Plate Tectonics

What geological feature is commonly associated with subduction zones?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

• Mountain ranges

• Plateaus

What geological forces might be responsible for mountains?

• Erosion of the Earth's surface over time.

• Converging tectonic plates are responsible for the formation of mountains as they push against each other.

• Volcanic activity leading to the formation of new land.

• Weathering of rocks causing them to pile up.

What is the primary cause of earthquakes?

• The movement of tectonic plates along faults.

• Volcanic eruptions beneath the Earth's surface.

• Human activities such as mining and drilling.

• Changes in atmospheric pressure.

The rigid section of the earth that moves as a unit is called..........

• Tectonic plates

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Crust

What geologic feature/event would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano

• Earthquake

• Mountain

• Ocean trench

What type of boundary is formed when two tectonic plates collide?

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Fault boundary

What is the term for the area where an oceanic plate is forced under a continental plate?

• Subduction zone

• Divergence zone

• Transform fault

• Continental shelf

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• Subduction zone.

• Divergence zone.

• Transform fault.

• Plate boundary zone.

What is the boundary called where two tectonic plates slide past each other?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone

What is the name of the theory that explains the movement of the Earth's plates?

• Plate tectonics theory.

• Continental drift theory.

• Geocentric theory.

• Heliocentric theory.