Earth Science - Fast Changes on Earth

Question 1

What do you call the difference between the highest and lowest point on a topographic map?

Accepted Answer

Relief

Question 2

Name for when a continental plate and ocean plate push together and one dives under the other.

Accepted Answer

Subduction

Question 3

What is formed when two continental plates push together and the crust crumples and folds?

Accepted Answer

Mountains

Question 4

What type of boundary is it when two plates are sliding past one another?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 5

Which phrase best completes the following sentence? The Hawaiian Islands were formed by...

Accepted Answer

Volcanoes

Question 6

Magma is molten rock, located in which layer of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Question 7

What is caused when two sliding plates get stuck, then release tension suddenly?

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

Question 8

What type of boundary is it when two plates are pushing together?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Question 9

What is the name used to describe the difference in elevation between each contour line?

Accepted Answer

Contour interval

Question 10

What do you call a map that shows the surface features of an area?

Accepted Answer

Topographic map

Question 11

What type of boundary is it when two plates are pulling apart?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 12

What is the name used to describe the darker, heavier lines on a topographic map?

Accepted Answer

Contour index

Question 13

What is the term to describe the height of an object compared to the surface of the sea?

Accepted Answer

Elevation

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