Plate Tectonics LT 10

Plate Tectonics LT 10

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The north american plate is a major plate

• true

• false

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The Nazca Plate is a major plate

• true

• false

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The process rising of heated magma and the sinking of cooled magma is

• convection currents in the asthenosphere (mantle)

• conduction in the asthenosphere

• convection currents in the lithosphere (crust)

• conduction currents in the lithosphere

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Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

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Which diagram shows a plate boundary that is typical for the formation of volcanoes?

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Use the diagram to answer the question. What results as the two oceanic plates converge?

• formation of a deep sea trench and island volcanoes

• earthquake activity and appearance of a transform fault

• volcanic eruption along both oceanic plate edges

• formation of a continental mountain range

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The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

• death ring

• fire zone

• ring of fire

• zone of fire

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A rift valley is the result of what type of boundary?

• Divergent

• convergent

• subduction

• transform

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Mountain
• Rift Valley
• Island Arc

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The Great Rift Valley in Africa is created by this boundary

• Divergent: continental-continental

• Convergent: continental-continental

• Divergent: oceanic-oceanic

• Transform:continental-continental

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A mid-ocean ridge is produced by what type of plate boundary

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• subduction zone

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc
• Flat land

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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the largest mid-ocean ridge in the world. This geologic feature is created by this boundary

• Divergent: continental-continental

• Convergent: continental-continental

• Divergent: oceanic-oceanic

• Transform:continental-continental

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What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake

• Volcano Eruption

• Tornado

• Mountain Building

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The San Andreas Fault is a crack in the Earth's crust that runs the length of California. What plate boundary feature caused this?

• an inactive convergent boundary
• an active convergent boundary
• an active transform boundary
• a volcanic eruption

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This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

• New Madrid

• Denali Fault

• Ramapo Seismic Zone

• San Andreas Fault

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Rising magma that results from subduction may produce...

• fossil layers

• volcanic island arcs

• deep-sea sediment

• seafloor spreading

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Rising magma that results from subduction may produce...

• fossil layers
• volcanic island arcs
• deep-sea sediment
• seafloor spreading

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The Andes Mountains are a volcanic mountain range located on the western coast of South America. The plate boundary located in this region is most likely an area of-

• subduction because the plates are colliding
• folded mountains because the plates are colliding
• mid-ocean ridges because the plates are pulling apart
• ocean-floor spreading because the plates are spreading apart

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What do volcanic island arcs indicate about the plate tectonics in the region?

• a converging plate boundary

• a diverging plate boundary

• a transform plate boundary

• new seafloor being created

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What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.

• Ring of Earth
• Ring of Fire
• Ring of Stone
• Ring of Diamond

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Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine zone
• divergence zone
• subduction zone
• lower zone

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What geologic process formed the Himalayas?

• two continental plates converging

• an earthquake in a subduction zone

• a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot

• movement at a transform fault boundary

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The youngest rocks on the seafloor are most likely found...

• closest to a mid-ocean ridge

• farthest from a mid-ocean ridge

• near the coastlines

• closest to a deep sea trench

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Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• A peninsula

• An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.

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Evidence used by Wegener to supported his idea of continental drift included

• Ocean rocks and sediments
• Ocean floor topography
• Magnetic isochron patterns
• Climatic data

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges