Plate Tectonics Quiz

About ____% of all of the earthquakes in the last 200 years have been along the "Ring of Fire"

About _____% of all of Earth's volcanoes are along the "Ring of Fire"

• 10

• 50

• 75

• 90

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The San Andreas Fault is about _____ miles deep and _____ miles long.

• 800, 20

• 20, 800

• 5000, 25000

• 25,000, 5000

According to the video, more than _______ buildings were destroyed during the earthquake and fire of 1906

• 100

• 1,000

• 10,000

• 28,000

North America is moving _________ toward __________.

• North, Antartica

• South, South America

• East, Eurpoe

• West, Asia

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North America and Europe are moving apart at about _________ per year.

• 2 inches

• 3 feet

• 4 yards

• 5 miles

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The "Ring of Fire" is about _________ miles long.

• 25,000

• 238,000

• 3.14 million

• 95,000,000

The 1906 Earthquake was caused by the ____________ fault

• San Francisco

• San Andreas

• North American

• Pacific

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75% of the volcanoes in the USA are in which state? [no caps]

Lava with higher concentrations of Silica tend to: (select 2)

• Flow down the mountain quicker

• Flow down the mountain slower

• Be thinner

• Be thicker

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