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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....Convergent BoundaryDivergent BoundaryTransform BoundaryPlate Boundary
- 2. 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
- 3. Multiple Choice
What type of plate boundary is this?PlateDivergentConvergentTransform - 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of event will occur at this boundary?EarthquakeVolcano EruptionTornadoMountain Building
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA divergent boundary occurs when plates ....Pull apartCome togetherSlide past each othersubducting
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of plate boundary is this?TransformConvergentDivergentPlate
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Reform
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhen one plate sides under neath another, it _________ and the magma _________.hardens, sinksmelts, sinkshardens, risesmelts, rises
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?divergentcontinent-to-continent convergentocean-to-continent convergenttransform
- 10. Multiple ChoiceTransform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?volcanoesdeep sea trenchesunderwater mountain rangesearthquakes
- 11. Multiple ChoiceTwo tectonic plates collide at a _______ plate boundary.convergentdivergenttransform
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe area where two tectonic plates meet.mantlefocusplate boundaryconvection
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe tectonic plates float on thelithospherelower mantleouter coreasthenosphere
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is thelithospherecrustasthenospheremantle
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe hottest layercrustinner coremantleouter core
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe coolest layercrustinner coremantleouter core
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe thinest layercrustinner coremantleouter core
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe theory stating the continents were once joined in a large mass that broke apart.Continental DriftSeafloor SpreadingPlate TectonicsPangaea
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe circular pattern of heating, rising, cooling, sinking of magma in the mantle causing tectonic plates to move.Plate TectonicsConvection CurrentsPangaeaSubduction
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed at this boundary.DivergentConvergentNormalTransform
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWho is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?Harry HessGalileoAlfred WegenerNewton
- 22. Multiple Choice
What is this a picture of?
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
Pangaea
glacier scaring
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the theory of continental drift state?The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over timeContinents are stationary and do not moveThe Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currentsnone of the above
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?EarthquakesVolcanoesMountainsRift
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?RiftMid-Ocean RidgeIsland ArcFlat land
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?VolcanoMountainRiftIsland Arc
- 27. 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
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of plate boundary is shown here?divergentconvergenttransformstrike slip
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?FossilsMountainsGlaciersSand Erosion
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhere would the oldest rock be found?LMNO
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following occurs because of convection currents?Tectonic plates on the crust move.The mantle increases in size.Pressure in the crust increases.Pressure in the crust decreases.
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhat would happen to the convection currents if the heat from the inner core disappeared?They would stop.They would change directions.It would not change.They would speed up.
- 33. Multiple ChoiceDuring sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...along the continentsat the mid ocean ridgesdeep ocean trenchesat north and south poles
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?submarine zonedivergence zonesubduction zonelower zone
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the two types of crust?continental and oceanicocean and basinlower and upperthick and thin
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhat drives tectonic plate movement?gravitycoriolis effectconvection currentsthe earth's magnetic core
- 37. Multiple ChoiceMost geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...it did not agree with their current theoryWegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years agoWegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesisWegener could not identify the force that moved the continents
- 38. Multiple ChoiceThe youngest rocks on the seafloor are most likely found...closest to a mid-ocean ridgefarthest from a mid-ocean ridgenear the coastlinesclosest to a deep sea trench
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