Systems Earthquake quiz review 2024

What hypothesis states that the continents were once joined to form a single supercontinent and continue to move?

• paleomagnetism

• seafloor spreading

• Reverse pole movement

• Continental Drift

According to the theory of plate tectonics,

• The mantle is divided into plates

• The crust is divided into plates

• The mantle is rigid and non moving

• The crust amalgamates with the mantle.

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What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producing crust?

• transform fault boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

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

• the San Andreas Fault

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Himalyans

• the East African Rift valley

New ocean crust is formed at

• transform fault boundaries.

• continental volcanic arcs.

• convergent boundaries.

• divergent boundaries.

An example of a divergent plate boundary on continental crust would be

• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

• East Pacific Rise.

• Himalayas

• the East African Rift Valley.

17. What process is illustrated by the area labeled G in the picture

• seafloor spreading

• continental volcanism

• rifting

• subduction

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What type of plate boundary is illustrated in the picture?

• transform fault boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent oceanic-oceanic boundary

• convergent oceanic-continental boundary

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True or False, The deeper you go into the planet, the denser the materials will become.

• True

• False

Which of the following does NOT occur at a subduction zone?

• Oceanic crust is pushed down into the mantle.

• A continental plate moves over an oceanic plate.

• The leading edges of both plates are bent upward.

• One oceanic plate moves beneath another oceanic plate.

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