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Plates And Faults
Test Description: A quiz about plates and faults.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the lithosphere?
A
large, flat stones sitting on top of malleable magma
B
the plates that make up the crust and the upper part of the mantle
C
the upper part of the mantle
D
the plates that make up the crust
2) How can Earth's plates move?
A
They only can move toward each other.
B
They only collide or slide along each other.
C
They can collide, pull apart, or slide against each other.
D
They only converge or diverge.
3) A divergent boundary is a boundary between two plates that __________.
A
slide along each other
B
converge
C
move away from each other
D
move toward each other
4) What happens to rock around a subducting slab?
A
It goes under the other plate.
B
It goes over the other plate.
C
It disappears from Earth.
D
It combines with the other rock.
5) Do two colliding continental plates always cause volcanoes?
A
Yes, subduction always occurs when continental plates collide.
B
Yes, subduction always occurs when oceanic plates collide.
C
No, earthquakes always occur when two continental plates collide.
D
No, usually no subduction occurs when continental plates collide.
6) What is a transform boundary?
A
A transform boundary is when two plates move toward each other.
B
A transform boundary is when two plates slide past one another.
C
A transform boundary is when two plates pull away from each other.
D
A transform boundary is when two plates collide.
7) What do scientists believe is the force behind the plate tectonics theory?
A
convection currents
B
the movement of the planets
C
the Sun's gravity
D
gravity slab pull
8) What does plate tectonics cause?
A
forms mountains
B
all of the above
C
causes volcanoes
D
forms ocean basins
9) What happens when an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?
A
The less dense oceanic plate slides under the denser continental plate.
B
The denser oceanic plate slides under the less dense continental plate.
C
The less dense oceanic plate slides past the denser continental plate
D
The denser oceanic plate slides on top of the less dense continental plate.
10) What are strike-slip faults?
A
a boundary where rocks in the fault never move
B
a boundary where rocks on opposite sides of the fault move in opposite or the same directions at dif
C
a boundary where rocks move in the same directions at the same rate
D
B) a boundary where rocks on the same side of the fault move in the same direction, but at different
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