Review for Unit 6 Forces that Change the Earth 1st

One of their main sources of data evidencing continental drift theory is a-

• set of seismology readings for deep sea trenches

• set of surveys showing the distribution of island arcs

• group of samples of new oceanic crust from ocean basins

• large group of similar plant and animal fossils

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New ocean crust continuously forms:

• where sediment is thickest

• at mid-ocean ridges

• near deep-ocean trenches

• at areas of low tide

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What is the difference in elevation in meters between point X and point Y on the map?

(a)  

What kind of landforms would you expect to find along the lines?

• volcanoes

• dunes

• glaciers

• deltas

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Most of the Earth's volcanoes are formed by

• meteorites that strike continental plates

• the meeting or separation of continental plates

• water evaporating on continental plates

• the melting of ice on continental plates

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Paul's favorite television show is a nature program called

Volcano Hunters. Each week, a team of geologist travels to a different volcano to try to film an eruption. Where would the team most likely find an active volcano?

• where earth's crust is the thickest

• anywhere along the equator

• where two tectonics plates meet

• near the north or south poles

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A teacher asks students to make a model of a transform plate boundary. The students use blocks to represent tectonic plates and slide the blocks past each other in the direction of the arrows as shown.

• an earthquake

• a volcanic eruption

• formation of a rift valley

• building up of a mountain

Which two riverbanks are the steepest?

• w and x

• y and z

• x and y

• w and z

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How does a continental plate demonstrate Newton's law of inertia?

• A continental plate will continue to move until it crashes into or slide against another continental plate

• A continental plate will continue to move until it travels back to its original location on Earth's surface

• A continental plate will continue to move until it melts into molten rock from the heat of the Sun.

• A continental plate will continue to move until it cracks from the pressure applied by Earth's atmosphere

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Magma rises to become new oceanic crust where

• one plate grinds against another plate

• two plates separate and move apart from one another

• one plate splits into two distinct plates

• two plates meet and collide with on another

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