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WorksheetsEarth's Structure and Movement
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
At this type of plate boundary, volcanoes often occur
Convergent - colliding
Transform - sliding
Divergent - dividing
All 3
The San Andreas Fault in CA is an example of this type of plate boundary
Divergent - dividing
Convergent - colliding
Transform - sliding
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the Atlantic Ocean are both results of this type of plate boundary - where new land is being created!
Divergent - dividing
Transform - sliding
Convergent - colliding
Mountains are formed at this type of plate boundary, specifically the Himalayas and Appalachians
Transform - sliding
Divergent - dividing
Convergent - colliding
The only type of plate boundary that causes new land to form is....
Convergent - colliding
Divergent - dividing
Transform - sliding
The Ring of Fire is located in (the)__________ and is where ____________ occurs frequently.
Africa, Earthquakes
Atlantic, Volcanoes
Pacific, Earthquakes
Asia, Volcanoes
Tsunamis - great big waves of water are most often caused by _____________. Huge amounts of energy is released by this event which moves the water.
volcanoes
earthquakes
tides
hurricanes
The Mid-Ocean Ridge is a mountain chain located ____________ and is actually a long string of ______________.
in Africa ; mountains
under water ; mountains
under water ; volcanoes
in America ; volcanoes
Tectonic plates can melt and create new land
never, that's crazy!
if they are sucked inside a volcano and turn to goo because the lava is so hot
if they are pushed under other plates into the mantle where heat and pressure turn the plate back into magma and then it is spewed out of a volcano and hardens into new crust
When the crust splits open and the magma cools off
Choose 2 states where earthquakes are likely to take place - consider where the Ring of Fire is.
Alaska, Hawaii
California, Alaska
Pennsylvania, Texas
Hawaii, California
The Ring of Fire is a large circle of explosive volcanoes around the (a) Ocean.
There is a hot spot under _________ National Park, where the heat causes boiling mud pools and _______ like Old Faithful.
Yellowstone, geysers
Jellystone; spurts
Long ago there was a single continent - all the land on the earth was in one place surrounded by one big ocean. What was this super continent called?
(a)
