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