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Chapter Test
This Chapter Test is a comprehensive set of questions that uses multiple ways to assess your comprehension of the chapter material.

This activity contains 15 questions.

Question 1
1 A small-to-medium mass of lithosphere carried a long distance by a drifting plate that eventually converges with another plate is known as a
 
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Question 2
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This photo depicts a _______ - type volcano. [Photo Source]
 
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Question 3
3 Volcanoes are found
 
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Question 4
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This photo depicts a _______ - type volcano. [Photo Source]
 
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Question 5
5 The youngest island in the Hawaiian Island chain is located
 
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Question 6
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This photo depicts a _____ - type volcano. [Photo Source]
 
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Question 7
7 Alternating flows of viscous lava and ash, accompanied by loud explosions of noxious gases are typical of
 
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Question 8
8 Valleys never form on anticlines.
   
 
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Question 9
9 A batholith is a subterranean igneous body that forms when magma cools in a near-vertical fracture.
   
 
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Question 10
10 A pyroclastic flow is sometimes called a nuee ardente.
   
 
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Question 11
11 A monocline is a simple symmetrical upfold.
   
 
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Question 12
12 An up-turned fold is a _______ while a down-turned fold is a ______.
 
anticline; syncline
syncline; anticline
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Question 13
13 Match the geographic location with the plate boundary.
Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column.
A divergent boundary
B oceanic–oceanic convergence
C oceanic–continental convergence
D transform boundary
E continental–continental convergence
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Question 14
14 Match the letter to the feature.

The letters A through E appear on an image associated with this question.

For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.
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Question 15
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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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