Earthquakes and Volcanoes Quiz 1

Plates are made up of two different types of crusts? What are they?

• Oceanic

• Continental

• Surface

• Margins

Earth's crust is made up of many pieces. What are they called?

• Tectonic plates

• Plate margins

• Plate boundaries

• Volcanoes

How many layers in the structure of the Earth?

• 8

• 6

• 2

• 4

Volcanoes that no longer erupt are NOT

• active

• dormant

• extinct

What type of volcano has bigger eruptions?

• shield volcanoes

• strato-volcanoes

On this map, draw a line around what is considered the "volcano ring of fire"

This picture shows convection currents in the mantle. Are the land masses moving closer together or further apart?

• closer together

• further apart

What is a margin in the context of our topic?

• the edge of the tectonic plates

• the inner core

• magma

• where the ocean meets land

when an ocean plate and a continental plate move into each other, it is a type of

• constructive plate

• destructive plate

• conservative plate

California is prone to sudden earthquakes because...

• The Pacific plate and the North American plate scrape against each other.

• There are 9 active volcanoes in the area.

• An ocean plate is forced under a continental plate.

• Mother Nature hates California.