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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes Review
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 2hrs 14mins
Which TWO landforms occur when a continental plate and an oceanic plate hit each other?
Volcanoes on land and Volcanic Islands
Volcanoes on land and Deep Sea Trench
Volcanoes on land and Mountains
Rift Valley and Mid Ocean Ridge
How do most mountains form?
Continents collide and fold up on each other
Earth is shrinking and the crust wrinkles up
Ocean plates diverge and fold up on each other
Gravity from the moon pulls sections of the Earth up
What kind of landform is created when a continent starts to get torn apart?
Volcanic Island
Deep Sea Trench
Mid-ocean Ridge
Rift Valley
Mountains
Plates are not created or destroyed: They just pass by each other.
Converge
Diverge
Transform
This is where new material is added on to plates.
Converge
Diverge
Transform
This is where plate material may be destroyed (or recycled) and returned to the mantle.
Converge
Diverge
Transform
What forms when two CONTINENTAL plates CONVERGE?
Rift Valley
Mid Ocean Ridge
Mountains
Volcanoes on land and ocean trench
What are these plates doing?
Diverging
Converging
Forming a transform boundary
What are these plates doing?
Converging
Diverging
Forming a transform boundary
What are these plates doing?
Converging
Diverging
Forming a transform boundary
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
Earthquake
Volcano Eruption
Tornado
Mountain Building
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
Pull apart
Come together
Slide past each other
subducting
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
Divergent
Convergent
Reform
Transform
What geologic process formed the Himalayas?
two continental plates converging
an earthquake in a subduction zone
a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot
movement at a transform fault boundary
Which theory helped scientists understand how and where volcanoes erupt?
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Theory or Relativity
Theory of the Rock Cycle
Big Bang Theory
Which type of volcano is built by alternating layers of lava flows and ash flows? It can
be very explosive.
Cinder Cone
Composite
Lava Dome
Shield
Which type of volcano is currently resting, but could erupt sometime in the future?
Active
Dormant
Extinct
All of the above
An active volcanic area on earth is found at_______.
Diverging Boundaries
Converging Boundaries
Hot Spots
All of the above
The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...
Epicenter
Focus
Underground
Crust
The place on the Earth's surface, above the origin of the earthquake.
Epicenter
Focus
Surface
Crust
What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?
Seismograph
Seismologist
Scale
Seismogram
This is created by earthquakes that occur on the ocean floor.
longshore current
gulf stream
tsunamis
high tide
What scale determines the amount of damage an earthquake causes?
Richter scale
Mercalli scale
Moment magnitude scale
seismographic scale
Measures the magnitude or size, of an Earthquake
epicenter
focus
Richter scale
Mercalli Scale
A city planner is determining the location for a new hospital. Which question can the planner answer by studying a Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale?
How long an earthquake will last for?
How will people respond in an earthquake?
How much energy will be released in an earthquake?
How will the ground respond in an earthquake?
According to the earthquake hazard map, which of the following regions likely experiences the most seismic activity?
A
B
C
D
Which of the following events is NOT a secondary effects of an earthquake?
fires
tornadoes
tsunamis
landslides
Which statement describes the best way to prepare for an earthquake?
leave the area and go to a safer place
stay away from buildings and power lines that may fall during an earthquake
prepare an earthquake kit
turn off water and power to your home
Why should you include only nonperishable food items in an earthquake survival kit?
Nonperishable foods can generally be prepared using only a microwave.
Because scientists cannot predict earthquakes, the food may need to last a long time before it is needed.
You should include both perishable and nonperishable food items in an earthquake survival kit.
Non perishable foods are healthy food choices.
Which of the following should you NOT do during an earthquake if you are indoors?
cover your head
yell out the window for help
hold on
get beneath a sturdy table
Which of the following is a benefit we get from
volcanoes?
death and destruction
minerals and stones
. energy
A natural hazard occurs when natural physical processes become:
dormant and inactive.
extreme and unpredictable.
scary!
faster than usual.
Of the natural hazards we've studied, which is the hardest to predict when it will occur?
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Cyclones or Hurricanes
Earthquakes
Which of the following are potential effects of a natural disasters (check all that apply)?
spread of disease due to reduced standards of sanitation
disruption of communication networks
disruption of government and its services
loss of jobs and businesses
Rock underground suddenly breaks causing movement is a description of which natural hazard?
Volcanic Eruption
Hurricane
Earthquake
Tornado
Scientists can predict exactly when a natural hazard will occur.
True
False
Why is it beneficial to be able to predict when and where natural hazards will occur as much as possible?
Communities can be notified to evacuate
So that we can stop them from happening again
So that scientists know where to go in order to study them
So that we can harness their power for renewable energy
What natural hazard might affect people who live on island countries out in the ocean (select all that apply)?
avalanches
tsunamies
volcanic eruptions
flooding
How have humans learned to live and survive in areas where natural hazards occur?
They have adapted buildings and structures to withstand the hazard.
They have put up large walls to keep the hazard out.
They use more renewable energy to reduce how severe the hazards are.
They don't really care and just live there anyway.
