Plate Tectonic Mock Test

Front

Plates moving toward each other

Back

Convergent

Front

New ocean floor is created as molten material rises at plate margins and spreads out.

Back

Answer: sea-floor spreading

Front

Difference between convergent and divergent boundaries:

Back

Convergent boundaries move toward each other; divergent boundaries move apart.

Front

Transform boundaries vs. Convergent boundaries: How do they differ?

Back

Transform boundaries slide past each other; convergent boundaries move toward each other.

Front

Younger strata are deposited on top of older strata.

Back

law of superposition

Front

A fossil useful for dating and correlating strata.

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Index fossils.

Front

Alfred Wegener's name for the ancient supercontinent?

Back

Pangaea

Front

New oceanic lithosphere forms at:

Back

Divergent plate boundary.

Front

Plates grinding past each other

Back

Transform boundary

Front

Plates pulling apart

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Divergent