Chapter 10: Plate Tectonics [Duplicate]

The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock is called_____________.

• magnemineralism
• electromagnetism
• paleomagnetism
• magnetitis

The process of ____________________ was supported by the discovery of magnetic reversals on the ocean floor.

• subduction
• sea-floor spreading
• continental drift
• island arc formation

The supercontinent that formed about 300mya is called______________.

• Shaniqua
• Pangaea
• Sacagawea
• Wannahockaloogi

The region along a plate boundary where one plate moves under another plate is called a(n)_____________.

• abduction zone
• convection zone
• school zone
• subduction zone

Tectonic plates are blocks of

• magma
• magnetic rock
• asthenosphere
• lithosphere

Covection, ridge push, and slab pull work together to produce

• continental lithosphere
• tectonic plate motion
• earthquakes
• fracture zones

Frequent earthquakes in an area may indicate

• tectonic plate boundaries
• sea-floor spreading
• mantle convection
• reversed polarity

Tectonic Plates can include

• only atmosphere
• only oceanic crust
• only continental crust
• oceanic and continental crust

How does sediment that is closer to a mid-ocean ridge compare to sediment that is farther away?

• it's larger
• it's smaller
• it's older
• it's younger

What is an undersea mountain range that forms at divergent boundaries?

• a ridge
• a rip
• a rift
• a rent