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- 1. Multiple Choice
What geological feature can be created by a divergent boundary?
Mountain Chains
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Mid-ocean ridge, rift valleys
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the difference between convergent and divergent plate boundaries?
Convergent collides together, divergent divides apart
Convergent collides together, divergent slides by each other
Convergent divides apart, divergent collides together
Convergent divides apart, divergent slides by each other
- 3. Multiple Choice
Use the diagram to determine what geological feature would most likely occur. They are the same density.
Mountain chains
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Mid-ocean ridge, rift velleys
- 4. Multiple Choice
What geological feature can be created by a transform boundary?
Mountain chains
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Mid-ocean ridge, rift valleys
- 5. Multiple Choice
What are the three main types of tectonic boundaries?
convergent, divergent, transfer
convection, divergent, transform
convergent, divergent, transform
convection, divergent, transfer
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which is the only plate boundary that doesn't involve magma?
convection
divergent
convergent
transform
- 7. Multiple Choice
A convergent boundary can form a mountain chain or a ____.
earthquake
rift valley
sea-floor trench
mid ocean ridge
- 8. Multiple Choice
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Subduction
- 9. Multiple Choice
Covergent
Divergent
Transform
Subduction
- 10. Multiple Choice
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Subduction
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?EarthquakesVolcanoesMountainsRift Valleys
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.faultplate boundaryplate edgering of fire
- 13. Multiple ChoicePlates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.divergentconvergenttransformsubmergent
- 14. Multiple ChoicePlates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.divergentconvergenttransformdetergent
- 15. Multiple ChoiceIn which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?convergentnormaldivergenttransform
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which diagram shows a plate boundary that is typical for the formation of volcanoes?
- 17. Multiple Choice
Boundary between two colliding plates, often associated with mountain building, ocean trenches and volcanic islands
plate boundary
magma
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
- 18. Multiple Choice
the region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates
subduction zone
lava zone
nitrogen zone
continental zone
- 19. Multiple Choice
proposed by Alfred Wegener, that the continents were once joined together and have since drifted apart
theory of plate tectonics
tectonic plates
plate boundary
theory of continental drift
- 20. Multiple Choice
Examples of convergent boundaries where two continental plates collide producing a large mountain range.
San Andreas Fault (USA)
Japan (Asia); Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA)
Andes Mountains (S. America)
Himalaya Mtns (Asia); Appalachian Mtns (USA)
- 21. Multiple Choice
New crust forms along a(n)
subduction zone
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
transform boundary
- 22. Multiple Choice
___________, meaning "all land," is the name of the great landmass that existed millions of years ago.
lithosphere
Pangaea
subduction zone
tectonic
Wegener
- 23. Multiple Choice
A __________ plate is a large slab of crust and upper mantle that moves over the earth's surface.
lithosphere
Pangaea
subduction zone
tectonic
Wegener
- 24. Multiple Choice
____________ is the scientist credited with the theory of continental drift (which led to the theory of plate tectonics).
lithosphere
Pangaea
subduction zone
tectonic
Wegener
- 25. Multiple Choice
The outermost, rigid layer of the earth, consisting of the earth's crust and upper part of the mantle is known as the ________________.
lithosphere
Pangaea
subduction zone
tectonic
Wegener
- 26. Multiple Choice
The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...
death ring
fire zone
ring of fire
zone of fire
- 27. Multiple Choice
The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by
the rotation of the Earth.
convection currents in the Asthenosphere
the gravity of the iron-nickel core.
the Moho discontinuity.
- 28. Multiple ChoiceGeologists have long recognized that earthquakes are not randomly distributed on Earth but occur in concentrated areas that coincide with __________ and provide evidence for the theory of ___________ .mountain ranges; fault zones.continental borders; supercontinents.plate boundaries; plate tectonicsareas of liquid magma; sea floor spreading.
- 29. Multiple Choice
Continental plates are ______ dense and ________ than ocean plates.
more; thinner
more; thicker
less; thinner
less; thicker
- 30. Multiple Choice
Ocean plates are _______ dense and _______ than continental plates
less; thinner
more; thinner
more; thicker
more; thicker
- 31. Multiple Choice
#1
convergent boundary
subduction
mid-ocean ridge
trench
- 32. Multiple Choice
#2
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
are where volcanoes form
subduction boundary
- 33. Multiple Choice
#3
trench
convection currents
area where volcanoes form
mid-ocean ridge
- 34. Multiple Choice
#4
subduction
convergent boundary
mid-ocean ridge
rift valley
- 35. Multiple Choice
#5
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
subduction boundary
- 36. Multiple Choice
#6
subduction
mid-ocean ridge
trench
area where volcanoes form
- 37. Multiple Choice
#7
convection currents
subduction
crust
trench
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