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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is thelithospherecrustasthenospheremantle
- 2. Multiple ChoiceSupporting Evidence: subduction, earthquakes, volcanoes, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, older theoriesContinental DriftSeafloor SpreadingPlate Tectonics
- 3. Multiple ChoiceSupporting Evidence: discovery of Mid-Atlantic Ridge, core rock samples showing older rocks the farther that you get from the mid ocean ridgeContinental DriftSeafloor SpreadingPlate Tectonics
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe name for the actual lithospheric platesTectonic PlatesPangaeaContinental Drift
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe theory stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart.Continental DriftSeafloor SpreadingPlate TectonicsPangaea
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe process for new oceanic lithosphere forming at mid ocean ridgesContinental DriftSeafloor SpreadingPlate TectonicsPangaea
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The theory that states that the Earth is divided into plates that float and move in slow, constant motion.
Continental Drift
Seafloor Spreading
Plate Tectonics
Tectonic Plates
- 8. Multiple ChoiceOcean trenches always form at subduction zones where dense oceanic crust subducts.TrueFalse
- 9. Multiple ChoiceVolcanoes never form along subduction zones.TrueFalse
- 10. Multiple ChoiceVolcanic mountains are most often formed at this boundary.DivergentConvergentNormalTransform
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed at this boundary.DivergentConvergentNormalTransform
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe tectonic plates float on thelithospherelower mantleouter coreasthenosphere
- 13. Multiple ChoiceFaults can occur at plate boundaries, near boundaries, and at other weakened areas of crust.TrueFalse
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThere are 3 types of crust.TrueFalse
- 15. Multiple ChoiceContinental crust is more dense than oceanic crust.TrueFalse
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHot spots are volcanically active areas that are not near tectonic plate boundaries.TrueFalse
- 17. Multiple ChoiceTrenches are formed at what type of boundary?Convergent: Continental-ContinentalConvergent: Continental-OceanicConvergent: Oceanic-OceanicDivergent: Oceanic-Oceanic
- 18. Multiple ChoiceFolded mountains are formed at what type of boundary?Convergent: Continental-ContinentalConvergent: Continental-OceanicConvergent: Oceanic-OceanicDivergent: Oceanic-Oceanic
- 19. Multiple ChoiceVolcanic mountains are formed at what type of boundary?Convergent: Continental-ContinentalConvergent: Continental-OceanicConvergent: Oceanic-OceanicDivergent: Oceanic-Oceanic
- 20. Multiple ChoiceRifts are formed at what type of boundary?Divergent: Continental-ContinentalDivergent: Continental-OceanicDivergent: Oceanic-OceanicConvergent: Oceanic-Oceanic
- 21. Multiple ChoiceNew sea floor is formed at what type of boundary?Divergent: Continental-ContinentalDivergent: Continental-OceanicDivergent: Oceanic-OceanicConvergent: Oceanic-Oceanic
- 22. Multiple ChoiceRidges are formed at what type of boundary?Divergent: Continental-ContinentalDivergent: Continental-OceanicDivergent: Oceanic-OceanicConvergent: Oceanic-Oceanic
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe San Andreas Fault is an example of what type of boundary?Convergent: Continental-ContinentalDivergent: Continental-ContinentalTransform: Continental-ContinentalTransform: Oceanic-Oceanic
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe country of Iceland is an example of what type of boundary?Convergent: Continental-ContinentalDivergent: Continental-ContinentalTransform: Continental-ContinentalTransform: Oceanic-Oceanic
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe Himalayan Mountains are an example of what type of boundary?Convergent: Continental-ContinentalDivergent: Continental-ContinentalTransform: Continental-ContinentalTransform: Oceanic-Oceanic
- 26. Multiple ChoiceStrike-slip faults are formed at what type of boundary?ConvergentDivergentTransform
- 27. Multiple ChoiceStrong, deep earthquakes are formed at what type of boundary?ConvergentDivergentTransform
- 28. Multiple ChoiceModerate, shallow earthquakes are formed at what type of boundary?ConvergentDivergentTransform
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWeak, shallow earthquakes are formed at what type of boundary?ConvergentDivergentTransform
- 30. Multiple ChoiceThe type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....Convergent BoundaryDivergent BoundaryTransform BoundaryPlate Boundary
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?Energy from the SunMagnetic Pole ReversalConvection currents in the mantleFaults in Mountain Ranges
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What type of plate boundary is this?PlateDivergentConvergentTransform - 33. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of event will occur at this boundary?EarthquakeVolcano EruptionTornadoMountain Building
- 34. Multiple ChoiceA divergent boundary occurs when plates ....Pull apartCome togetherSlide past each othersubducting
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of plate boundary is this?TransformConvergentDivergentPlate
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhere would the oldest rock be found?LMNO
- 37. Multiple ChoiceIsland arcs can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundaryDivergent: Oceanic-OceanicConvergent: Oceanic-OceanicTransform: Continental-ContinentalDivergent: Continental-Continental
- 38. Multiple ChoiceHow is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?Crust is destroyed at the same time it is createdNew crust is underwater where it sinksNew crust breaks more easily than old crust
- 39. Multiple ChoiceA subduction zone is formed...when one tectonic plate sinks below anotherat every type of convergent plate boundaryat every type of divergent plate boundaryat transform boundaries
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhich crust is more dense?Oceanic Lithospherecontinental LithosphereThey are the same
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of boundary does not destroy or create new crust?DivergentTransformConvergent
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