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Earthquakes & Volcanoes & Plate Boundaries
Earthquakes & Volcanoes & Plate Boundaries
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1
When one plate sinks under another plate, this is called __________.
subduction
rifting
sea-floor spreading
divergence
2
What kind of volcanoes are erupting or have erupted recently, and are expected to erupt again?
dead
extinct
dormant
active
3
What kind of volcanoes are at the end of their life and are no longer able to erupt?
hibernating
active
extinct
dormant
4
What kind of boundary forms pillow lava?
convergent
divergent
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transform
5
What kind of boundary forms where two plates are sliding past each other?
divergent
transform
convergent
subduction
6
What kind of boundary forms a mid-ocean ridge?
transform
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divergent
convergent
7
What is the valley that forms in the ocean floor when two oceanic plates collide?
ridge
trench
fault
hot spot
8
What kind of boundary is this?
divergent
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convergent
transform
9
What are the small tremors that happen after an earthquake called?
Richter shocks
seismic shocks
aftershocks
foreshocks
10
What type of seismic wave moves the fastest?
P-waves
S-waves
surfaces waves
none of these
11
Old crust is destroyed at a ________ plate boundary.
transform
convergent
lithospheric
divergent
12
What kind of boundary separates the American plate from the Eurasian plate?
divergent
convergent
transform
subduction
13
What kind of volcanoes are not active now, but may become active again in the future?
dormant
dead
extinct
hibernating
14
What kind of boundary happens when two plates move away from each other?
divergent
transform
convergent
subduction
15
What are volcanic island chains that are formed as plates move over the top of plumes called?
vents
dikes
hot spots
caledras
16
What type of seismic waves are typically the slowest but cause the most damage?
S-waves
none of these
surface waves
P-waves
17
The best way to detect transform faults is by the ______they cause.
subduction
convection
earthquakes
volcanic eruptions
18
What kind of boundary is this?
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transform
convergent
divergent
19
What kind of boundary forms a rift valley?
transform
convergent
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divergent
20
What kind of boundary is this?
convergent
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divergent
transform
21
What causes the lithospheric plates of Earth to move?
elasticisty
conduction
pangaea
convection
22
Mountain ranges form at __________ boundaries.
transform
convergent
divergent
subduction
23
What kind of boundary is the San Andreas fault?
transform
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convergent
divergent