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- 2. 1. What is the primary driving force behind plate tectonics? A) Wind B) Water C) Convection currents in the mantle D) Solar radiation
- 3. 2. Which layer of the Earth is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates? A) Crust B) Mantle C) Outer core D) Inner core
- 4. 3. The process by which tectonic plates move apart is known as: A) Subduction B) Convergence C) Divergence D) Transform
- 5. 4. Which of the following types of plate boundary results in the formation of mountains? A) Divergent boundary B) Convergent boundary C) Transform boundary D) Subduction boundary
- 6. 5. What type of boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other horizontally? A) Divergent boundary B) Convergent boundary C) Transform boundary D) Subduction boundary
- 7. 6. The largest, active volcano in the world that can be found in Hawaii. A) Mt. Vesuvius B) Mt. Everest C) Mt. Fuji D) Mauna Loa
- 8. 7. Which tectonic boundary is associated with the formation of deep ocean trenches? A) Divergent boundary B) Convergent boundary C) Transform boundary D) Rift boundary
- 9. 8. What is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago and later broke apart to form the continents we have today? A) Pangaea B) Gondwana C) Laurasia D) Rodinia
- 10. 9. The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of which type of plate boundary? A) Divergent boundary B) Convergent boundary C) Transform boundary D) Rift boundary
- 11. 10. This is the most deadly of all volcano activities. It is a liquidised mixture of solid and part-solid fragments and hot, expanding gases. A) magma B) lava C) pyroclastic flow D) ashes
- 12. 11. Subduction zones are most commonly associated with which type of tectonic boundary? A) Divergent boundary B) Convergent boundary C) Transform boundary D) Rift boundary
- 13. 12. These volcanoes are steep-sided volcanoes and are made up of lots of layers of volcanic rocks. They usually erupt in an explosive way because the magma in these volcanoes is quite sticky. A) cinder cone B) composite volcanoes C) shield volcanoes D) Rift boundary
- 14. 13. What is the term for the molten rock that erupts from a volcano? A) Magma B) Lava C) Pyroclastic flow D) Ash
- 15. 14. Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary? A) Intraplate boundary B) Oceanic-continental boundary C) Oceanic-oceanic boundary D) Continental-continental boundary
- 16. 15. The theory of plate tectonics was first proposed by: A) Charles Darwin B) Alfred Wegener C) Isaac Newton D) Galileo Galilei
- 17. 16. What is the term for the process by which oceanic plates sink beneath continental plates at a convergent boundary? A) Subduction B) Seafloor spreading C) Continental drift D) Transform faulting
- 18. 17. A large underground pool of liquid rock found beneath the surface of the Earth. A) vent B) conduit C) magma reservoir D) throat
- 19. 18. The theory of plate tectonics helps explain the distribution of: A) Plants and animals B) Weather patterns C) Earthquakes and volcanoes D) All of the above
- 20. 19. The movement of tectonic plates can result in the formation of: A) Oceans B) Mountains C) Continents D) All of the above
- 21. 20. The stage of a volcano where it has not erupted for a long time, however, it may still erupt in the future. A) dormant B) active C) extinct D) active-dormant