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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
Folded mountains
B
Rift valleys
C
Reverse faults
D
Volcanoes
2) Large amounts of stress build up at plate boundaries until the plates eventually move. What does this create?
A
Ridges
B
Volcanoes
C
Trenches
D
Earthquakes
3) At which type of boundary does new crust form?
A
Subduction zone
B
Convergent
C
Transform
D
Divergent
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
Transform faults
B
Along plate boundaries
C
Hot spots
D
In the center of continents
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
Divergent boundary
B
Convergent boundary
C
Subduction
D
Hot spot
7) Continental to continental collisions have created the following
A
Mountains, such as the Alps and the Himalayas
B
Earthquakes in California
C
Mountains, such as the Andes
D
Trenches like the Mariana
8) Ridge push, slab pull, and convection all cause plate movement. Where in the Earth does this force come from
A
The Lithosphere
B
The Hydrosphere
C
The Asthenosphere
D
Oceanic Crust
9) At which boundary is crust neither created or destroyed?
A
Divergent
B
Subduction zone
C
Convergent
D
Transform
10) Which is the correct description of Ocean crust ages?
A
It is as old as Pangaea
B
It is oldest at the ridges and youngest at the trenches
C
It is oldest at the trenches and youngest at the ridges
D
It is the same age throughout
11) A divergent boundary on land creates...
A
A trench, such as the Mariana trench
B
A subduction zone, such as the Ring of Fire
C
A ridge, such as the Mid-Atlantic ridge
D
A rift, such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa
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
Davey Jones locker
B
A deep trench
C
A coral reef
D
Bikini bottom
13) What plate boundary creates volcanic island arcs?
A
Oceanic Oceanic subduction zone (A type of Convergent boundary)
B
Oceanic Continental subduction zone (A type of Convergent boundary)
C
Continental Continental collision (A type of Convergent boundary)
D
Transform boundary
14) What is NOT likely to happen at a divergent boundary?
A
Rift valley
B
Sea floor spreading
C
volcano formation
D
mountain formation
15) Which layer of the earth is composed of solid Iron and Nickel
A
asthenosphere
B
mantle
C
outer core
D
Inner core
16) What is the name of the crack that splits Iceland in two
A
great big split
B
San Andreas Fault
C
Mid-Atlantic ridge
D
Great Rift Valley
17) Where do most of the cracks in earths crust occur
A
In continental crust since it is thinnest
B
In continental crust since it is thickest
C
In oceanic crust since it is thinnest
D
In oceanic crust since it is thickest
18) What ocean does the Ring of Fire surround
A
Panthalassa
B
Atlantic
C
Indian
D
Pacific
19) What is the Earths only liquid layer
A
Lithosphere
B
Mantle
C
Outer core
D
Asthenosphere
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
Island arcs and rifts
D
Mountains and mid-ocean ridges
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