World Geography Unit 1.2

According to the theory of plate tectonics, what moves the plates of the earth?

• Wind

• Water currents

• Convection currents

• The sun and moon

What is the name of the single landmass that all continents broke off from?

• Tectonic plates

• Eurasia

• Peninsula

• Pangea

The circle of volcanoes that surrounds the pacific ocean is also known as the...?

• Magma Belt

• Ring of Fire

• San Andreas Fault

• Subduction Zone

Earthquakes and volcanoes can produce lasting changes to the landscape of an area. These primarily affect which sphere of the earth?

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

What do we call the process of one plate sliding underneath another?

• Convergence

• Subduction

• Divergence

• Transformation

The Marianas Trench is the deepest trench in the world. What plate boundary is responsible for the formation of the Marianas Trench?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Landform

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Landform

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Landform

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Landform

An oceanic plate forms a convergent boundary with a continental plate. What is the result of this boundary?

• The continental plate subducts and creates a volcano

• The continental plate and the oceanic plate both subduct

• The oceanic plate subducts and creates a volcano

• Neither plate subducts and instead go up creating tall mountains