1. When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust because it is
A. less dense than continental crust
B. denser than continental crust
C. thinner than continental crust
D. thicker than continental crust
2.What is the epicenter of an earthquake?
A. the location along a fault where the first motion of an earthquake occurs
B. the point on Earth’s surface directly above
the earthquake’s focus
C. a seismic wave that travels along the surface of Earth
D. the last place that motion in an earthquake
is detected
3. Body waves emanate spherically from the focus traveling:
A. entirely within the interior of the Earth,
B. along the surface of the Earth,
C. within the world’s oceans
D. into space dude
4. Which of the will form when two tectonic plates are moving toward each other?
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. tectonic
D. transform
5. African plate and South American plate is an example of what plate boundary?
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. tectonic
D. transform
6.Volcanic island arcs are associated with ________ .
A. transform plate boundaries
B. divergent plate boundaries
C. ocean-ocean convergent plate boundaries
D. ocean-continent convergent plate boundaries
7. What type of plate boundary formed if two plates moved away from each other?
A. convergent B. divergent C. tectonic D. transform
8. What type of plate boundary exists in two sliding plates?
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. tectonic
D. transform
9. A boundary in which two plates move toward each other, causing one of the slabs of the lithosphere to subduct beneath an overriding plate.
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. tectonic
D. transform
10. What type of plate boundary exists on a certain island if you can find rift valley?
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. tectonic
D. transform
11. What type of plate boundary exists on a certain island if you can find mountain ranges?
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. tectonic
D. transform
12. Which of the will form when two tectonic plates are colliding to each other?
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. tectonic
D. transform
13. What type of plate boundary formed if two plates moved in different directions?
A. convergent C. tectonic
B. divergent D. normal
14. If there are two sliding plates in a certain island, what type of plate boundary exists?
A. convergent C. tectonic
B. divergent D. transform
15. The location of most active volcanoes, earthquake epicenters, and mountain ranges are found in the
A. European Regions
B. Eurasian Plate
C. Pacific Ring of Fire or in the Pacific Ocean basin
D. Polar Regions
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