Trivia

Volcanoes

Question 1

Volcanoes mostly occur along the “Ring of Fire”. This is because

a. The mass of the water in the ocean forces magma to rise

b. These areas are low in population

c. Earth is hotter in these regions

d. Plate boundaries are located in these areas.

Question 2

Earthquakes often occur before and during an eruption because

a. There is no reason whyb. Rocks that fall from the volcano shake

the groundc. Lava flowing out of the vent shakes the

rocks of the volcanod. Magma coming up under the volcano’s

vent moves the rocks of the volcano.

Question 3

Volcanoes and earthquakes both often occur in similar areas because

a. Magma is formed where there are earthquakes

b. Both are caused by interacting tectonic plates

c. The outer core causes bothd. Earthquakes cause magma to come up

through volcanoes

Question 4

Volcanoes occur when one plate is pushed under another plate. This movement is called

a. Shearing

b. Divergence

c. Convection

d. subduction

Trivia

Earthquakes

Question 1

What kind of stress is illustrated below?

a. Compressionb. Tensionc. Shearingd. compaction

Question 2

What kind of stress is illustrated below?

a. Compressionb. Tensionc. Shearingd. compaction

Question 3

With the type of stress shown in this diagram, the end result would most likely be?

a. Volcanob. Riverc. Mountaind. valley

Question 4This is a picture of

a transform fault on Mars. What kind of stress is affecting this area?

a. Compactionb. Shearingc. Compressiond. tension

Question 5This is a picture of an African rift

valley. It was formed by what kind of stress?

a. Compression

b. Tension

c. Shearing

d. compaction

Question 6Faults occur because stress builds up in

rock. This stress causes the rock to break suddenly releasing energy. When this happens you have a

a. Volcano

b. Earthquake

c. Hurricane

d. mudflow

Question 7

There is stored energy in lithospheric plates along faults. When stored energy suddenly releases:

a. Earthquakes almost never occur

b. Earthquakes never occur

c. Earthquakes are possible

d. An earthquake is occurring.

Question 8

The reason that volcanoes and earthquakes occur in similar areas is:

a. Earthquakes cause magma to be released

b. Magma is only formed where there are earthquakes

c. The inner core causes bothd. Both are caused by the interaction of

tectonic plates.

Question 9Convergent plate boundaries are

caused by which type of stress?

a. Tension

b. Compression

c. Erosion

d. Shearing.

Question 10

Divergent Plate boundaries are formed due to what type of stress?

a. Shearing

b. Tension

c. Weathering

d. compression

Trivia

Plate Tectonics

Question 1You can find some of the same fossils on the coast

of South America that you can find in Antarctica. How can this be explained?

a. The species traveled across the ocean.

b. The species just grew on each continent on its own.

c. The continents were once together, but have now spread apart.

d. There is no accepted explanation.

Question 2If two plate boundaries collide and

they are made of continental crust, what feature will be formed?

a. Subduction zone

b. Mountain range

c. Rift valley

d. ocean

Question 3

The Theory of Plate Tectonics explains:

a. Earth’s composition

b. How sedimentary rock is formed.

c. The movement of the Earth’s surface

d. Why plants grow in certain climates.

Question 4

The Atlantic Ocean gets bigger and bigger with time. This is happening because of:

a. A convergent plate boundary in the middle of the ocean.

b. Volcanoes and Earthquakes

c. The spreading of the oceanic plates

d. Increasing amounts of rain.

Question 5

When oceanic crusts collide, one plate subducts under another plate forming a

a. mid-ocean ridge

b. Divergent plate boundary

c. Trench

d. A transform plate boundary.

Question 6

Rift valleys are an example of

a. Convergent plate boundaries

b. Transform plate boundaries

c. Divergent plate boundaries

Question 7Which of the following is an example of

evidence that Alfred Wegener used to support his Theory of Continental Drift?

a. Cavemen left drawings indicating that the continents were together.

b. Photographs of the mid-ocean ridge.

c. Fossils of the same species found on separate continents.

Question 8

Subduction zones are a feature of

a. Convergent plate boundaries

b. Divergent plate boundaries

c. Normal Faults

d. Strike-Slip Faults