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What forms when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
Rift Valley
Volcanoes and trench
Mid-ocean ridge
Fold mountains
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A shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by the sudden movement of rock along a plate boundary or fault
earthquake
tsunami
mid-ocean ridge
volcano
3
an opening in the Earth’s crust where molten rock, rock fragments and hot gases erupt (come out).
geyser
hotspot
volcano
rift valley
4
A break or crack in the Earth's crust along which rocks move
Rift
Fault
Trench
Earthquake
5
Volcanoes WITHOUT a trench form along which type of plate boundary?
transform
divergent
convergent
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What forms at a transform boundary?
Mid-ocean ridge
Fault
Fold mountains
Rift valley
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At which type of boundary would you find fold mountains?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
All 3
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What is a long, narrow canyon on the seafloor? They are the deepest part of the ocean.
Trench
Fault
Abyssal plain
Mid-ocean ridge
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a hot spring that periodically spouts jets of boiling hot water and steam
volcano
hotspot
hot spring
geyser
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What is the process of one plate being pushed under another plate called?
Subsidence
Subduction
Subtraction
Convergence
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At which type of boundary would you find faults?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
12
What type of plate boundary is shown below?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
13
What is the thickest layer of the Earth called?
outer core
inner core
crust
mantle
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The circular motion of magma in the mantle as it heats, rises, cools and sinks.
Convection currents
Mantle circulation
Plasticity
Magma circulation
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What is the thinnest layer of the Earth called?
mantle
crust
outer core
inner core
16
Which of the following is NOT an indicator that a volcano is about to erupt?
The ground deforms (changes shape)
Gas emissions increase
The magnetic field lines around the volcano change position
Many shallow earthquakes
17
The ability of certain solids to flow like a liquid or change shape is called _________
Liquidity
Mantle currents
Convection currents
Plasticity
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At which type of boundary would you find a mid-ocean ridge?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
All 3
19
What type of plate boundary is shown here?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
20
area in the Earth's mantle where a column of super-hot magma rises up & melts through the crust, creating a volcano
Geyser
Plate boundary
Hotspot
Ring of Fire
21
True or False? There are more volcanoes on the ocean floor than there are on land.
False
True
22
Which layer of the Earth is solid iron & nickel?
inner core
mantle
crust
outer core
23
Which layer of the Earth has convection currents in it that push against the crust & move the plates?
outer core
mantle
inner core
crust
24
What forms when an oceanic plate collides with an oceanic plate?
Fault
Fold Mountain
Volcanoes and trench
Mid-ocean ridge
25
What forms when a continental plate collides with a continental plate?
Volcanoes and trenches
Fold Mountains
Rift Valley
Mid-Ocean Ridge
26
At which type of boundary do earthquakes occur?
Transform only
Divergent only
Convergent only
All 3 boundaries
27
What type of boundary is shown below?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
28
Which layer of the Earth is liquid iron & nickel?
mantle
outer core
inner core
crust
29
Which of the following is NOT an after-effect of a volcanic eruption?
Sulfur dioxide and other gases are released into the air.
Lava destroys buildings and roads.
New volcanoes and geysers are created.
Ash blocks the sun and contaminates the water.
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a giant sea wave, caused by an underwater earthquake that displaces a large amount of water
earthquake
tsunami
tidal wave
monsoon
31
At which type of boundary would you find volcanoes AND a trench?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
All 3
32
Volcanoes located in the middle of a plate are caused by
a hotspot
a trench
a fault
a rift valley
33
Theory of Plate Tectonics states that Earth’s lithosphere is broken into large pieces called __
crustal plates
dinner plates
geothermal plates
tectonic plates
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At which type of boundary would you find a rift valley?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
