Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Name the boundary

convergent boundary

divergent boundary

transform boundary

sergent boundary

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Name the boundary

convergent boundary

divergent boundary

transform boundary

sergent boundary

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Created by a divergent boundary.

Rocky Mountains

Mariana Trench

Mid Atlantic ridge

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Mountains form from ...

plates sliding past one another

collision of plates

plates moving away from each other

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The source for convection currents in the mantle comes from these layers...

inner core and crust

outer core and crust

mantle and crust

outer core and mantle

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...

along the continents

at the mid ocean ridges

deep ocean trenches

at north and south poles

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

death ring

fire zone

ring of fire

zone of fire

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Associated with transform boundaries.

Volcanoes

mountains

trenches

earthquakes

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge?

Indian

Dead Sea

Atlantic

Artic

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is not a type of volcano?

Cinder

Shield

Compositie

Explosive

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a

mid ocean ridge

deep ocean trench

rift valley

mountain range

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

volcanoes

deep sea trenches

underwater mountain ranges

earthquakes

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What drives tectonic plate movement?

gravity

coriolis effect

convection currents

the earth's magnetic core

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What are the two types of crust?

continental and oceanic

ocean and basin

lower and upper

thick and thin

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What forms when an oceanic and continental plate converge?

island arcs

folded mountains

volcanic mountains

rift valleys

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move around are called?

sections

plates

land masses

faults

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Name the three types of plate boundaries.

convergent, divergent, transform

convergent, divergent, transformers

divergent, insurgent, allegient

conduction, convection, radiation

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

Earthquakes

Volcanoes

Mountains

Rift

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?

Folded Mountains

Volcanoes Mountain

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Rift

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

Rift

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Island Arc

Flat land

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A subduction zone is formed...

when one tectonic plate sinks below another

at every type of convergent plate boundary

at every type of divergent plate boundary

at transform boundaries

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify each layer - #19.

mantle

lithosphere

inner core

outer core

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify each layer - #20.

mantle

asthenosphere

inner core

outer core

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify each layer - #15.

Lithosphere

Mantle

Crust

Asthenosphere

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Large pieces of lithosphere that move around on the asthenosphere are called

Crust plates

Tectonic plates

Mantle pieces

Core plates

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The hypothesis that land masses spread apart from each other and have done so in the past is known as

Divergent Plate Boundary

Tension

Uplift

Continental drift

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core

Inner Core

Outer Core

Crust

Mantle

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What are the layers of the Earth from the inside out in order?

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

mantle, inner core, crust, outer core

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

Countries

Tectonic Plates

Climate Zones

None of the above.

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Richter scale measures:

the amount of radon gas released

the movement of plates

the strength of an earthquake

the weight of tectonic plates

31.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which ocean in the world is also known as the "Ring of Fire"

Atlantic

Indian

Arctic

Pacific

32.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a

seismogram

focus seismic map

focus

seismograph

33.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

tornadoes

tsunamis

lightening

hailstorms

34.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A break in the lithosphere along which movement has occurred is called a(n)

fault

earthquake

epicenter

volcano

35.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which Plate Boundary does the picture illustrate?

Spreading Boundary

Fault Boundary

Colliding Boundary

Seismic Boundary

36.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What Geologic Activity is occurring in this picture?

Sea-floor Spreading

Volcano forming

Earthquake

Mountain building

37.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of

volcanoes forming over a hot spot

volcanoes forming along a plate boundary

the Ring of Fire

continental drift

38.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

An erupting volcano can cause...

rain

other disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.

dragon attacks

an early Christmas

39.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The study of earthquakes is called _______

Volcanology

Seismology

Biology

Geology

40.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

glacier scars and evidence from temperature

mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

all of the above

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