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Plate Tectonics Test Review
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1
Which layer is the hottest?
Inner Core
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
2
Name this feature.
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Trench
Volcano
Rift Valley
3
Which type of crust is more dense in this diagram?
Continental
None, they are equal
Oceanic
4
The mantle is made of...
Gases
Lava
Water
Magma
5
Represents the Lithosphere.
B
C
A
None
6
This is an animation of...
Plate Tectonics
Continental Winds
Faulting
Continental Drift
7
Which layer is the mantle?
A
B
D
C
8
100% of the earthquakes on earth happen in the Ring of Fire.
True
False
9
Name this type of Volcano.
Trench
Shelf
Hot Spot
Mid-Ocean Ridge
10
A mountain created when melted rocks are pushed from both sides creating bends in the rock.
Volcanic
Dome
Folded
Fault-Block
11
L waves arrive...
2nd
3rd
4th
1st
12
Name this process that occurs in the mantle.
Convection
Radiation
Asthenosphere
Conduction
13
This is evidence of....
Fossil Record
Continental Drift
Convection Currents
Plate Tectonics
14
Divergent boundaries move...
together
side by side
down
apart
15
Name this feature.
Volcano
Trench
Earthquake
Mid-Ocean Ridge
16
Convergent boundaries move...
Up
Side by Side
Apart
Together
17
Name this type of mountain.
Dome
Volcanic
Folded
Fault-Block
18
A mountain created when magma pushes up the land but does not come out.
Dome
Fault-Block
Volcanic
Folded
19
Transform boundaries create...
Earthquakes & Tsunamis
Ridges
Faults
Rift Valleys
20
What evidence was there for Pangaea?
Shape & Glaciers
Fossils & Plants
Rocks & Mountains
All of these choices
21
Boundary Type
Convergent
Fault
Divergent
Transform
22
Represents the Hydrosphere.
None
B
A
C
23
Oceanic crust is the crust that is made of water.
False
True
24
S waves move...
Side to Side
Up and Down
In a circle
All Ways
25
What makes the tectonic plates on earth move?
Convection Currents
Faults
Asthenosphere
Earthquakes
26
Oceanic-Oceanic Divergent boundaries create...
Rift Valleys
Trenches
Mountains
Mid-Ocean Ridges
27
Continental-Continental divergent boundaries create...
Mountains
Trenches
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Rift Valleys
28
Volcanoes are found at a _______________________ boundaries.
Divergent
Transform
Fault
Convergent
29
Strike-slip Faults move.
Down
Up
Side to Side
30
Name this instrument.
Seismometer
Seismograph
Seismogram
Richter Scale
31
Who thought of the theory of Continental Drift?
Albert Einstein
John Smith
Alfred Wegener
Arthur Holmes
32
Which layer do convection currents occur in?
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
Mantle
33
Transform boundaries move...
apart
side by side
up
together
34
Name this type of Mountain.
Volcanic
Dome
Folded
Fault-Block
35
The epicenter of the earthquake.
None
A
C
B
36
The Ring of Fire is located around the __________________ .
Eurasian Plate
Pacific Plate
North American Plate
African Plate
37
Where the earthquake begins underground.
Epicenter
Focus
Seismograph
Fault
38
The Outer Core
B
A
C
D
39
P waves arrive...
2nd
4th
3rd
1st
40
A hot spot volcano can occur in the middle of a tectonic plate.
True
False
41
The number 4.1 represents this part of an earthquake.
Seismograph
Focus
Magnitude
Richter Scale
42
Oceanic Crust
A
None
B
43
Which one is a shield volcano?
None
1
2
3
44
The Ring of Fire contains mostly...
Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Ridges & Trenches
Rifts and Volcanoes
Tsunamis
45
Name the fault in the diagram.
Reverse
Normal
Strik-Slip
Thrust
46
Convection moves...
all of the answers are correct
from hot to cold
in a circle
continuously
47
Melted rock also known as Lava
B
C
A
48
Faults can occur both at plate boundaries and in the middle of a tectonic plate.
True
False
49
What is the name of this?
Eurasia
Laurasia
Gondwana
Pangaea
50
A tsunami is created by...
The Moon
An Earthquake
The Wind
Volcanoes
51
Name this type of seismic wave movement.
Surface Wave
L Wave
S Wave
P Wave
52
What time did this exist?
220 billion years ago
220 million years ago
240 million years ago
65 million years ago
53
L Waves
A
B
C
None
54
Convergent boundaries that are continental and oceanic create...
Ridges
Rift Valley
Trenches & Volcanoes
Mountains
55
How many layers of earth are there?
5
3
4
6
56
Convergent boundaries that are continental and continental create...
Trenches
Rift Valley
Mountains
Volcanoes
57
What is this picture showing?
Theory of Continental Drift
Evidence
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Pangaea
58
Convergent boundaries that are oceanic and oceanic create...
Ridges
Mountains
Rift Valleys
Volcanic Islands & Trenches
59
A crack or break in the earth is known as a...
Tsunami
Earthquake
Ridge
Fault
60
Name this feature.
Island
Volcano
Tsunami
Mid-Ocean Ridge
