Paper-Pencil Test:
Plate Tectonics: From the Inside Out!
1.
How do tectonic plates interact?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2.
The boundary between two tectonic plates moving apart from one another is called a
_________________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
3.
Earthquakes and floods
Floods and tornadoes
Seafloor ridges and rift valleys
Earthquakes and volcanoes
The theory of ______________ states that plates move around on the asthenosphere.
A.
B.
C.
D.
6.
Transform faults
Convection currents
Mid-ocean ridges
Convergent boundaries
Two of the main effects of plate tectonics are ______________________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
5.
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Rift
Subduction zone
_______________ occur when two plates slide past one another.
A.
B.
C.
D.
4.
They collide
They pull apart
They move past one another
All of the above choices are correct
Continental drift
Seafloor spreading
Subduction
Mid-ocean ridge
The San Andreas Fault is a _______________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Divergent boundary
Subduction zone
Convergent boundary
Transform fault boundary
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7.
One of the best predictors of whether earthquakes will occur in a region is ___________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
8.
An earthquake of magnitude - 7.5 has ____________ energy than a magnitude - 6.5
earthquake.
A.
B.
C.
D.
9.
Twice as much
Ten times as much
32 times less
32 times more
A volcano is an opening in Earth’s surface that often forms a ___________ when layers
of lava and volcanic ash erupt and build up.
A.
B.
C.
D.
10.
A history of earthquakes there
Presence of plate boundaries
Both of the above choices are correct
Neither of the above choices is correct
Valley
Mountain
Landslide
Mudflow
The greatest number of active volcanoes is found ____________________.
A. In the southern hemisphere
B. In the Pacific Ring of Fire
C. In the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
11.
GIS, a computer-based technology for analyzing and displaying geographic or spatial
data, is the acronym for:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Geography’s Integrated Series
Geographic Information System
Geology’s Info System
Graphics Internal Series
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