Plate Tectonics Test Review

Front

Earth is composed of layers of material with different properties. Which layer is most likely to contain material that is in constant motion?

Back

mantle

Front

Which land formation occurs as a result of lithospheric plates folding upon one another?

Back

a mountain range

Front

Which best explains the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

They move several centimeters each year because of convection within Earth.

Front

In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature most often forms?

Back

a mountain chain

Front

The movement of crustal plates results from circulating currents in material beneath the crust of Earth. Which best describes the material which moves the crustal plates? Options: hot water, molten rock, liquid metal, solid iron.

Back

molten rock

Front

What is the most likely cause of earthquakes?

Back

shifting rock layers

Front

During subduction, one tectonic plate is forced below another. The subducting plate is forced into the:

mantle

,

crust

,

outer core

,

inner core

Back

mantle

Front

The Hawaiian Islands are in the middle of a large tectonic plate with many volcanoes. The volcanoes are the direct result of the tectonic plate

Back

moving over a hot spot where magma breaks through the crust.

Front

Crustal plates that pull apart from one another most likely form

Back

rift zones

Front

The first person to introduce the idea of the continents moving around the surface of Earth was

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Alfred Wegener