Science 10

According to tectonic plate maps, New York State is presently located

• At a convergent plate boundary
• Above a mantle hotspot
• Above a mid ocean ridge
• Near the center of a large plate

At which location would you expect to find the deepest earthquakes?

• Mid Atlantic Ridge
• San Andreas Fault
• Hawaii
• Japan

What tectonic process often occurs when two continental plates collide?

• Subduction
• Mountain Building (uplift)
• island formation
• seafloor spreading

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Which statement best supports the theory that all the continents were once a single landmass?

• Rocks of the ocean ridges are older than those of the adjacent seafloor.
• Rock and fossil correlation can be made where the continents appear to fit together
• Marine fossils can be found at high elevations above sea level on all continents
• Great thicknesses of shallow water sediments are found at interior locations on some continents
  

The age of oceanic bedrock on either side of a mid-ocean ridge is supporting evidence that at the ridges, tectonic plates are

• Diverging
• Converging
• Locked in place 
• Being subducted

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Which method of energy transfer is primarily responsible for energy being lost from Earth into space?

• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation
• Transmission

When a continental crustal plate collides with an oceanic crustal plate, the continental crust is forced to move over the oceanic crust. What is the primary reason that the continental crust stays on top of the oceanic crust?

• Continental crust is less dense.
• Continental crust deforms less easily.
• Continental crust melts at higher temperatures.
• Continental crust contains more mafic minerals.

What happens to the density and temperature of rock within Earth’s interior as depth increases?

• Density decreases and temperature increases
• Density decreases and temperature decreases
• Density increases and temperature increases
• Density increases and temperature decreases

Which observation about the Mid-Atlantic Ridge region provides the best evidence that the seafloor has been spreading for millions of years?

• The bedrock of the ridge and nearby seafloor is igneous rock.
• The ridge is the location of irregular volcanic eruptions.
• Several faults cut across the ridge and nearby seafloor.
• Seafloor bedrock is younger near the ridge and older farther away.

Plate boundaries are characterized by

• reversed magnetic orientation
• unusually rapid radioactive decay
• frequent volcanic activity
• low P wave and high S wave velocity