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What type of event will most likely occur at this boundary?
Earthquake
Volcano Eruption
Tornado
Mountain Building
Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of Continental Drift?
matching fossils on different continents
matching mountain ranges on different continents
age of rock samples increasing farther from mid-ocean ridges
continents fitting together like puzzle pieces
The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...
Pangea
Continental Drift
Sea-Floor Spreading
Convection Drift
Deep ocean trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries
Convergent
Transform
Plate
Divergent
Island arcs occur when the following plates converge:
Oceanic Plate to Continental Plate
Oceanic Plate to Oceanic Plate
Continental Plate to Continental Plate
Folded mountains are created when....
Two continental plates collide
Two oceanic plates pull apart
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
Two continental plates pull apart
Which location on this topographic map will likely have thre greatest rate of erosion?
Side A
Side B
Side C
Which type of land formation can form at a divergent boundary of two continental plates?
deep-ocean trench
rift valley
island arc
volcano
What is the difference in elevation between Point A and Point X?
180 m
700 m
800 m
900 m
Continental crust collides with oceanic crust. What land feature does this create?
rift valley
volcanic mountain
folded mountain
mid-ocean ridge
New crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges. What process causes this?
oceanic crust colliding with oceanic crust
oceanic crust colliding with continental crust
oceanic crust diverging from oceanic crust
oceanic crust diverging from continental crust
When plates slip past one another, the effect is _____________.
a volcano
a mountain
a ridge
a fault
The satellite image is of a crater. How will this crater most likely change over time?
it will get deeper as it fills with water
it will rise up like a volcanic crater
it will become less deep as the rim erodes
it will widen as it fills with lava
What can be found along the Ring of Fire?
volcanoes
hot spots
subduction islands
reduction zones
What land feature is being created in Iceland due to plates moving?
mid-ocean ridge
volcanic mountain
rift valley
deep-ocean trench
The highest elevation on this topographic map can be as high as, but not more than _________________.
40 m
45 m
49 m
50 m
What is the name of the process in which one plate slides beneath another plate?
volcano
sea-floor spreading
rifting
subduction
Which layer of the Earth is the thinnest?
asthenosphere
mantle
core
crust
What causes plates to move?
sea-floor spreading
gravity
density plugs
convection currents
What does a grouping of close contour lines on a topographic map indicate?
the location of water
a plateau
a steep slope
a railroad
Which is not a piece of evidence that Harry Hess used to support his theory of Sea-Floor Spreading?
pillow rocks
drilling samples
landforms
magnetic stripes in sea floor
This image shows scratches in bedrock that were caused by a moving glacier. These scratches are called glacial striations. Glacial striations in the bedrock of South Africa indicate that glaciers once moved across the African continent. The presence of glaciers in the surface of Africa is evidence that ____________.
the tectonic plate under Africa was closer to the South Pole at one time
the equator was not always where it is currently located
volcanoes did not exist until after faults occurred in Earth's crust
the location of the North Pole and the South Pole changed
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?
The map shows some of Earth's plate tectonic boundaries. Based on the map, volcanic activity would most likely be found at ___________.
Location W
Location X
Location Y
Location Z
The San Andreas fault is a transform fault. The map below shows a student's approximation of where the fault line crosses through the United States. Students were asked to make maps predicting which way land would most likely move over thousands of years. Which map best predicts the likely movement of land along the fault line over thousands of years?
The diagram below shows a model of the movement of two tectonic plates. When the plates collide, one plate often moves below the other plate. The rising magma that can result from this type of plate movement may produce ________.
fossil layers
volcanic islands
deep-sea sediment
seafloor spreding
The Himalayan mountains are shown in the map. Four students were asked to identify the geologic process that caused this mountain range to form. Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains?
Student 1: Two continental plates converging
Student 2: An earthquake in a subduction zone
Student 3: A tectonic plate moving over a hot spot
Student 4: Movement at a transform fault boundary
The model shows two continental plates. The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
Subduction boundary
Convergent boundary
The thick black lines on the map show the locations of mid-ocean ridges. Which geologic feature is most likely to form at a mid-ocean ridge?
Peninsula
Volcano
Delta
Plateau
A topographic map provides details about Emory Peak in Big Bend National Park. A radio tower on Emory Peak is indicated. Based on the topographic map, if a park ranger hiked due west from the radio tower, the rangers path would ___________.
cross a canyon with a river running through it
cross another peak in the park
be flat and then go up a steep slope
go down a steep slope and then become flatter
The satellite image shows geologic features, including a glacier. As the glacier melts, water travels toward the ocean along the geological feature labeled X. When water erodes soil along this feature, the feature will most likely become _____.
straight
dry
shorter
wider
A river area is shown on the topographic map. Four riverbank areas are labeled on the map. Which two riverbanks are the steepest?
W and X
Y and Z
X and Y
W and Z
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