EARTH SCIENCE

1. What is the type of plate boundary where two plates move together, causing one of the slabs of lithosphere to descend into the mantle beneath an overriding plate?

• oceanic-continental convergent

• divergent

• transform fault

• continental-continental convergent

Which one of the following was NOT used as support of Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis?

• fossil evidence

• Paleomagnetism

• the fit of South America and Africa

• ancient climates

At what type of plate boundary do plates move apart,

resulting in the up welling of material from the mantle to

create new seafloor?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform fault

• Subduction

What is the weaker, hotter zone beneath the lithosphere that allows for motion of Earth’s rigid outer shell?

• Crust

• Asthenosphere

• outer core

• inner core

Most of Earth’s earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building occur

• in the center of continents

• in the himalayas

• at plate boundaries

• at volcanic island arcs

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Alfred Wegener is best known for what hypothesis?

• plate tectonics

• seafloor spreading

• continental drift

• subduction

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A giant "supercontinent" that existed 300 million years ago was called:

• Asia

• Pangaea

• Antartica

• Pacific

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Which theory states that the Earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that move by convection currents in the mantle?

• Continental Drift Theory

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Big Bang Theory

• Theory of Evolution

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Which of the following correctly describes how the two tectonic plates are moving?

• One plate is sinking under the other.

• They are moving toward each other.

• They are moving away from each other.

• Subduction is occurring.

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What type of boundary does this picture represent?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Subduction

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