Plate Tectonics

Which statement is true regarding the age of rock and mid-ocean ridges?

• Rock furthest from the ridge is older than rock closest to the ridge.

• Rock furthest from the ridge is newer than rock closest to the ridge.

• Rock furthest from the ridge is the same age as rock closest to the ridge.

• The age of rock and mid-ocean ridges have nothing in common.

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Tectonic plates are made of

• parts of Earth's lithosphere and asthenosphere.

• the continental and oceanic crust and the rigid, upper mantle.

• continental crust and oceanic crust only.

• the very top of the mantle and part of the asthensophere.

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The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is known as the

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• crust

• lithosphere

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Identify the type of plate boundary illustrated.

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

• Seafloor Spreading

What scientific theory states that the continents drifted apart over hundreds of millions of years?

• Continental Drift

• Evolution

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

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Identify the type of plate boundary illustrated.

• Convergent

• Transform

• Divergent

• Seafloor Spreading

Island arcs, like the islands of Japan, form when two

• oceanic plates converge.

• continental plates converge.

• oceanic plates scrape past each other.

• continental plates scrape past each other.

Which events occur at tectonic plate boundaries?

• earthquakes

• volcanoes

• mountain formation

• all answer choices

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What does this picture illustrate?

• subduction at a deep ocean trench

• seafloor spreading at a mid-ocean ridge

• diverging continental crust

• converging of continental crust

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What causes the tectonic plates to move?

• radiation currents in the core

• convection currents on the crust

• convection currents in the mantle

• conduction currents in the mantle

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