Review Game Zone
Flash Cards
(current)
Games
Teachers
Search
Chapter 14: Earth's Changing Surface
Test Description: Plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, weathering, erosion, and deposition
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is a convergent boundary?
A
a place where two plates move towards each other
B
a place where two plates move away from each other
C
a place where two plates slide past each other
D
a place where there is no plate movement
2) Mauna Loa is a _____________ volcano.
A
super
B
cinder
C
shield
D
composite
3) Which of the following is a place where volcanoes are NOT found?
A
transform boundaries
B
convergent boundaries
C
divergent boundaries
D
hot spots
4) What are plate tectonics?
A
squeezing force at a convergent boundary
B
theory that states that the crust is broken into rigid plates that move slowly over Earth's surface
C
hypothesis that states that the continents move
D
the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or crack in Earth's crust
5) A _____________ is the surface along which the crust moves.
A
fault
B
convergent boundary
C
tension
D
earthquake
6) What is the large depression in the center of a volcano?
A
caldera
B
lava flow
C
mid-ocean ridge
D
hot spot
7) When oceanic crust is forced under continental crust, this is called a ____________.
A
transform boundary
B
subduction zone
C
continental drift
D
mid-ocean ridge
8) What type of force is experienced at a transform boundary?
A
shear
B
no force is experienced at a transform boundary
C
tension
D
compression
9) When was the Theory of Plate Tectonics proposed?
A
1910's
B
1960's
C
1990's
D
1930's
10) Which type of volcano only experiences lava flows?
A
shield volcanoes
B
cinder volcanoes
C
supervolcanoes
D
composite volcanoes
11) When the shaking ground acts more like a liquid than a solid, it is called _________.
A
liquefaction
B
landslide
C
physical weathering
D
compression
12) In which type of climate does soil form the fastest?
A
cold and dry
B
warm and wet
C
cool and wet
D
hot and dry
13) Erosion is
A
the moving of weathered material, or sediment, from one location to another.
B
the large depression in the center of a volcano.
C
a location where volcanoes form far from plate boundaries.
D
the process that breaks down rock, changing Earth's surface over time.
14) Physical and chemical are two types of _________.
A
deposition
B
weathering
C
volcanoes
D
erosion
15) The mountains that form when lava builds up and cools are known as what?
A
Hot Spots
B
Calderas
C
Lava Flows
D
Mid-Ocean Ridges
*select an answer for all questions
Check Results & Get Answers
Play Games with the Questions Above
Teachers: Create FREE classroom games with your questions
Click for more info!
©2007-2024
ReviewGameZone.com
|
About
|
Privacy
|
Contact
|
Terms
|
Site Map
WAIT! Find what you needed?
×
Still Looking for the Answers?
Have Another Question?
Play a Review Game with These Questions?
Want to Make Your Own Test Like This One?