Earthquakes and Volcanoes Quiz

Where are earthquakes and volcanoes most likely to take place?

• along the core-mantle interface

• where the composition of the Earth tends to be uniform

• near the Earth's Equator

• near a plate boundary

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Which cross section best represents the convection currents in the mantle beneath the Java Trench?

Hint: Think about what type of boundary makes a Trench. Look back at the diagram we made of this type of boundary in class to see how the convection currents should be drawn.

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Which feature(s) are commonly found at Divergent plate boundaries?

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Deltas and Valleys

• Ocean trenches and Subduction zones

• Mountains

Which type of tectonic plate boundary is found between the Indian-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate?

• transform

• convergent

• divergent

• complex or uncertain

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At which plate boundary is one lithospheric plate sliding under another?

Hint: Think about what it means for one plate to SLIDE UNDER another plate.

What type of boundary is this? In between which two plates does this boundary exist?

• African Plate and South American Plate

• Pacific and Philippine Plate

• Cocos Plate and Pacific Plate

• Antarctic and Pacific Plate

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In which diagram do the arrows show the relative directions of plate movement at this type of plate boundary?

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Which type of plate boundary is located at the Jordan Fault?

• divergent

• subduction

• convergent

• transform

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The Mariana Trench is Earth's deepest oceanic trench. This trench formed as the Pacific Plate was:

*Hint: Find the Mariana Trench on page 12 of the reference table. Use the key symbol of a Convergent boundary to determine which plate is Subducting (sinking) and Overriding (floating)

• overriding the Philippine Plate

• overriding the Eurasian Plate

• subducting under the Philippine Plate

• subducting under the Eurasian Plate

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What most likely caused the major devastation along the flat coastal areas of Japan as a result of this earthquake?

• crustal downwarping

• lava flows

• landslides

• a tsunami

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The geologic feature indicated by letter A is

• a hotspot

• an island arc

• an ocean trench

• an igneous intrusion

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