a. core
b. mantle
c. crust
d. tectonic plates
 

2. Typically, he earth's crustal plates are moving at a rate of:

a. 0 to 10 mm per year
b. 1 to 10 cm per year
c. 10 to 100 cm per year
d. 1 to 10 meters per year
 

3. When two ocean plates collide with each other, the heavier oceanic crust will slide beneath the lighter continental crust and melt into the mantle, forming:

a. a deep oceanic trench
b. a mountain range
c. a deep oceanic ridge
d. a volcano
 

4. New crustal material is created at:

a. convergent boundaries
b. divergent boundaries
c. transform boundaries
 

5. An example of a transform boundary is:

a. San Andreas fault
b. the Andes mountains
c. the mid-Atlantic ridge
d. the Henry Mountains of Utah
 

6. The top layer of the earth is called the crust, which is basically hardened mantle.

True or False
 

7. The theory of Continental Drift was proposed by a German, Alfred Wegener.

True or False
 

8. A "hot spot" is a rising plume of hot mantle material that moves around until it breaks through a plate.

True or False
 

9. The world contains about _______ historically active volcanoes.

a. 200
b. 300
c. 400
d. 500
 

10. The earth's tectonic plates can move:

a. towards each other
b. away from each other
c. laterally past each other
d. towards, away and laterally past each other
 

11. The study of crustal plates and their movement is known as:

a. paleontology
b. volcanology
c. geology
d. plate tectonics
 

12. The earth's crust is separated into about ________ sections or plates

a. 5
b. 7
c. 9
d. 11
 

13. NIH Image is a program that allows you to

a. measure lengths
b. measure areas
c. measure light intensity
d. all of the above
 

14. The hot spot that is responsible for the uniqueness of Yellowstone Park was originally located in the state of:

a. Oregon
b. Idaho
c. Montana
d. Wyoming
 

15. The position of "hot spots" changes relative to the crustal plate because:

a. the convection currents in the mantle move the "hot spot".
b. the convection currents in the mantle move the crustal plate over the "hot spot"
c. the mantle melts parts of the crust, which makes the crust thinner
d. the volcanoes are always active.
 

16. When setting the scale in NIH Image, you must know the comparison of miles and kilometers. Is a kilometer longer or shorter than a mile.

a. longer
b. shorter
 

17. When calibrating NIH Image, it is necessary to use images that are in:

a. GIF format
b. TIFF format
c. PICT format
d. compressed format
 

18. The Yellowstone Caldera has traveled at a relatively constant rate over the last sixteen million years.

True or False
 

19. A majority of the world's volcanoes are located:

a. along the edges of the crustal plates
b. close to the equator
c. close to Japan
d. in the United States
 

20. The two types of the Earth's crust are:

a. light crust and dark crust
b. brittle crust and fluid crust
c. old crust and young crust
d. oceanic crust and continental crust
 

21. NIH Image has the ability to place pictures in a stack and animate them.

True or False
 

22. Olympus Mons is:

a. a volcano on Earth
b. a volcano on Mars
c. a volcano on the Moon
d. not a volcano anywhere
 

23. The edges of the tectonic plates can be outlined fairly closely by:

a. the location of volcanoes and earthquakes
b. the location of geothermal activity
c. the location of mountain ranges
d. the location of glaciers and glacial moraines
 

24. Fossil similarities between South America and Africa is evidence of "Continental Drift" proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1915.

True or False
 

25. The driving force that causes plates to move is the result of he major ocean currents.

True or False
 

26. An example of a hot spot, other than the Yellowstone Caldera would be:

a. Indonesia
b. Greenland
c. Mount Saint Helens
d. the Hawaiian Islands
 

27. What type of crustal boundary is found along the west coast of the United States?

a. subduction
b. transform
c. divergent
d. both a and b
 

28. The Himalayan mountains were formed by:

a. a divergent boundary
b. a convergent boundary
c. a transform boundary
d. a subduction zone
 

29. Mount Saint Helens was formed when the heavy crust of the Pacific Plate was subducted under the North American Plate, melted and the lighter materials try to float to the top.

True or False
 

30. The animation in NIH Image may be slowed down or speeded up by using he number keys on the keyboard.

True or False
 

31. The newest oceanic crust is found closest to mid-oceanic ridge.

True or False
 

32. Pangea was:

a. an ancient volcano
b. a giant continent that began breaking up 200 million years ago
c. an ancient ocean that covered the earth
d. a fossil that was just recently discovered
 

33. A transform boundary is formed when the edges of two crustal plates

a. slide laterally along each other.
b. move away from each other.
c. move towards each other.
d. do not move relative to each other.