Plate Boundaries, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes Test REVIEW

Question 1

What feature is shown in purple here?

Accepted Answer

A subduction zone trench

Question 2

What geological feature adds new land to Earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

volcanoes

Question 3

What type of tectonic plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Question 4

What is least likely to harm you in an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

The ground opening

Question 5

Why do earthquakes occur more frequently here, than in Columbia, SC?

Accepted Answer

California is on a plate boundary

Question 6

What is the possibility we will experience a damaging earthquake in Columbia, SC in our life?

Accepted Answer

1-50%

Question 7

Iceland and Africa are the great examples of ____________.

Accepted Answer

divergent boundaries

Question 8

What geological feature is created at this divergent boundary?

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridge

Question 9

What type of fault is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Reverse fault

Question 10

What type of force is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Sheering

Question 11

The trench shown in purple can only be found in a ____________.

Accepted Answer

A subduction zone

Question 12

What is the most likely thing to harm you if you are close to a granitic volcano?

Accepted Answer

The ash

Question 13

Where is the most likely place for an earthquake to occur?

Accepted Answer

fault line/plate boundary

Question 14

Where do we find most of the active volcanoes and earthquakes today?

Accepted Answer

The Ring of Fire

Question 15

What happens when a dense plate converges with a less dense plate?

Accepted Answer

Dense plate material is melted as it is subducted

Question 16

What type of tectonic plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Transform boundary

Question 17

What causes plate tectonics to move?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents

Question 18

What force is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Tension

Question 19

What is the name of the area where one continental plate goes under another continental plate?

Accepted Answer

subduction zone

Question 20

What type of boundary is found in this image?

Accepted Answer

divergent

Question 21

Where are volcanoes and earthquakes the most common?

Accepted Answer

Plate Boundaries

Question 22

How did the Hawaiian Island chain form?

Accepted Answer

Hot spot volcanoes formed islands as tectonic plates pass

Question 23

What is an earthquake? When stress along a ______ builds up and is suddenly released.

Accepted Answer

fault

Question 24

The pressure that causes a volcanic eruption is produced by _____.

Accepted Answer

Heat trapped within Earth

Question 25

What type of fault line is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Strike-slip fault

Question 26

How can large mountain ranges form without volcanoes?

Accepted Answer

Two continental tectonic plates converge

Question 27

What stress/force causes folding?

Accepted Answer

compression

Question 28

What type of fault is show here?

Accepted Answer

Reverse fault

Question 29

What type of force is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Compression

Question 30

Why do volcanoes form next to the edge of a continent?

Accepted Answer

oceanic plates subduct under continental plate

Question 31

What type of tectonic plate boundary is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Divergent boundary

Question 32

What do you call a break in the rock in which plates can move and shift?

Accepted Answer

fault

Question 33

What type of fault is shown here?

Accepted Answer

Normal fault

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