Plate Tectonics Quiz Trivia! Exam
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- 1.
![The Pacific Ring of Fire is ______________________. - ProProfs]( "The Pacific Ring of Fire is ______________________.")
The Pacific Ring of Fire is ______________________.- A.
The volcano formed due to subduction.
- B.
The boundary around the pacific plate.
- C.
The ring on top of the volcano.
- 2.
![What is subduction? - ProProfs]( "What is subduction?")
What is subduction?- A.
The movement of the pacific plate.
- B.
The formation of the volcano in the Pacific Ring of Fire.
- C.
The movement of the oceanic plate underneath the continental plate.
- 3.What causes subduction?
- A.
The friction of two converging plates.
- B.
The movement of two plates.
- C.
The conviction current in the mantle of the earth.
- 4.What happens during subduction?
- A.
Two plates are colliding.
- B.
The Pacific plate is moving towards the nearby continent.
- C.
Any denser plates subduct underneath lighter plates.
- 5.How many volcanoes can you find on the edges of the Pacific Ring of Fire?
- A.
452
- B.
453
- C.
454
- 6.It is defined as the shaking of the earth as a result of the breaking or shifting of the rocks of the tectonic plates and releasing seismic energy.
- A.
Thrust fault
- B.
Tsunami
- C.
Earthquake
- 7.Check among the following, the three types of fault.
- A.
Normal fault
- B.
Thrust fault
- C.
Reverse fault
- D.
Oblique fault
- E.
San Andreas fault
- F.
Strike-slip fault
- 8.It is a type of fault where a block above the fault line slips downward along the dip angle.
- A.
Normal fault
- B.
Reverse fault
- C.
Strike-slip fault
- 9.It is a type of fault where the block of the earth's crust pushes upward and along the dip angle.
- A.
Normal fault
- B.
Reverse fault
- C.
Strike-slip fault
- 10.It occurs when nearly vertical fault planes or surfaces on opposite sides of a fault line slide horizontally in opposite directions or in the same direction.
- A.
Normal fault
- B.
Reverse fault
- C.
Strike-slip fault
- 11.It is defined as the movement of faults along the angle of the fault plane.
- A.
Dip slip
- B.
Thrust fault
- C.
Oblique strike slip
- 12.It is a type of reverse fault where the angle of the dip is 45 degrees or less.
- A.
Dip slip
- B.
Thrust fault
- C.
Oblique strike slip
- 13.It occurs when blocks of the earth's crust slide horizontally across, similar to a strike-slip, and obliquely up or down from each other, similar to a dip-slip.
- A.
Dip slip
- B.
Thrust fault
- C.
Oblique strike slip
- 14.The point in the rock's zone of weakness where the breaking starts and where seismic energy is first released is called _____________.
- A.
Focus
- B.
Hypocenter
- C.
Both are correct
- 15.It is the focus classification where the depth is 10 -100 km.
- A.
Shallow
- B.
Intermediate
- C.
Deep
- 16.It is the focus classification where the depth is 70 - 300 km.
- A.
Shallow
- B.
Intermediate
- C.
Deep
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