Physical Geography Full Quiz

The Ring of Fire is a series of active volcanoes surrounding the Atlantic Ocean

• True
• False

Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Sedergent
• Transform

Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...

• along the coast
• along tectonic plate boundaries
• in the Arctic
• in the ocean

What is the name of the plate boundary that slides past each other?

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform
• Mr. C the Slide Man

Two tectonic plates collide at a _______ plate boundary.

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone
• divergence zone
• subduction zone
• lower zone

Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Hypocenter
• Tremor

What is an instrument that detects and records waves produced by earthquakes? (This piece of equipment can measure the magnitude of an earthquake.)

• Epicenter
• Fault
• Seismogram
• Seismograph

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Plate

The Ring of Fire is a destructive arc located in...

• the Atlantic Ocean
• the Pacific Ocean
• the North American Plate
• all over the world