Review for unit 2 quiz

The Four Spheres of Earth

• are all connected
• have nothing to do with one another
• exist on Venus and Mars
• don't affect human life

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What type of plate boundary is shown in diagram?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Tectonic

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This is considered as the fastest kind of seismic waves.

• Surface waves

• Body waves

• P waves (primary waves)

• S waves (secondary waves)

Principle that Earth's processes occurring today are similar to those that occurred in the past

• unconformities

• uniformitariansim

• superposition

• catastrophism

The OLDEST seafloor is located?

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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The OLDEST seafloor is located?

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

When two continental plates converge (collide) what type of crustal feature is formed?

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Subduction Zone

• Rift Valley

• Folded Mountains

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Which of the following discoveries is evidence supporting the idea of continental drift?

• the discovery of matching plant and animal fossils found on different continents

• the discovery that most earthquakes are near plate boundaries

• the discovery that rock age increases as distance from mid-ocean ridges increases

• the discovery of sea-floor rock patterns to magnetic reverals

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A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another
• at every type of convergent plate boundary
• at every type of divergent plate boundary
• at transform boundaries

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What happens when two oceanic plates move apart from each other?

• A mid-ocean ridge forms
• An underwater volcano forms
• An underwater trench forms
• An oceanic plate subducts a continental plate

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