Volcanoes & Plate Tectonics

Which of these geological features result from slowly moving over a hot spot?

• plateaus

• islands

• canyons

• deltas

At which location does the movement of tectonic plates form isolated volcanic islands, such as Hawaii?

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• subduction zone

• hot spot

Which geological feature most likely caused the formation of Mount St. Helens Volcano?

• converging boundaries

• diverging boundaries

• transform faults

• rift zone

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Which of the following helped in the development of the theory of plate tectonics?

• measuring the depths of oceans near deep-sea trenches

• detecting magnetic striations on land once covered by glaciers

• understanding the ways organisms adapted to topographical change

• understanding rock formations of a similar age occurring on two separate continents

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Which of the following is a significant source of energy in Earth's interior?

• Volcanoes

• Convection

• Molten Rock

• Radioactive Isotopes

The movement of crustal plates results from circulating currents in material beneath the crust of Earth. Which best describes the material which moves the crustal plates?

• hot water

• molten rock

• liquid metal

• solid iron

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Between 40 and 50 million years ago, the landmasses on the Indian Plate collided with the landmasses on the Eurasian Plate. What formed when these landmasses collided?

• the Grand Canyon

• the Great Plains

• the Himalayan Mountains

• the Mariana Trench

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The Hawaiian Islands are of volcanic origin. Many scientists thought that each island had an individual magma plume or hot spot that erupted and formed the islands. Other scientists speculated that these islands were the result of a single hot spot. Which of these statements best supports the single hot spot hypothesis?

• The Pacific tectonic plate is too small to have multiple hot spots.

• The hot spot was large enough to form all of the islands at the same time.

• The volcanoes at hot spots have only one eruption that lasts for hundreds of years.

• The location of the volcanoes match the movement of the Pacific tectonic plate over a hot spot.

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In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature most often forms?

• ocean

• volcano

• river valley

• mountain chain

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Crustal plates that pull apart from one another most likely form

• volcanic island arcs

• strike-slip faults

• oceanic trenches

• rift zones