Plate Tectonics Quiz

Which statement describes both hot spots and super volcanoes?

• They form at divergent boundaries.

• They form at subduction zones.

• They can occur in the middle of a tectonic plate.

• They can occur at the same time as earthquakes.

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Which of Earth’s movements causes both a slow change and a rapid change to Earth’s surface?

• Separating plates along a divergent boundary can cause the slow change of an erupting volcano and the rapid change of building a mid-ocean ridge.

• Colliding plates along a convergent boundary can cause rapid changes like earthquakes and breaking rocks and the slow change of building mountains.

• Colliding plates along a convergent boundary can cause slow changes like earthquakes and breaking rocks and the rapid change of building a mountain.

• Separating plates along a divergent boundary can cause the rapid change of an erupting volcano and the slow change of earthquakes and breaking rocks.

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Earth's crust is made up of tectonic plates. When two of these plates move past each other without converging or diverging, what is most likely to occur?

• a volcanic eruption

• a mountain formation

• a typhoon

• an earthquake

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Most earthquakes are caused by:

• currents in the Earth's inner core.

• the movement of tectonic plates.

• the impact of large meteorites.

• hurricanes, tornadoes, and typhoons.

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What feature occurs where plates converge?

• rift valleys

• mid-ocean ridges

• mountain ranges

• strike slip faults

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Mountain ranges like the Appalachians and Himalayas formed when tectonic plates slowly collided. What kind of mountains are these?

• volcanic mountains

• folded mountains

• fault-block mountains

• dome mountains

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Which statements are true about Earth and its tectonic plates? Select two.

• Volcanoes never form in the middle of tectonic plates.

• Plates move only a few centimeters each year.

• Hot spots tend to move slowly with the tectonic plate above it.

• Plate movement is driven by the energy from Earth’s core and mantle.

• Hawaii is an example of an island arc.

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Where are most volcanoes located?

• in Africa

• in the middle of tectonic plates

• along the edges of tectonic plates

• in the middle of continents

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The Hawaiian Islands are located in the Pacific Ocean, and they have had many volcanic eruptions. Which describes why the Hawaiian Islands have had so many eruptions?

• Magma under the Pacific Plate built a lot of pressure in hot spots. This pressure was released as the plate moved.

• Two oceanic crusts spread apart along a divergent boundary to form volcanic mountains. These volcanic mountains form the islands.

• A transform boundary, where two plates slide past each other, lies under the Pacific Ocean. This boundary allowed magma to escape.

• The Pacific Plate and the North American Plate collided. This movement created a subduction zone that formed hot spots.

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A break in rock along which the ground has moved on either side is:

• an anticline.

• a syncline.

• a fault.

• a sinkhole.