Chapter 7 Science: Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Quiz Review

Chapter 7 Science: Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Quiz Review

Multiple Choice

What is the hypothesis called where continents are in constant motion?

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• Pangea

• seafloor spreading

Continental Drift

• Hypothesis that continents are in constant motion.

Multiple Choice

What are considered naturally preserved remains, imprints, or traces of organisms?

• convection

• fossils

• mantle

• subduction

Fossils

naturally preserved remains, imprints, or traces of organisms

Multiple Choice

What is the middle layer of Earth situated between the crust above and the core below?

• seafloor spreading

• normal polarity

• mantle

• crust

Mantle

middle layer of Earth situated between the crust above and the core below

Multiple Choice

What is the ancients supercontinent composed of land that forms today's continents?

• mid-ocean ridge

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• Pangea

Pangea

ancient supercontinent composed of land that forms today's continents

Multiple Choice

What is the event in which magnetic field reverses direction?

• magnetic reversal

• normal polarity

• reversed polarity

• slab pull

Magnetic Reversal

event in which the magnetic field reverses direction

Multiple Choice

What is considered a mountain range located on the seafloor in the middle of the ocean?

• ridge push

• divergent plate boundary

• mid-ocean ridge

• seafloor spreading

Mid-Ocean Ridge

mountain range located on the seafloor in the middle of the ocean

Multiple Choice

Conforming to a type, standard, or regular patterns...

• normal

• fossil

• convection

• subduction

Multiple Choice

What is today's magnetic field, where magnets orient themselves to point North?

• magnetic reversal

• reversed polarity

• normal polarity

• convergent plate boundary

Normal Polarity

today's magnetic field, magnets orient themselves to point North

Multiple Choice

What is it called when the magnetic field in orients itself to point South?

• reversed polarity

• normal polarity

• seafloor spreading

• mantle

Reversed Polarity

magnetic field in which magnets orient themselves to point South

Multiple Choice

New oceanic crust that forms at a mid-ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away...

• mid-ocean ridge

• divergent plate boundary

• lithosphere

• seafloor spreading

Seafloor Spreading

new oceanic crust forms at a mid-ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away

Multiple Choice

The circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density...

• convection

• slab pull

• ridge push

• subduction

Convection

circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density

Multiple Choice

What is it called where two plates collide?

• divergent plate boundary

• convergent plate boundary

• transform plate boundary

• subduction

Convergent Plate Boundary

where 2 plates collide

Multiple Choice

What is it called where two plates separate?

• divergent plate boundary

• convergent plate boundary

• transform plate boundary

• subduction

Divergent Plate Boundary

where 2 plates separate

Multiple Choice

The cold ridged outermost layer of Earth...

• mantle

• core

• lithosphere

• subduction

Lithosphere

cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth

Multiple Choice

Capable of being molded or changing shape...

• plastic

• subduction

• normal

• Pangea

Plastic

capable of being molded or changing shape

Multiple Choice

What is the theory that Earth's surface is made of rock plates that move with respect to each other?

• continental drift

• seafloor spreading

• slab pull

• plate tectonics

Plate Tectonics

theory that Earth's surface is made of rock plates that move with respect to each other

Multiple Choice

Force created by rising mantle of ocean ridges that creates potential for plates to move away from the ridge...

• convergent plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• ridge push

• mantle

Ridge Push

force created by rising mantle of ocean ridges that creates potential for plates to move away from the ridge

Multiple Choice

What is the force created by sinking a plate, or slab, that pulls on the rest of the plate?

• slab pull

• plate tectonics

• convection

• ridge push

Slab Pull

force created by sinking of a plate, or slab, that pulls on the rest of the plate

Multiple Choice

What occurs when the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plat at a convergent boundary?

• convergent boundary

• subduction

• mid-ocean ridge

• mantle

Subduction

sinking of a denser plate below a more buoyant plate at a convergent boundary

Multiple Choice

What is it called where two plates slide past each other?

• transform plate boundary

• divergent plate boundary

• convection

• slab pull

Transform Plate Boundary

where 2 plates slide past each other