Plate Techtonics

Question 1

San Francisco has frequent earthquakes because it is built on a
___________ ____________

Answer 1

Fault line

Question 2

A tsunami is a huge ocean _________ caused by the movement of earths crust

Answer 2

Wave

Question 3

What fault line is located in California?

Answer 3

San Andreas

Question 4

An earthquake is the _____________ of the ground.

Answer 4

Shaking

Question 5

The flowing of the upper _______ causes the Earths’ plate to move

Answer 5

Mantle

Question 6

A ______________ is a mountain formed at the opening in the crust where molten rock, hot gases, and ash erupt

Answer 6

Volcano

Question 7

The earths crust is the thickest under the _____________

Answer 7

Continental plate

Question 8

The earths crust is the thinnest under the __________________

Answer 8

Ocean plates

Question 9

What landforms are shaped by water?

Answer 9

Valleys, Canyons

Question 10

What landforms are shaped by wind?

Answer 10

Beaches and Sand dunes.

Question 11

What is the flattest kind of landforms without any hills or mountains?

Answer 11

Plains

Question 12

The tallest and most visible landforms are

Answer 12

Mountains

Question 13

Streams and rivers can cut small _________ or gullies where they flow

Answer 13

Channels

Question 14

Gust of wind can pile into large mounds called sand ___________.

Answer 14

Dunes

Question 15

_________________ measures vibrations in the Earth

Answer 15

Seismograph

Question 16

What landform is formed when the river meets the ocean?

Answer 16

Delta

Question 17

The __________ is the top layer of the earth.

Answer 17

Crust

Question 18

A large landmass surrounded by ocean or other land is called _____________________.

Answer 18

Peninsula

Question 19

Valleys and canyons are examples of landforms shaped by

Answer 19

Water

Question 20

The gentle sloping edge of a continent that connects the shore to the sea is called

Answer 20

Continental shelf

Question 21

What layer has a magnetic field?

Answer 21

Outer core

Question 22

What earth layer is made of solid metal?

Answer 22

Inner core

Question 23

What type of boundary is an area where two tectonic plates are moving apart?

Answer 23

Divergent boundary

Question 24

What is solid rock cost to liquefy by extreme heat and pressure?

Answer 24

Magma

Question 25

Molten rock that reaches the earth surface for a volcano where other opening is called _____________

Answer 25

Lava

Question 26

What type of boundary is an area for two tectonic plates are colliding?

Answer 26

Convergent boundary

Question 27

There are blank ___________ types of different volcanoes

Answer 27

Three

Question 28

What type of volcano is most destructive?

Answer 28

Stratovolcano

Question 29

The ring of _________ is a zone of high earthquake and volcanic activity and encircling the Pacific Ocean.

Answer 29

Fire

Question 30

Mount Saint ________ in the state of Washington is part of the ring of fire

Answer 30

Helens

Question 31

How many volcanoes are active?

Answer 31

1500 volcanoes

Question 32

How many earthquakes take place each year worldwide?

Answer 32

About 500,000

Question 33

An active hotspot created the _____________ volcanoes

Answer 33

Hawaiian

Question 34

The continents today word once joined in one huge continent called _____________

Answer 34

Pangea

Question 35

The continents only drift a few __________ a year

Answer 35

Inches

Question 36

Name the four earth layers

Answer 36

Inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust

Question 37

What earth layer is solid rock?

Answer 37

Mantle

Question 38

What type of volcano is also known as a stratovolcano?

Answer 38

Composite

Question 39

What two metals make up the inner core?

Answer 39

Nickel and iron

Question 40

What part of the ocean floor do you find mountains deep trenches and undersea volcanoes?

Answer 40

Ocean ridges

Question 41

Mount Saint Helens is an example of what kind of volcano?

Answer 41

Stratovolcano