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Plate Tectonics
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1) What causes earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains and trenches?
A
Convection currents cause tectonic plates to shift and interact with each other
B
Overtime as the earths crust starts to break down it causes major earth events.
C
Ocean tides cause plates to shift and collide with each other
D
Rocks pushing up from the outer core of the earth
2) What are the three types of plate boundaries?
A
subduction, elevation, collision
B
oceanic, continental, hotspot
C
rift, trench, mountain
D
transform, divergent, convergent
3) What type of plate boundary formed the Andes Mountains in S. America?
A
Divergent
B
Convergent
C
No actual boundary - just a hot spot
D
Transform
4) What caused the Japanese tsunami?
A
Two continental plates colliding and sending ripples of water to Japan
B
An earthquake along the transformation boundary in California that send a large wave all the way across the pacific
C
Volcanic eruptions of the volcanoes in Japan causes massive earthquakes which led to the tsunami
D
Slipping of the Pacific Plate under the North American plate causing a large release of energy in the ocean
5) What type of plate boundary causes major earthquakes in San Francisco?
A
Hot Spot
B
Divergent
C
Convergent
D
Transform
6) Which is not a result of Plate Tectonics?
A
Tsunamis
B
Volcanic Eruptions
C
Erosion
D
Earthquakes
7) Why does the Atlantic Ocean have no volcanoes or tsunamis?
A
They are against the law
B
There are no plate boundaries near by
C
It is too deep
D
They have been very lucky
8) Which is most predictable?
A
Weather
B
Earthquakes
C
Volcanic Eruptions
D
Tsunamis
9) Which is not caused by convection currents?
A
Weather
B
Earthquakes
C
Tsunamis
D
Volcanic Eruptions
10) Which describes magma as it rises in the to the asthenosphere?
A
It cannot rise
B
It heats up
C
it loses density
D
It cools off
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