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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Boundary types, geologic features, geography
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) At a subduction zone, the sinking plate heats, melts, and forms magma. What does this create on Earths\' surface?
A
Reverse faults
B
Folded mountains
C
Volcanoes
D
Rift valleys
2) Large amounts of stress build up at plate boundaries until the plates eventually move. What does this create?
A
Earthquakes
B
Volcanoes
C
Ridges
D
Trenches
3) At which type of boundary does new crust form?
A
Transform
B
Convergent
C
Divergent
D
Subduction zone
4) At which type of boudary would folded mountains, such as the Himalayas, form?
A
Divergent
B
Active
C
Transform
D
Convergent
5) Where do most of the worlds volcanoes occur?
A
In the center of continents
B
Along plate boundaries
C
Hot spots
D
Transform faults
6) The Hawaiian islands are an island chain that can be used to track the movement of the Pacific plate. What has created these islands?
A
Convergent boundary
B
Hot spot
C
Divergent boundary
D
Subduction
7) Continental to continental collisions have created the following
A
Trenches like the Mariana
B
Mountains, such as the Alps and the Himalayas
C
Earthquakes in California
D
Mountains, such as the Andes
8) Ridge push, slab pull, and convection all cause plate movement. Where in the Earth does this force come from
A
The Asthenosphere
B
The Lithosphere
C
The Hydrosphere
D
Oceanic Crust
9) At which boundary is crust neither created or destroyed?
A
Transform
B
Convergent
C
Divergent
D
Subduction zone
10) Which is the correct description of Ocean crust ages?
A
It is oldest at the trenches and youngest at the ridges
B
It is as old as Pangaea
C
It is the same age throughout
D
It is oldest at the ridges and youngest at the trenches
11) A divergent boundary on land creates...
A
A subduction zone, such as the Ring of Fire
B
A rift, such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa
C
A trench, such as the Mariana trench
D
A ridge, such as the Mid-Atlantic ridge
12) What would you expect to find at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of South America (Hint: it is a subduction zone)
A
A deep trench
B
Davey Jones locker
C
Bikini bottom
D
A coral reef
13) What plate boundary creates volcanic island arcs?
A
Oceanic Oceanic subduction zone (A type of Convergent boundary)
B
Transform boundary
C
Oceanic Continental subduction zone (A type of Convergent boundary)
D
Continental Continental collision (A type of Convergent boundary)
14) What is NOT likely to happen at a divergent boundary?
A
Rift valley
B
Sea floor spreading
C
mountain formation
D
volcano formation
15) Which layer of the earth is composed of solid Iron and Nickel
A
asthenosphere
B
Inner core
C
outer core
D
mantle
16) What is the name of the crack that splits Iceland in two
A
Mid-Atlantic ridge
B
San Andreas Fault
C
Great Rift Valley
D
great big split
17) Where do most of the cracks in earths crust occur
A
In oceanic crust since it is thickest
B
In continental crust since it is thickest
C
In oceanic crust since it is thinnest
D
In continental crust since it is thinnest
18) What ocean does the Ring of Fire surround
A
Indian
B
Pacific
C
Panthalassa
D
Atlantic
19) What is the Earths only liquid layer
A
Lithosphere
B
Asthenosphere
C
Mantle
D
Outer core
20) What will be created at a convergent boundary between oceanic and continental crust?
A
Volcanic mountains and trenches
B
Volcanic island arcs and trenches
C
Mountains and mid-ocean ridges
D
Island arcs and rifts
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