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- 1. Multiple Choice
What theory did Alfred Wegener's help kick start when proposed continental drift?
evolution
plate tectonics
big bang
Pangaea
- 2. Multiple Choice
The Himalayan mountains and Mt. Everest can be found at this plate boundary.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Shearing
- 3. Multiple Choice
A mid-ocean ridge is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid-ocean ridge?
- 4. Multiple Choice
Mid-ocean ridges and sea-floor spreading happen at this plate boundary.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Rift Valley
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of plate boundary is shown here?divergentconvergenttransformsubducting
- 6. 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
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of plate boundary is shown here?divergentconvergenttransformsubmergent
- 8. Multiple Choice
The San Andreas fault in California is on this type of plate boundary.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Trench
- 9. Multiple Choice
The photograph shows mountains in the Andes range in South America. Which statement describes the geologic process that is most likely responsible for the
formation of these mountains?
They are along a transform plate boundary that is no longer active, so erosion is creating deep valleys.
They are along a transform plate boundary in which plates are currently moving side by side, causing earthquakes and faults.
They are along a plate boundary in which plates are currently converging, causing uplift and steep slopes.
They are along a plate boundary in which plates diverged in the distant past, allowing new rock to build up.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Plates that divide (move apart) apart from each other.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
subduction zone
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of plate boundary is shown here?divergentconvergenttransformstrike slip
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?VolcanoMountainRiftIsland Arc
- 13. Multiple Choice
Plates slide by each other.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
rift zone
- 14. Multiple ChoicePlates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.divergentconvergenttransformdetergent
- 15. Multiple Choice
The Andes Mountains are formed by this type of plate boundary.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Seafloor Spreading
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