Quiz about 2020 Plate Boundaries

Question 1

Identify the type of plate boundary found at letter Z.

Accepted Answer

Transform

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Mantle Hot Spot

Question 2

What are the names of the tectonic plates on each side of the Bouvet Hot Spot?

Accepted Answer

African and Antarctic Plates

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African and Sandwich Plates

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South American and African Plates

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South American and Sandwich Plates

Question 3

Which location is on a major rift valley?

Accepted Answer

A

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B

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C

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D

Question 4

Compared to the relative age of the surface oceanic bedrock at location C, what is the relative age of the surface oceanic bedrock at D?

Accepted Answer

Bedrock at C is older than D.

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They are the same age

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Bedrock at D is older than C.

Question 5

What is a large ocean wave that is produced by an offshore earthquake that is hazardous to humans living along the west coast of South America?

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Tsunami

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Mantle Hot Spot

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Pyroclastic Flow

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Hurricane

Question 6

What is one emergency action that should be taken to avoid loss of life when a warning for an approaching large wave is given?

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Get to higher ground!

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Panic!

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Grab your surfboard!

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Get a life jacket!

Question 7

Which cross section correctly shows the inferred movement of material in the asthenosphere beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? X = North American Plate Y = African plate

Accepted Answer

3

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1

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2

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4

Question 8

In what layer of the Earth does convection occur to drive the movement of tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

Asthenosphere

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Inner Core

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Outer Core

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Stiffer Mantle

Question 9

Which cross section shows the inferred movement of material in the asthenosphere beneath the Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Plate?

Accepted Answer

C

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A

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B

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D

Question 10

A matching pattern of magnetic reversals (anomalies) on either side of a mid-ocean ridge supports the idea of

Accepted Answer

seafloor spreading

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a flat Earth

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the Big Bang

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volcanic hot spots

Question 11

The following pieces of evidence support the idea that the continents were once joined together as one large continent, EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

the same living animals on many continents

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fossils that correlate (match) across continents

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rocks like coal that correlate (match) across continents

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the structure and composition of mountain chains that correlate (match) across continents

Question 12

What process drives the motion of the tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

convection

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conduction

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condensation

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cooperation

Question 13

The accompanying diagram shows a cross section of a prtion of Earth. The inferred motions of crustal plates are shown. Letters A through D represent locations at Earth's surface.

Which letter represents the location of the mid-Atlantic Ridge?

Accepted Answer

C

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A

Answer

B

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D

Question 14

Which information indicates that new seafloor rock is forming along a mid-ocean ridge and then moving horizontally away from the ridge?

Accepted Answer

The age of seafloor rock increases as the distance from the mid-ocean ridge increases

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Most volcanoes are located under ocean water

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Seafloor rock is older than continental rock

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Fossils of marine organisms can be found at high elevations on continents

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

near the center of a large plate

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at a convergent plate boundary

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above a mantle hot spot

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above a mid-ocean ridge

Question 16

The large coal fields found in Pennsylvania provide evidence that the climate of the northeastern United States was much warmer during the Carboniferous Period about 300 million years ago. This change in climate over time is best explained by the

Accepted Answer

movements of tectonic plates

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effects of seasons

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changes in the environment caused by humans

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evolution of life

2020 Plate Boundaries

16 questions

Identify the type of plate boundary found at letter Z.

What are the names of the tectonic plates on each side of the Bouvet Hot Spot?

Which location is on a major rift valley?

Compared to the relative age of the surface oceanic bedrock at location C, what is the relative age of the surface oceanic bedrock at D?

What is a large ocean wave that is produced by an offshore earthquake that is hazardous to humans living along the west coast of South America?

What is one emergency action that should be taken to avoid loss of life when a warning for an approaching large wave is given?

Which cross section correctly shows the inferred movement of material in the asthenosphere beneath the Mid-Atlantic Ridge? X = North American Plate Y = African plate

In what layer of the Earth does convection occur to drive the movement of tectonic plates?

Which cross section shows the inferred movement of material in the asthenosphere beneath the Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Plate?

A matching pattern of magnetic reversals (anomalies) on either side of a mid-ocean ridge supports the idea of

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