Quiz about How the Earth was Made: Iceland

Question 1

What percentage of the world's lava reaches the surface in Iceland?

Accepted Answer

10

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3

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33

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40

Question 2

What speed is the valley spreading apart?

Accepted Answer

1 inch a year

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1 cm a year

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10 meter a year

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1 foot a year

Question 3

What geologic feature runs through the middle of Iceland?

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Mid Atlantic Ridge

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San Andreas Fault

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Hayward Fault

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North American Craton

Question 4

What type of plate boundary runs through iceland?

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divergent

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convergent

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transform

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strike-slip

Question 5

What geological phenomenon is driving vulcanism in Iceland?

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Hotspot?

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Teen Spirit?

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Bathymetrics

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Cold region?

Question 6

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

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divergent

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convergent

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transform

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subducting

Question 7

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

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transform

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divergent

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convergent

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submergent

Question 8

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

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convergent

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divergent

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transform

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strike slip

Question 9

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

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Volcanoes

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Mountains

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Rift Valleys

Question 10

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Rift Valley

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Island Arc

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Flat land

Question 11

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Rift Valley

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Mountain

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Island Arc

Question 12

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

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Mountain

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Volcano

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Rift

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Island Arc

Question 13

A subduction zone is formed...

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when one tectonic plate sinks below another

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at every type of convergent plate boundary

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at every type of divergent plate boundary

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at transform boundaries

Question 14

Name the boundary

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convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 15

In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?

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divergent

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convergent

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normal

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transform

Question 16

The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.

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plate boundary

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fault

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plate edge

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ring of fire

Question 17

Plate movement is caused by ______________.

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convection currents in the mantle

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the rotation of the Earth

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ocean tides

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the moon's gravity

Question 18

The crust and the uppermost mantle make up the ________________.

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lithosphere

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asthenosphere

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atmosphere

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hydrosphere

Question 19

The plastic-like layer that is located directly under the lithosphere is known as the ____________.

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asthenosphere

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lithosphere

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atmosphere

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photosphere

Question 20

Who came up with the idea of Continental Drift?

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Alfred Wegener

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Alfred Wagon

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Albert Wegener

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Albert Wagoner

Question 21

A. Wegener believed that all the continents were connected at one time.  What did he call this one large land mass?

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Pangaea

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Pancakes

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Pancreas

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Patches

Question 22

What would happen to the convection currents if the heat from the inner core disappeared?

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They would stop.

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They would change directions.

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It would not change.

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They would speed up.

Question 23

As you travel from the inner core to the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?

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They would all decrease.

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They would all increase

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They would stay the same.

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Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.

Question 24

The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________.

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a convection current

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a conduction current

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a hot spot

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a volcanic eruption

Question 25

The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

Accepted Answer

ring of fire

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death ring

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fire zone

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zone of fire

Question 26

During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...

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at the mid ocean ridges

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along the continents

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deep ocean trenches

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at north and south poles

Question 27

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

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subduction zone

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submarine zone

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divergence zone

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lower zone

Question 28

Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge (divergent boundary)?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic

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Indian

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Dead Sea

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Artic

How the Earth was Made: Iceland

28 questions

What percentage of the world's lava reaches the surface in Iceland?

What speed is the valley spreading apart?

What geologic feature runs through the middle of Iceland?

What type of plate boundary runs through iceland?

What geological phenomenon is driving vulcanism in Iceland?

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

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