Mounatains and Movement Test

Question 1

Subduction

Answer 1

When one plate slides under the edge of another

Question 2

Dormant

Answer 2

A volcano that has not erupted in the past 50 years, but could erupt again

Question 3

Rodina

Answer 3

Original landmass

Question 4

Seismograph

Answer 4

Equipment used for detecting earthquakes

Question 5

Focus

Answer 5

Location of the origin of an earthquake

Question 6

Plate Tectonics

Answer 6

Theory that the earth’s crust is composed of several moving plates

Question 7

Mt. St. Helens

Answer 7

A volcano that recently erupted in Washington state

Question 8

Mountain Range

Answer 8

Series of mountain peaks in a given area, several found all over the world

Question 9

Mt. Everest

Answer 9

World’s highest peak

Question 10

Krakatoa

Answer 10

One of the largest eruptions in history

Question 11

Composite

Answer 11

Type of volcano formed from lava and solid material

Question 12

Aftershock

Answer 12

Several smaller earthquakes occuring after a major one

Question 13

Extinct

Answer 13

One that is not expected to erupt again

Question 14

Magnitude

Answer 14

Measured by the Richter scale; the strength of an earthquake

Question 15

Bombs

Answer 15

Blobs of lava that soldify in the air

Question 16

Elevation

Answer 16

Height of summit above sea level

Question 17

Actual Height

Answer 17

Difference between the elevations of the summit and the base

Question 18

Rifting

Answer 18

Where two tectonic plates move away from each other

Question 19

Anticline

Answer 19

Formed when rocks bend upward