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Plate Tectonics Review
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1
Tectonic plates move toward each other at which type of plate boundary?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
2
What are the 3 types of faults?
Convergent, divergent, and transform
Compression, tension, and magma
Normal, reverse, and strike-slip
My fault, your fault, and nobody's fault
3
Each whole number on the earthquake magnitude scale represents a ___ X increase in energy.
10
10,000
2
100
4
What happens during a large earthquake?
rapid change to Earth’s crust
gradual change to Earth's crrust
release of magma from Earth’s interior
rapid change to Earth’s mantle
5
What do we call the release of energy as seismic waves?
an earthquake
a volcanic eruption
a storm surge
a tsunami
6
When one tectonic plate slides beneath another at a convergent plate boundary, it is called __.
a mid-ocean ridge
sea-floor spreading
a trench
subduction
7
What is the difference between magma and lava?
magma is not as hot as lava
lava is orange, magma is magenta
you can eat lava, but magma is too hard
lava is on Earth's surface, magma is within Earth
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What happens in a convection current?
Heated material rises and cooler material sinks.
Rock material hardens and becomes part of Earth’s mantle.
Rock material melts and moves toward Earth’s core.
Heated material sinks and cooler material rises.
9
In which layer of Earth are the convection currents found?
crust
inner core
outer core
mantle
10
About 245 million years ago the continents were joined in a single large landmass known as ___.
Laurasia
Panthalassa
Pangaea
Gondwana
11
Which of the following is NOT one of Earth's tectonic plates?
Nazca Plate
African Plate
North American Plate
China Plate
12
Which of the following is true about earthquakes?
They tend to happen along convergent plate boundaries.
The focus is above the epicenter.
The epicenter is above the focus.
They tend to happen along divergent plate boundaries.
13
Folded mountains would be most likely to form at what type of tectonic plate boundary?
transform
divergent
normal
convergent
14
Who was responsible for developing the theory of Continental Drift?
Amadeus Mozart
Alfred Wegener
Al Gore
Albert Einstein
15
What are the 3 types of mountains?
compression, tension, and shear-stress
volcanic, folded, and fault-block
tension, compression, and volcanic
hot spot, convergent, and strike-slip
16
The San Andreas fault runs through which american state?
Alaska
California
Florida
Hawaii
17
What are the 3 types of Tectonic Plate boundaries?
Convergent, Divergent, and Transform
Colliding, Separating, and Passing
Convergent, Detergent, and Vacuum
Contingent, Continental, and Fault
18
The "Ring of Fire" includes most of Earth's active volcanoes. What ocean does it circle?
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
19
3 types of volcanoes are __, __, and __.
magnanimous, lavalampic, and vulcan
shield, cinder cone, and composite
shield, cinder cone, and convergent
shield, snow cone, and composite
20
How can volcanoes form in the middle of a tectonic plate?
They can form along a hot spot, a very hot part of the mantle.
Some plates give off more heat than others.
Volcanoes can form because a mountain was located above them.
The heat that formed the volcanoes came from above the plate.
21
What do earthquakes and volcanoes have in common?
Both earthquakes and volcanoes occur regularly in Florida.
Earthquakes and volcanoes both cause tsunamis.
They both occur most often at tectonic plate boundaries.
There are three types of each.
22
A large ocean wave that is caused by an earthquake under water.
Tsunami
Tsimuna
Tsamuni
Tsumani
23
A strike-slip fault would most likely occur at which type of tectonic plate boundary?
convergent
transform
divergent
reverse
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What causes the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates?
Energy released from volcanic activity
Magnetic pole reversals
Convection of Earth’s upper mantle
Large faults in mountain ranges
