Review of Plate Tectonic Theory

Multiple Choice

What is the process in which hot molten rock rises, then cools and sinks back to the core?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• convection
• divergence

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The earth's outer shell is divided into slabs of rock called ______ .

• continental plates

• crustal plates

• trench plates

• tectonic plates

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What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?

• wind
• ocean currents
• convection in the mantle
• expansion of the Earth

Multiple Choice

A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• horizontal

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Which type of boundary causes new land to form?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• horizontal

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What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other?

• convergent
• divergent
• transform
• lateral

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What can you expect at convergent boundaries?

• mountains to form

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• all of these

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Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur?

• in the mantel

• in the oceans

• in the inner core

• at the boundaries of plates

Multiple Choice

All of the following are most likely to occur at plate boundaries except for

• canyons

• earthquakes

• volcanoes

• mountains

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The sections that make up Earth's lithosphere are called

• faults

• plates

• trenches

• valleys

Multiple Choice

What type of boundary caused the San Andreas Fault?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Multiple Choice

What type of boundary caused the Mid Atlantic Ridge?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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The collision of an oceanic and continental plate caused these mountains for form.

• Himalayan Mountains

• Mariana Trench

• Cascade Mountains

• Catskill Mountains

Multiple Choice

The collision of two oceanic plates caused this to form.

• Himalayan Mountains

• Mariana Trench

• Cascade Mountains

• Catskill Mountains

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The collision of two continental plates caused this to form.

• Himalayan Mountains

• Mariana Trench

• Cascade Mountains

• Catskill Mountains

Multiple Choice

What is the process in which two plates move toward each other but one sinks under the other?

• subduction
• convection
• divergence
• transformation

Multiple Choice

What type of crusts are involved with one plate subducting beneath another?

• continental and continental

• Oceanic and continental

• oceanic and divergent

• continental and convergent

Multiple Choice

Oceanic Crust is more dense than continental crust.

• True

• False

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What is the WHOLE AREA called where the oceanic crust goes beneath the continental crust?

• subtraction zone

• section zone

• secondary zone

• subduction zone

Multiple Choice

Which of the following occurs from the colliding of transform boundaries?

• Tsunamis

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Tremors

Multiple Select

Which of the following occurs from slips/strikes in transform boundaries? Select all that apply.

• Tsunamis

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Ridges and Rifts

Multiple Choice

What is a driving force behind the movement of the plates?

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A fault forms at a _________ boundary.

• transform
• divergent
• horizontal
• convergent

Match

Match the following

divergent

convergent

transform

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Multiple Choice

Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.

• transform
• divergent
• convergent
• subduction

Multiple Choice

A break in the rock created by pressure and movement in the rock. 

• Fault
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Ocean Trench
• Focus

Multiple Choice

What is anticline?

• A downfolded portion of rock layers.

• An upfolded portion of rock layers.

• A word Ms. Powell made up.

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What is syncline?

• A downfolded portion of rock layers.

• An upfolded portion of rock layers.

• A word Ms. Powell made up.

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A strike-slip fault occurs because of 

• tension
• compression
• shearing

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What type of boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

• divergent
• transform
• lateral
• convergent

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What type of boundary is shown at A?

• transform
• convergent
• divergent
• subduction

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What fault has little up or down motion?

• strike-slip
• normal
• reverse