Unit 4 Quiz 2 Review

Match the words with the descriptions.

• stronger at epicenter of earthquake

• seismic waves

• breaks in the Earth’s crust

• earthquake

• vibrations in the Earth’s surface from m

• fault lines

• opening in Earth’s crust that releases l

• volcano

• location of a volcano that forms in the

• hot spot

Match the landforms with the descriptions.

• hot, dry areas with no vegetation

• mountain

• moving ice mass

• glacier

• high elevation with a flat top

• desert

• high elevation with a peak

• plateau

• large, flat land

• plains

Who was known for the continental drift theory?

• Wegener

• McKenzie

• Hess and Dietz

• Vine and Matthews

• Tuzo-Wilson

Who discovered sea floor spreading?

• Wegener

• McKenzie

• Hess and Dietz

• Vine and Matthews

• Tuzo-Wilson

Who looked at patterns of magnetic striping on the ocean floor?

• Wegener

• McKenzie

• Hess and Dietz

• Vine and Matthews

• Tuzo-Wilson

Who discovered plates moved over hot spots and then formed volcanic island chains?

• Wegener

• McKenzie

• Hess and Dietz

• Vine and Matthews

• Tuzo-Wilson

Who studied convection currents?

• Wegener

• McKenzie

• Hess and Dietz

• Vine and Matthews

• Tuzo-Wilson

What forms at a divergent plate boundary?

• shield volcano

• composite volcano

What forms at a convergent plate boundary?

• composite volcano

• shield volcano

Match the following

• low-lying area between mountains

• loess

• high elevation lower than a mountain

• valley

• collection of clay and silt

• hill