Lithosphere Quiz 1

A huge undersea earthquake off the Alaskan coastline could produce what natural hazard? 

• Tsunami 
• Cyclone 
• Hurricane 
• Drought 

In Georgia and much of the southeastern United States, heavy rainfall often comes from _____________ and tropical storms.

• ice caps melting
• the Ice Age
• hurricanes
• April showers

Rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault causing tectonic movement, causing what natural hazard? 

• Volcanic Eruption 
• Cyclone
• Earthquake
• Hurricane

A disaster when there is no rain for a long time and everything is dry.

• flood
• drought
• evacuate
• hurricane

Can we prevent natural disasters?

• Yes
• No

What layer of the earth is made of liquid magma?

• innner core

• mantle

• crust

• outer core

Earth's thin outer layer

• Erosion
• Magma
• Crust
• Core

The area where two tectonic plates move apart from one another is known as a

• Hot spot
• Convergent boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Transform boundary

The area where two tectonic plates move towards one another creating a subduction zone

• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Fault

The creation of new sea floor occurs at _____________________ plate boundaries.

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• continental-continental