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- 1. Multiple Choice
Exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Plate Boundary
- 2. Multiple Choice
Landform created by two diverging continental plates
Volcanic Island
Trench
Rift Valley
Mountain
- 3. Multiple Choice
The formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side
Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Monkey Bread
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT evidence Alfred Wegener used for continental drift.
Fit of continents
Matching rock sequences
Glacial evidence
Global warming
Plant fossils
- 5. Multiple Choice
Major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur
Pacific Rim
Ring of Fire
Fast & Furious
Fire Ring of Glory
- 6. Multiple Choice
Tectonic plates that slide past each
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Subducting
- 7. Multiple Choice
Land feature that forms when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate at a subduction zone
Trench
Rift Valley
Mountain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
- 8. Multiple Choice
A place where two tectonic plates meet; may be divergent, convergent, or transform
Plate Tectonics
Platelet
Plate Boundary
Plate of Chow
- 9. Multiple Choice
Includes the crust and the uppermost mantle, which constitute the hard and rigid outer layer of the Earth; subdivided into plates
Asthenosphere
Atmosphere
Troposphere
Lithosphere
- 10. Multiple Choice
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
- 11. Multiple Choice
Boundary type that creates mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes
Divergent ocean-ocean
Divergent continent-continent
Convergent ocean-ocean
Convergent ocean-continent
- 12. Multiple Choice
Boundary Type that Creates Mountains
Continent-Ocean Divergent
Continent-Continent Convergent Boundary
Ocean-Ocean Divergent
Continent-Continent Divergent
- 13. Multiple ChoiceSubduction is:process by which ocean crust is taken into the trenches and back to the mantletheory that new seafloor is formed when magma is forced upward toward the surface at a mid ocean ridgeplates slide past each other in opposite directionsa gradual movement of the continents across the Earth's surface over time
- 14. Multiple Choice
The river represented by the topographic map shown here is flowing in which direction?
from north to south
from east to west
from south to north
from west to east
- 15. Multiple Choice
A section of a topographic map is shown. What is the difference in elevation in meters between point X and point Y on the map?
340 m
260 m
360 m
2,840 m
- 16. Multiple Choice
The points labeled W and Y on the topographic map below show the campsites of two families. Each family hiked to the elevation on the map marked X. The arrows show the paths taken by both families. What was the change in elevation, for the family that took the steepest path to point X?
60 m
40 m
140 m
120 m
- 17. Multiple Choice
The San Andreas fault if a transform fault. Which map best predicts the likely movement of land along the fault line over thousands of years?
A
B
C
D
- 18. Multiple Choice
How can you tell a map shows a steep slope?
The lines are far apart from each other
The lines are close to each other
- 19. Multiple Choice
The satellite image below shows a portion of the Namib Desert in Africa. This is an ancient, sandy desert with dunes that can be up to 305 m tall. The Namib Desert extends inland from the Atlantic Ocean between 80 km and 200 km and receives only 5 mm to 76 mm of rain each year.
A satellite picture of this same area taken weeks before shows that the shape and location of some sand dunes have changed. Which of these most likely caused the changes in the dunes?
Ocean waves
Flowing rivers
Blowing wind
Crustal uplift
- 20. Multiple Choice
Match the topographic map to its profile picture.
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