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Plate Tectonics, EQ, and Volcanoes Review

Total questions: 87

Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The hot, plastic-like layer of Earth, made of magma. 
a)
Inner Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Outer Core
2.
The hot, liquid layer of Earth, made of iron and nickel.
a)
Inner Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Outer Core
3.
The dense, solid center of Earth, made of iron and nickel.
a)
Inner Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Outer Core
4.
The boundary between two plates that collide with one another.
a)
Divergent Plate Boundary
b)
Convergent Plate Boundary
c)
Transform Plate Boundary
d)
Subversive Plate Boundary
5.
The boundary between two plates that pull apart from one another.
a)
Divergent Plate Boundary
b)
Convergent Plate Boundary
c)
Transform Plate Boundary
d)
Subversive Plate Boundary
6.
The boundary between two plates that slide past one another. 
a)
Divergent Plate Boundary
b)
Convergent Plate Boundary
c)
Transform Plate Boundary
d)
Subversive Plate Boundary
7.
When two plates collide and one plate slips below the other and down into the mantle. 
a)
Subduction
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Convection
8.
What happens in a liquid or gas when the warmer parts rise and the cooler parts sink.
a)
Subduction
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Convection
9.
A break in the rock created by pressure and movement in the rock. 
a)
Fault
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Ocean Trench
d)
Focus
10.
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
11.
Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago.  This continent is called
a)
America
b)
Super Earth
c)
Pangea
d)
Eurasia
12.
A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
13.
_______________ Currents within the mantle cause the earth's plates to move and shift s molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity
a)
Convection
b)
Radiation
c)
Conduction
d)
Wind
14.
Divergent Plate movement can create
a)
Convection Currents
b)
Conduction
c)
Mountains
d)
Rifts and ocean ridges
15.
Convergent Plate Movement can create
a)
Rifts
b)
Mountains
c)
Ocean Ridges
d)
Radiation
16.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
17.
What is represented by the picture? 
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Pangea
c)
How the continents are arranged today
d)
Volcanoes
18.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
19.

What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

a)

the subducton of the sea floor

b)

the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

c)

convection currents in the asthenosphere

d)

the friction force between the plates that move past each other

20.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

21.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
22.

Which type of crust is more dense?

a)

Oceanic Crust

b)

Continental Crust

c)

Neither, they are the same

d)

Pizza Crust

23.

What is created at a Convergent Continental Continental Plate Boundary?

a)

Volcano

b)

Rift Valley

c)

Mountains

d)

Deep Ocean Trench

24.

What happens in a Convection Current?

a)

Cold Magma moves left, hot magma moves right

b)

Hot magma moves left, and cold magma moves right

c)

Hot magma rises, cold magma lowers

d)

Hot Magma lowers, cold magma rises

25.

What forms at a transform plate boundary?

a)

Volcanic Island Arc

b)

Mountains

c)

Fault Line

d)

Trench

26.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
27.

Hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass then broke apart:

a)

continental drift

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

plate tectonics

d)

convection currents

28.

The Himalayan mountains formed at which type of boundary?

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Divergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

29.

Heated magma moves upwards, cools, and then sinks. This is called a...

a)

Heat Zone

b)

Convection Current

c)

Seafloor Spreading Event

d)

Continental Drift Motor

30.

The diagram shows a rift valley formed by the movement of tectonic plates


Which movement of tectonic plates caused the rift valley to form?

a)

Two tectonic plates separated from each other.

b)

Two tectonic plates collided with each other.

c)

One tectonic plate slid under another.

d)

One tectonic plate slid past another.

31.
Subduction zones occur on Earth where dense oceanic crust dives under more buoyant continental crust. These boundaries are characterized by a deep ocean trench next to a high continental mountain range, large numbers of earthquakes and volcanoes. All of this is further evidence for the
a)
big bang theory.
b)
theory of plate tectonics.
c)
origin of the species.
d)
theory of natural selection.
32.

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

a)

the rotation of the Earth.

b)

convection currents in the Asthenosphere

c)

the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

d)

the Moho discontinuity.

33.
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
Energy from the Sun
b)
Magnetic Pole Reversal
c)
Convection currents in the mantle
d)
Faults in Mountain Ranges
34.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
35.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
36.

Which type of crust is older?

a)

Continental Crust

b)

Oceanic Crust

c)

They are the same age

d)

The crust isn't alive so they don't have an age

37.

What two factors identify what type of crust we have?

a)

Density and location

b)

Buoyancy and Type of material

c)

Density and Buoyancy

d)

Type of material and density

38.

Why does the continental crust float more than the oceanic crust?

a)
The continental crust is thinner than the oceanic crust.
b)
The continental crust is more dense than the oceanic crust.
c)
The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust.
d)
The continental crust has more water content than the oceanic crust.
39.

The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents.

a)

continental drift

b)

Sea floor spreading

c)

Asthenosphere

d)

pangea

40.

The process by which new oceanic lithosphere(sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth’s surface at mid ocean ridges and solidifies

a)

continental drift

b)

Sea floor spreading

c)

Asthenosphere

d)

pangea

41.

The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere called plates move and change shape

a)

Rifting

b)

Fault

c)

Plate tectonics

d)

Divergent Boundary

42.

The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust, and the ridged upper part of the mantle

a)

asthenosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

pangea

d)

sea floor spreading

43.

The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally

a)

convergent boundary

b)

transform boundary

c)

divergent boundary

d)

fault

44.

The magnetic pattern of ocean-floor rocks on one side of an ocean ridge is _____.

a)

a mirror image of that of the other side

b)

younger than on the other side

c)

much different from the magnetic pattern found in rocks on land

d)

at right angles to the ocean ridge

45.

Compared to ocean crust near deep-sea trenches, crust near ocean ridges is _____.

a)

younger

b)

older

c)

the same age

d)

magnetically reversed

46.

True or False: The plates are currently moving

a)
True
b)
False
47.

What is the difference between magma and lava?

a)

lava is magma but it is on the surface of the Earth

b)

lava is the chamber that magma flows

c)

lava is the Earth's crust

d)

lava has a different chemical composition than magma

48.

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

a)

Countries

b)

Tectonic Plates

c)

Climate Zones

d)

Mountains

49.

The surface of Earth is called

a)

crust

b)

core

c)

nucleus

d)

magma

50.

B on the diagram is

a)

Mantle

b)

Inner Core

c)

Outer Core

d)

Crust

51.

The center of Earth is called

a)

Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

San Andreas Fault

52.

What is under the crust?

a)

Magma

b)

Solid Metal

c)

Liquid Metal

d)

Solid Rock

53.

Tectonic Plates move because

a)

Plates float on moving magma.

b)

Plates float on the ocean.

c)

Earthquakes cause plates to move.

d)

The rotation of EArth moves plates.

54.

India colliding with Asia creates the

a)

Himalayan Mountains

b)

Mid Atlantic Ridge

c)

Pacific Ring of Fire

d)

Volcanoes

55.

250 million years ago the continents were

a)

together.

b)

under the ocean.

c)

contracting.

d)

between the oceans.

56.

The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface is called...

a)

Epicenter

b)

Focus

c)

Underground

d)

Crust

57.

The place on the Earth's surface, above the origin of the earthquake.

a)

Epicenter

b)

Focus

c)

Surface

d)

Crust

58.

Which city is closest to the epicenter?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

59.

Which seismogram represents a city that is far from the epicenter of an earthquake?

a)

New York, NY

b)

Nome, Alaska

c)

Guadalajara, Mexico

60.

This is created by earthquakes that occur on the ocean floor.

a)

longshore current

b)

gulf stream

c)

tsunamis

d)

high tide

61.

S-waves can move through which of the following?

a)

Gas

b)

Liquid

c)

Solid

d)

All of these

62.

What is the minimum number of seismograph stations needed to locate an earthquake epicenter?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

63.

Which wave can travel through all materials?

a)

P - primary

b)

S - secondary

c)

L - Long

64.

Earthquakes generate compressional waves [P-waves] and shear waves [S-waves]. Compared to the speed of shear waves in a given earth material, the speed of compressional waves is

a)

always faster

b)

always slower

c)

always the same

d)

sometimes faster and sometimes slower

65.

The distance between an epicenter and seismograph’s location can be calculated by using the

a)

arrival time of the first P-wave

b)

difference in arrival times between P- and S- waves

c)

amplitude of the p-wave

d)

energy released by an earthquake

66.

Only P-waves were recorded at seismic station C because P-waves travel

a)

only through Earth’s interior, and S-waves travel only on Earth’s surface

b)

fast enough to penetrate the core, and S-waves travel too slowly

c)

through iron and nickel, while S-waves cannot

d)

through liquids, while S-waves cannot

67.
The outside layer of the earth is called ______________________.
a)
core
b)
crust
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
68.
The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________. 
a)
crust
b)
plates
c)
directions
d)
seismos
69.
Which travels fastest, always being the first detected by seismic stations?
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
70.

Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

a)

Countries

b)

Tectonic Plates

c)

Climate Zones

d)

None of the above.

71.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

72.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

73.
A  line of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean basin is the 
a)
Ring of Fire
b)
Aleutian Islands
c)
Hawaiian Islands
d)
Caribbean Islands
74.
Before lava reaches the surface it is called
a)
rock
b)
magma
c)
volcanic ash
d)
liquid fire
75.
Magma leaves a volcano through a 
a)
dike
b)
sill
c)
vent
76.
Which is subducted in an ocean-continental convergent boundary?
a)
continental plate
b)
oceanic plate
77.
What is molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface?
a)
Aa
b)
Lava
c)
Magma
d)
Pahoehoe
78.
As magma rises towards the surface it collects in a 'room' called a _____ _____ . 
a)
magma chamber
b)
side vent
c)
main vent
d)
lava chamber
79.
What is a volcano?
a)
A mountain that has lava all over it 
b)
A giant hill filled with magma
c)
A long high sea wave 
d)
A hole in the Earth where magma erupts
80.
The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Hot Spot
c)
Subduction Boundary
d)
Transform Boundary
81.

A flat, wide volcano is called a...

a)

Cinder cone volcano

b)

Stratovolcano

c)

Composite Volcano

d)

Shield Volcano

82.

A short, mountain volcano with steep sides is called a...

a)

Cinder cone volcano

b)

Stratovolcano

c)

Composite Volcano

d)

Shield Volcano

83.

A very tall mountain volcano with steep sides is called a...

a)

Cinder cone volcano

b)

Stratovolcano OR Composite Volcano

c)

Shield Volcano

84.

Eruptions at subduction zones are more likely to be...

a)

Non-explosive

b)

Mostly mafic lava

c)

Explosive and violent

d)

From shield volcanoes

85.

Having more silica or feldspar in lava makes it...

a)

Thicker and felsic

b)

Very thin and runny

c)

Mafic

d)

Thinner and felsic

86.

When molten rock cools and becomes solid it is called:

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

igneous rock

c)

metamorphic rock

87.

Depending on its silica content, lava can be "runny" and flow quickly downslope or "thick" and flow more slowly. This property is called:

a)

density

b)

viscosity

c)

flow rate

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