WorksheetsLong Exam
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why do Japan, New Zealand and Philippines experience frequent earthquakes and volcanic activities? It is because they are located in the _____.
Equator
Pacific Ring of Fire
East Cost of Africa
Center of Atlantic Ocean
How are volcanoes, and earthquakes distributed?
anywhere along the plates
concentrated in narrow zones
evenly distributed in the mid- continent
randomly distributed along the narrow zones
Which is TRUE about active volcanoes, earthquake epicenters and major mountain belts?
Volcanoes are located near plate boundaries
Majority of seismic activity happens along the plates
Earthquake epicenters and active volcanoes are found in the same location
Earthquake epicenters and active volcanoes are located along the plate tectonics
Which is NOT a plate boundary?
Convergent
Divergent
Subduction
Transform
Which type of plate boundary found between North American and African plates?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Both A and B
What type of stress is experienced by rocks found between North American and Juan de Fuca plates?
Bend
Compression
Shear
Tension
What type of stress has occurred on rocks between Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates?
Bend
Compression
Shear
Tension
Which statement is TRUE when the continental and oceanic crust collide?
I. Oceanic plate will subduct.
II. Continental plate will subduct.
III. Trench and volcanoes will form.
IV. Rift valley and oceanic ridge will form.
I and II
I and IV
I and III
I and IV
Which landform is produced when oceanic plate collides with continental plate?
Rift
Ridge
Volcano
Volcanic Arc
Which will happen when two oceanic plates collide? Plates ____.
slide past each other
with older rocks subduct
diverges from each other
with younger rocks subduct
