Plate Tectonics Review

Aria is curious about why continents slowly drift apart and mountains form over millions of years. She learns that the movement of tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• convection currents in the Asthenosphere

• the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

• the Moho discontinuity.

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Benjamin is planning a trip to California and Sophia is visiting Japan. Both of them learn that earthquakes are a common occurrence in these places. How can this best be explained?

• The strong ocean currents are undermining both areas causing earthquakes.

• Both areas are located near the edge of the Pacific Ocean, the unstable sand causes earthquakes.

• Both areas are subjected to strong ocean wind and waves that causes earthquakes.

• Both areas are on the boundary of active plates, the motion of the plates causes earthquakes.

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While hiking near a deep ocean trench next to a high continental mountain range, Liam notices frequent earthquakes and several volcanoes in the area. He wonders what scientific theory explains the presence of these features, which occur where dense oceanic crust dives under more buoyant continental crust. All of this is further evidence for the

• big bang theory.

• theory of plate tectonics.

• origin of the species.

• theory of natural selection.
  

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Lily is studying plate tectonics for her Earth Science class. She learns that there are three types of plate boundaries. Which choice is NOT a type of plate boundary?

• convergent

• thrust

• divergent

• transform

Liam and Anika are studying a diagram of a plate boundary during their geology class. One statement BEST describes what is happening at this boundary. It is that

• the oceanic crust is melting.

• the denser oceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

• volcanic islands are forming.

• the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

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Daniel is planning a research project to predict natural disasters. He finds a map that shows tectonic plate boundaries. This map would be useful in predicting the location of future

• droughts

• hurricanes

• earthquakes

• tornadoes

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While hiking through a range of mountains, Evelyn wonders what geological forces might be responsible for their formation. What geological forces might be responsible for this range of mountains?

• diverging tectonic plates

• erosion of the land by the ocean

• converging tectonic plates

• deposition of sediments by the ocean
  

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Daniel is studying a map that shows earthquake epicenters (center of where the earthquakes started) over a 35 year period. The black dots on the map indicate these epicenters. Daniel notices that the black dots appear along a certain feature on Earth. What feature is this?

• hot spots

• plate boundaries

• rift zones

• sea floor spreading

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Mason is learning about the structure of the Earth in his science class. His teacher explains that the Earth’s surface is not a solid surface but is divided into

• several oceanic plates.

• continental and crustal plates.
  

• seven continental plates.

• continental and oceanic plates.
  

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While studying a map of Earth's tectonic plates, Anika noticed that earthquakes seem to happen most often along certain lines where the plates meet. These concentrated areas of seismic activity coincide with __________ and provide evidence for the theory of ___________ .

• mountain ranges; fault zones.

• continental borders; supercontinents.

• plate boundaries; plate tectonics

• areas of liquid magma; sea floor spreading.
  

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