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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 why
b. Rocks that fall from the volcano shake
the ground
c. Lava flowing out of the vent shakes the
rocks of the volcano
d. 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 both
d. 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.
b.
c.
d.
Compression
Tension
Shearing
compaction
Question 2
What kind of stress is illustrated below?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Compression
Tension
Shearing
compaction
Question 3
With the type of stress shown in this
diagram, the end result would most
likely be?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Volcano
River
Mountain
valley
Question 4
This is a picture of
a transform fault
on Mars. What
kind of stress is
affecting this
area?
a. Compaction
b. Shearing
c. Compression
d. tension
Question 5
This 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 6
Faults 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 both
d. Both are caused by the interaction
of tectonic plates.
Question 9
Convergent 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 1
You 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 2
If 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 7
Which 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