Plate tectonics review

One piece of evidence that supports the Theory of Plate tectonics is the discovery of what in both South America and Africa?

• Insects on both continents have similar feeding habits.

• The rates of sedimentary rock formation are similar.

• The ancient atmosphere in both places was identical.

• Fossil remains of the same land-dwelling animal were found on each continent.

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The earthquake experienced in California are related to tectonic plates because these catastrophic events are the result of -

• two tectonic plates sliding past each other

• tectonic plates melting as they slide into the mantle

• tectonic plates being weathered over time

• two tectonic plates pulling away from each other.

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Alfred Wegener hypothesized that Earth's continents had once been a single large continent. Which data was Wegener unable to collect because of limited technology at the time of his studies?

• Similar rocks in similar structures are found on different continents across Earth.

• Facing coastlines of adjacent continents fit together like puzzle pieces.

• The same fossils are found on continents separated by oceans.

• The ages of deep-ocean rocks indicate seafloor spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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The Himalayan Mountain Chain is most likely the result of which of the following interactions between major tectonic plates?

• The indo-Australian plate is moving toward the Eurasian plate

• The South American plate is moving away from the African plate

• The Pacific plate is sliding northward past the North American plate

• The Eurasian plate and the North American plate are diverging

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What type of boundary results in a rift valley?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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A transform boundary where one tectonic plate slides past another, is likely to result in which of the following?

• frequent earthquakes

• rift valley formation

• intense weathering

• mountain building

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One piece of evidence for the Plate Tectonic Theory is seafloor spreading. What happens to the age of rocks as you get further away from the mid ocean ridge?

• The rocks get younger

• the rocks get older

• their age does not change

• one rock layer melts as it moves under the other side

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Folded mountains form at which type of plate boundary?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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Which geologic feature is most likely to form at a mid ocean ridge?

• peninsula

• volcano

• delta

• plateau

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The map shows the locations of four active volcanoes in the Caribbean Sea. What do these volcanoes indicate about plate tectonics in the region?

• The volcanoes form an island arc, indicating a converging plate boundary.

• The volcanoes form a line, indicating a diverging plate boundary.

• Two plates are moving past each other, causing faulting and magma formation.

• Two plates are moving apart, creating new sea floor.

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