Quiz about Topic 8 Plate Tectonics (Chapter Review)

Question 1

Subduction of the ocean floor takes place at the

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trenches

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lower mantle

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mid-cean ridges

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rift valleys

Question 2

The process that powers plate tectonics

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convection

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radiation

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conduction

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subduction

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Two plates that collide with each other at

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convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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transform boundary

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the boundary between the mantle and the crust

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The force that causes part of the crust to become shorter and thicker because of squeezing

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compression

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tension

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shearing

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normal force

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The largest waves on a seismorgram are

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surface waves (L-Waves)

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P-waves

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S-Waves

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tsunamis

Question 6

In the hours after an earthquakes, people should not go inside a building, even if it appears undamaged, because of

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aftershock

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liquefaction

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tsunamis

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deformation

Question 7

Magma becomes lava when it reaches a volcanoe's

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vent

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pipe

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magma chamber

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geyser

Question 8

When magma heats underground water, the result may be a

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hot spring

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lava flow

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vent

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hot spot

Question 9

The single land mass that broke apart 250 million years ago was Pangaea

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True

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False

Question 10

When two continental plates diverge, a transform boundary forms

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False

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True

Question 11

Liquefaction is the force that pushes or pulls the rock in Earth's crust

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False

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True

Question 12

Tsunami's are triggered by earthquakes originating beneath the ocean floor

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True

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False

Question 13

The diagram above shows how geologists locate an earthquake's focus

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False

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True

Question 14

Transform boundaries can produce

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earthquakes/strike-slip faults

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Mountains

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Volcanoes

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new ocean floor

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Convergent boundaries can produce

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mountains/volcanoes

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earthquakes

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new ocean floor

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mid-ocean ridges

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Divergent boundaries can produce

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mid-ocean ridges/new ocean floor

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volcanoes

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mountains

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earthquakes

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compression produces

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reverse fault

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normal fault

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strike-slip fault

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tension produces

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normal fault

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reverse fault

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strike-slip fault

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shearing produces

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strike-slip fault

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normal fault

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reverse fault

Question 20

A break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other is called a

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fault

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plate

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layer

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boundary

Question 21

Subduction is

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The process by which ocean crust sinks beneath trenches

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The direct transfer of heat through solid materials

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The process that continually adds ocean floor

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A device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects

Question 22

Scientists who study the forces that make and shape the planet Earth are called

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Geologists

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Biologists

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Chemists

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Physicists

Question 23

In the convection current of a pan of soup, the cooler, denser fluid

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Sinks to the bottom

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Rises to the top

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Stays where it is

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Stays on top

Question 24

Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener

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Harry Hess

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Pangaea

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J. Tuzo Wilson

Question 25

What erupts through the valley of the mid-ocean ridge?

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Molten material

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The lithosphere

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Deep-ocean trenches

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Continental drift

Question 26

A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called

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Stress

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Folding

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faulting

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Liquefaction

Question 27

Which type of seismic wave arrives first at a seismograph?

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P waves

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S waves

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Tsunamis

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Surface waves

Question 28

Anticlines and synclines are two types of

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Folds

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Seismic waves

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focus

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Aftershocks

Question 29

Which stress force pulls on the crust and stretches rock?

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Tension

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Shearing

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liquefaction

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Compression

Question 30

An instrument Used to measure and record ground movements during an earthquake is called a(n)

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Seismograph

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Laser-ranging device

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creep meter

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Moment magnitude scale

Question 31

What type of fault forms when the hanging wall moves upward past the foot wall?

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Reverse fault

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strike-slip fault

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Fault-block mountain

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Normal fault

Question 32

The type of stress force that produces a strike-slip fault is

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Shearing

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Compression

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tension

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Liquefaction

Question 33

An area where magma melts through the crust in the middle of a plate is called a(n)

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Hot spot

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Island arc

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geyser

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Pipe

Question 34

Inside a volcano, magma collects in a pocket called a

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Magma chamber

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vent

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caldera

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Pipe

Question 35

A volcano that is erupting or has shown signs that it may erupt in the future is called

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active

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dormant

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Extinct

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Sleeping

Question 36

Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid is called

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convection

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conduction

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transform

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stress

Question 37

A ____________________________ boundary is a place where two plates slip past each other.

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transform

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divergent

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convergent

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Liquefaction

Question 38

The process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor is

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sea-floor spreading

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conduction

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tension

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stress

Question 39

Compression, tension, and shearing are three types of _________________________ that cause changes in the crust.

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stress

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conduction

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convergent

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liquefaction

Question 40

Water displaced by an undersea earthquake may produce

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tsunami

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monsoon

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hal storm

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volcanic eruption

Question 41

The molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water deep in Earth's mantle is called

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Magma

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lava flow

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ash

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convection

Question 42

The __________________________ is a belt of volcanoes around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.

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Ring of Fire

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Volcanic Belt

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Ring of Volcanoes

Question 43

The more _________________________ magma contains, the thicker the magma is.

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silica

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gas

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tension

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stress

Question 44

A(n) __________________________________ is a wide, gently sloping mountain made of hardened layers of low-silica lava.

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shield volcano

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composite volcano

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cinder cone volcano

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lava plateu volcano

Question 45

The supercontinent that began to break apart about 225 million years ago is called Antarctica.

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False

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True

Question 46

The lithosphere includes all of the core and part of the mantle.

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False

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True

Question 47

A base-isolated building design increases the amount of energy that reaches the building during an earthquake.

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False

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True

Question 48

The stress that pushes masses of rock sideways in opposite directions is tension.

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False

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True

Question 49

S waves arrive at a seismograph after P waves.

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True

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False

Question 50

By drawing circles to show distances from three seismograph stations, geologists can locate the magnitude of an earthquake.

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False

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True

Topic 8 Plate Tectonics (Chapter Review)

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