FIRST QUARTER SCIENCE 10 QUIZ

Why do earthquakes occur more frequently at transform boundaries than at other types of plate boundaries?

• Plates are colliding at high speeds.

• Plates are moving apart rapidly.

• Plates are sliding past each other, causing stress to build up and release.

• Plates are moving vertically, causing tremors.

How do mountains grow taller?

• Erosion

• Plate collision

• sedimentation

• weathering

What is the earth’s outermost layer called?

• Mantle

• core

• crust

• lithosphere

What forms when one tectonic plate moves under another?

• earthquake

• mountain belt

• volcano

• rift valley

What is magma called when it reaches the earth’s surface?

• lava

• ash

• pyroclast

• tuff

What type of boundary is most associated with significant earthquakes?

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• plate interior

What instrument is used to measure the strength of an earthquake?

• barometer

• seismograph

• anemometer

• hygrometer

How do mountain belts typically form?

• Divergent plate boundaries

• transform plate boundaries

• convergent plate boundaries

• plate interiors

What is a range of mountain linked together called?

• mountain belt

• fault line

• trench

• plateau

Which mountain range formed due to the collision of the Indian plate and Eurasian plate?

• rockies

• andes

• Himalayas

• alps