Unit 5 Review

Which formation is a result of a hot spot?

• the Hawaiian islands

• the San Andreas fault

• Mount St. Helens

• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

What occurs at transform boundaries?

• earthquakes

• trenches

• folding

• eruption of hot spots

Where are earthquakes and volcanos most likely to occur?

• continental boundaries

• hot spots

• plate boundaries

• within oceanic plates

The Andes Mountains are found along the western coast of South America.

Which kind of plate boundary is responsible for this mountain range?

• The Nazca plate is converging with the South American plate.

• The North American plate is diverging with the South American plate.

• The North American plate and the South American plate are at a transform boundary.

• The Nazca plate and the North American plate are at a transform boundary.

What was formed when the Pacific and North American plates converged?

• the Hawaiian islands

• the San Andreas fault

• Mount St. Helens

• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Which plate boundary could form a mountain chain of sedimentary rock?

• divergent boundary of oceanic crust and continental crust

• convergent boundary of two continental crusts

• convergent boundary of oceanic crust and continental crust

• divergent boundary between two oceanic crusts

Which type of stress results when two tectonic plates diverge?

• compression

• shear

• force

• tension

What is a downfold of rock caused by compression called?

• a fault

• a joint

• an anticline

• a syncline

How do scientists determine where an earthquake starts?

• by studying a seismogram

• by studying seismographs taken from different locations

• by studying the S and P waves on a seismogram

• by studying the strength of the S and P waves on a seismograph

Where does the energy of an earthquake originate?

• heat from Earth's interior

• Earth's magnetic field

• the building of volcanos

• motion of tectonic plates