Unit 3 Exam Practice

What is the name of the supercontinent that Wegner proposed in his theory of continental drift?

• Pangea

• Mesosaura

• Africana

• Panthalassa

Which of the following was evidence that Wegner used for his theory of continental drift?

• the magnetic orientation of the rocks on the continents

• major river flow on different continents that match

• land bridges that still exist between the continents

• fossils of the same organisms that were found on different continents

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According to the plate tectonic theory, a plate is

• continental rock material only

• oceanic lithosphere only

• both continental and oceanic lithosphere

• both continental and oceanic asthenosphere

Along a transform fault boundary.....

• new oceanic crust is formed

• oceanic lithosphere is destroyed

• lithosphere is neither destroyed or produced

• new continental crust is formed

Which of the following is a geographic example of a transform fault boundary?

• the East African Rift valley

• the San Andreas Fault

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• the Andes Mountain range

A divergent boundary can result in a

• continental volcanic arc

• subduction zone

• rift valley

• volcanic island arc

At a divergent plate boundary

• new ocean crust is formed

• a rift valley forms

• large mountains form on either side of the rift valley

• all of these answers are correct

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At a convergent ocean to ocean plate boundary......

• a subduction zone forms

• new ocean crust forms

• a rift valley forms

• large underwater mountains form

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What type of plate boundary is illustrated here?

• ocean to ocean plate boundary

• ocean to continent plate boundary

• continent to continent plate bounary

• transform plate boundary

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What type of plate boundary is illustrated here?

• ocean to ocean plate boundary

• ocean to continent plate boundary

• continent to continent plate bounary

• transform plate boundary

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