Geography Gr.9 TEST 1

Question 1

Tectonic plates sit on the ___________

Answer 1

Lithosphere

Question 2

What are the two types of tectonic plates?

Answer 2

Oceanic and Continental.

Question 3

What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?

Answer 3

Convergent, Transform, and Divergent.

Question 4

What geological event happens at Convergent plate boundaries?

Answer 4

Earthquakes.

Question 5

What geological event happens at Transform plate boundaries?

Answer 5

Faults.

Question 6

What geological event happens at Divergent plate boundaries?

Answer 6

Volcanoes.

Question 7

What is subduction?

Answer 7

The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate going beneath another plate. (Convergent)

Question 8

What is plucking?

Answer 8

Glaciers picking up entire chunks of rock.

Question 9

What is deposition?

Answer 9

Glaciers dropping rocks off in new locations.

Question 10

What is Weathering/Erosion?

Answer 10

The process of wearing or being worn by long exposure.

Question 11

Explain the rock cycle.

Answer 11

Magma to igneous, igneous to sedimentary, sedimentary to metamorphic, metamorphic back to magma.