Plate Tectonics Exam Review

At a transform plate boundary the plates

• Move apart
• Moves towards eachother
• Slide sideways past each other
• All of the above

What is the force that moves the continents? 

• Conduction 
• Convection 
• Radiation 
• Conveyor belts 

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All of the continents were once part of one large continent called...

• Panacea
• Pangea
• North America
• Gondwana

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The continents move very slowly, only a few __________per year.

• meters
• kilometers
• centimeters
• miles

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The zone where one plate slides under another is called the

• Convergent zone
• Subduction zone
• Transform zone
• Mantle zone

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When looking at mid ocean ridges the oldest rocks are 

• In the middle
• Found close to the rift zone
• Found far from the mid ocean ridges

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Process by which new ocean crust forms.

• Seafloor spreading

• Continental drift

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Rift

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The OLDEST seafloor is located? 

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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Sea-floor spreading begins at the

• Deep ocean trench

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Continent's edge

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True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?

• True
• False

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