer: Towards each other
●● At a conservative margin, which direction are the plates moving?
Answer: Sideways past each other or in the same direction at different
speeds
●● At what type or types of plate margin are volcanoes more likely?
Answer: Destructive and constructive
●● At what type or types of plate margin are earthquakes more likely?
Answer: All types
●● What is the difference between a primary effect and a secondary
effect of a natural hazard?
Answer: Primary effects happen immediately as a result of the hazard,
secondary effects can be delayed
●● Give two examples of secondary effects of earthquakes
Answer: Tsunamis, food shortages, economic weakening
●● What are the two main types of response to a natural hazard?
, Answer: Immediate and long-term
●● What were the main primary effects of New Zealand's 2016
earthquake?
Answer: 2 people died. 50 people injured. Thousands of buildings
damaged and destroyed. Critical transport infrastructure damaged and
destroyed. Water, sewage, power and communications cut off. $8.5bn in
damage.
●● What were the main secondary effects of New Zealand's 2016
earthquake?
Answer: Landslides blocked roads and rail. River blockages caused
flooding. Tsunami generated which caused flooding and further damage.
●● What were the main immediate responses to New Zealand's 2016
earthquake?
Answer: Tsunami warning. Evacuation to higher ground and shelters.
Temporary water supplies provided. International aid and supplies
delivered.
●● What were the main long-term responses to New Zealand's 2016
earthquake?
Answer: New water pipes built to withstand future damage. Charities set
up with international donations to help those worst affected. Central
funds provided for rebuilding. Repair of roads and rails.
2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED TO PASS
●● What are the two main types of natural hazard?
Answer: Tectonic and climatic
●● Give four examples of tectonic hazards
Answer: Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, avalanches
●● Give four examples of climatic hazards
Answer: Flooding, tropical storms, tornadoes, droughts
●● What is meant by "hazard risk"?
Answer: The chance of a natural hazard affecting people
●● Give three factors that could affect hazard risk
Answer: The type of natural hazard, the level of development, the
likelihood of a natural hazard occurring in that area
●● What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Answer: That Earth's crust is split into tectonic plates which can move
,●● Explain why tectonic plates are moving
Answer: Complex interactions between the dense crust and the less
dense mantle
●● What are the two types of crust?
Answer: Oceanic and continental
●● Where is oceanic crust found?
Answer: Under the oceans
●● Where is continental crust found?
Answer: Under land
●● What name is given to areas where different plates meet?
Answer: Plate margins/boundaries
●● Which natural hazards are found at a plate boundary?
Answer: An earthquake or volcano
●● What are the three types of plate margin?
Answer: Constructive, destructive, conservative
,●● At a destructive margin, which direction are the plates moving?
Answer: Towards each other
●● At a conservative margin, which direction are the plates moving?
Answer: Sideways past each other or in the same direction at different
speeds
●● At what type or types of plate margin are volcanoes more likely?
Answer: Destructive and constructive
●● At what type or types of plate margin are earthquakes more likely?
Answer: All types
●● What is the difference between a primary effect and a secondary
effect of a natural hazard?
Answer: Primary effects happen immediately as a result of the hazard,
secondary effects can be delayed
●● Give two examples of secondary effects of earthquakes
Answer: Tsunamis, food shortages, economic weakening
●● What are the two main types of response to a natural hazard?
, Answer: Immediate and long-term
●● What were the main primary effects of New Zealand's 2016
earthquake?
Answer: 2 people died. 50 people injured. Thousands of buildings
damaged and destroyed. Critical transport infrastructure damaged and
destroyed. Water, sewage, power and communications cut off. $8.5bn in
damage.
●● What were the main secondary effects of New Zealand's 2016
earthquake?
Answer: Landslides blocked roads and rail. River blockages caused
flooding. Tsunami generated which caused flooding and further damage.
●● What were the main immediate responses to New Zealand's 2016
earthquake?
Answer: Tsunami warning. Evacuation to higher ground and shelters.
Temporary water supplies provided. International aid and supplies
delivered.
●● What were the main long-term responses to New Zealand's 2016
earthquake?
Answer: New water pipes built to withstand future damage. Charities set
up with international donations to help those worst affected. Central
funds provided for rebuilding. Repair of roads and rails.
