Chapter 4 Test Review

How much of all the lava erupts at mid-ocean ridges?

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 1/4

• none

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What is melted rock below Earth's surface called?

• lava

• hot stuff

• magma

• hot water

Mid-ocean ridges are formed along lines where two plates _______________ under the water?

• diverge

• converge

• hit

• go underneath each other

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What occurs when water or wind slows down and drops the materials it has been carrying?

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• precipitation

Plates of the lithosphere float on the

• crust

• core

• atmosphere

• asthenosphere

Most volcanoes occur at which type of plate boundary?

• divergent

• transform

• convergent without subduction

• convergent with subduction

Seafloor spreading occurs because_______________.

• earthquakes break apart the ocean floor

• sediments accumulate at the area of spreading

• molten material beneath Earth's crust rises to the surface

• new material is being added to the asthenosphere

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The process that acts on rock to change its form and break it into smaller pieces is called__________________.

• sediment

• glacier

• mid-ocean ridge

• weathering

Active volcanoes are most likely to form at______________.

• divergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• convergent oceanic-continental boundaries

• the center of continents

What type of plate boundary occurs between the North American Plate and Eurasian Plate?

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary

• convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary

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