Forces That Shape The Earth

An enormous moving piece of the earth's lithosphere is a

• earthquake

• tsunami

• volcano

• tectonic plate

As plates push together, one plate is forces under the other. As the bottom plate starts to melt, magma rises and forms volcanoes at the surface.

• Divergent

• Subduction

• Collision

• Transform

A fracture in earth's crust is a

• tsunami

• fault

• Ring of Fire

• epicenter

Where are most volcanoes found?

• Asia

• Australia

• near the center of tectonic plates

• near plate boundaries

The Ring of Fire is

• a zone around the Pacific Ocean.

• a zone around the Atlantic Ocean.

• caused by tsunamis.

• part of the Richter scale.

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

• Earthquake

• Epicenter

• Fault

• Plate

What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?

• Hot Spot

• Magma

• Lava

• Volcano

Where are most volcanoes found?

• Southern Hemisphere

• Ring of Fire

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Hot Spots

The Ring of Fire is made of what kind of plate movement?

• subduction zone

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,

• Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

• the continents DO NOT move

• Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

• the continents were once joined together in a single landmass