Quiz about Plate Tectonics & The Rock Cycle

Question 1

The cracks in Earth's crust are called ___________.

Accepted Answer

faults

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tectonic plates

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magma

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lava

Question 2

Is water wet?

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No

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Yes

Question 3

The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.

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Ring of Fire

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Ring of Earth

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Ring of Stone

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Ring of Diamond

Question 4

________________ measures the strength of an earthquake on a scale of 1-10.

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Richter Scale

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Seismometer

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Magnitude

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Seismology

Question 5

Lava that is still deep inside the earth is called ____________________________.

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magma

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lava

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volcano

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earthquake

Question 6

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

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San Andreas Fault

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New Madrid

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Denali Fault

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Ramapo Seismic Zone

Question 7

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Transform

Question 8

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

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Slide/Transform

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Divergent

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Convergent

Question 9

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Slide/Transform

Question 10

What is a divergent boundary?

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two plates moving away from each other

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two plates moving towards each other

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two plates grinding/sliding past each other.

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plates that don't move at all

Question 11

What forms at the divergent boundary?

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mid-ocean Ridge

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deep-ocean trench

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land ridge

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the Pacific Ocean

Question 12

Plates slide grind/slide  past one another at ____________ boundaries.

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transform

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divergent

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convergent

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submerged

Question 13

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 14

What is the term for the process by which a heavier, denser plate slides under a less dense plate?

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subduction

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plate boundary

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submersion

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accretion

Question 15

Some volcanoes are formed without being near plate boundaries.  These are known as

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hot spots

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deep ocean trenches

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subduction zones

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faults

Question 16

What type of plate boundary is this?

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Convergent

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Plate

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 17

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

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Earthquake

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Volcano Eruption

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Tornado

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Mountain Building

Question 18

Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

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Divergent

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Convergent

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Transform

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Plate

Question 19

Mountains are created when....

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Two continental plates collide

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Two oceanic plates pull apart

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An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

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Two continental plates pull apart

Question 20

What are the two types of crust

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continental and oceanic

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ocean and upper

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lower and upper

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pizza and subway

Question 21

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

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oceanic

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continental

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neither

Question 22

The area where two tectonic plates meet.

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plate boundary

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mantle

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focus

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convection

Question 23

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 24

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

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Alfred Wegener

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Albert Einstein

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Isaac Newton

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John Dalton

Question 25

What do you call the evidence of Wegener's Theory that tells about the remains of an organism that lived a long time ago?

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Fossils

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Ashes

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Bones

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Follicles

Question 26

What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed millions of years ago?

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Pangaea

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Asia

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Pantallasa

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Eurasia

Question 27

What causes the continents to move?

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All of the choices

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Magma

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Tectonic Plates

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Earthquake

Question 28

What are the two continents the fits together based on Wegener's Theory?

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South America and Africa

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Asia and Russia

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India and Asia

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Africa and Asia

Question 29

Alfred Wegener noticed these remains were the same on several different continents...

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Plants and animals

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Leaves and flowers

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Ice and mountains

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Dinosaurs and reptiles

Question 30

What evidence do we need to explore in order to prove Pangaea existed?

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fossil record

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glacier movement

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plant and animal locations

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rock formations

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shapes of coastlines

Question 31

The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.

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Weathering

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Deposition

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Erosion

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Igneous Rock

Question 32

Rock that forms when minerals form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

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Sedimentary Rock

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Metamorphic Rock

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Igneous Rock

Question 33

Rock that forms when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock.

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Metamorphic Rock

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Igneous Rock

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Sedimentary Rock

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Rock Cycle

Question 34

The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

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heat and pressure

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compaction and cementation

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melting and cooling

Question 35

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

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melting and cooling

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heat and pressure

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compaction and cementation

Question 36

A metamorphic rock can become ______.

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all of these

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igneous

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metamorphic

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sedimentary

Question 37

An igneous rock can become ______.

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all of these

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metamorphic

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sedimentary

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igneous

Question 38

rock altered, changed, by pressure and heat

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metamorphic rock

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sedimentary rock

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igneous

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erosion

Question 39

The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.

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sediment

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texture

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weathering

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erosion

Question 40

What does it mean for a rock to be extrusive

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Form from Lava

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Have layers

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Have Rounded Edges

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Form By Sediment

Question 41

True or False: Igneous Rocks form from Sediment

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False

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True

Question 42

_______ rock forms from magma/lava

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Igneous

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Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

Question 43

The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.   Can be caused by water, wind, ice, and gravity.

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Erosion

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Rock Cycle

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Uplift

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Deposition

Question 44

This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?

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Sedimentary

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Igneous

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Metamorphic

Question 45

This rock cooled on the outside of a volcano and contained air bubbles when it was forming. What type of rock is this?

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 46

This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?

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Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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Igneous

Question 47

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

Question 48

Formed by cooling & solidification of magma

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Intrusive Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

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Extrusive Igneous

Question 49

Formed by melting

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magma

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sediments

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sedimentary rock

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intrusive igneous

Question 50

Has small or no crystals because of rapid cooling

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extrusive igneous

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sedimentary

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metamorphic

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intrusive igneous

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