Unit 3 Test Review Earth Science

Which process occurs when an earthquake's shaking turns loose soil into mud?

• liquefaction

• seismic shaking

What type of plate boundary are subduction zones associated with?

• divergent

• convergent

What type of plate boundary exists at a mid-ocean ridge?

• divergent

• subduction

What type of crust generally subducts under the other?

• oceanic

• continental

What type of waves can travel through both liquids and solids and travels in a push-pull motion?

• S waves 

• P waves

What type of tectonic plate boundary involves two plates sliding and grinding past one another horizontally without destroying any crust?

• subduction

• transform

A volcanic mountain chain produced as one oceanic plate subducts beneath another oceanic crust.

• island arc

• continental arc

Which of the following increases with distance from a mid-ocean ridge?

• depth of sea floor

• age of oceanic lithosphere

What is lava underneath Earth's surface called?

• magma

• ash

Where do convection currents take place?

• crust

• Mantle