Homework 3/5 - 3/9

When plates transform, what is most likely to occur?

• a rift valley is formed

• volcanic islands are formed

• mountains are formed

• an earthquake happens

Tectonic plates are...

• constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth

• seldomly moving and building roadways

• moves only on the weekend very fast

• only moves in the summer

What starts a Tsunami?

• a cookie cat

• when rocks underground suddenly break along a fault

• an underwater earthquake

• Dante's peak

A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a...

• mid-ocean ridge

• rift valley

• deep ocean trench

• mountain range

What does the Richter scale measure?

• the amount of radon gas in the air

• the movement of tectonic plates

• the strength of an earthquake

• the weight of tectonic plates

What type of plate boundry forms a volcanoes?

• divergent boundry

• convergent boundry

• transform boundry

• continental boundry

What will happen when the Pacific plate and the Australian plate transform or slip past one another?

• a mountain will form

• a volcano will erupt

• an earthquake will occur

• an island will form

What is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates?

• wind currents

• convectiion currents

• ocean currents

• atmospheric currents

Where do most tsunamis occur?

• Pacific Ocean

• Australia Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

What type of natural phenomena happens right before a tsunami?

• the ocean water retreats

• animals act strangely

• you can hear a loud train-like sound

• all of the above

• none of the above