Plate Tectonics, Mountain Building, Topographic Maps Quiz

Class Period:

• 2
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A syncline is ______________.

• circular or or elongated rock layers
• an area of upfolded rock layers
• an area of downfolded rock layers
• fractures or breaks in the rocks

The four main types of mountains are ___________.

• syncline, anticline, strike-slip, and basin
• symmetrical, asymmetrical, basin, and dome
• compression, tension, folded, and shearing
• folded, volcanic, upwarped, and fault block

Stress forces on rock units cause 3 main types of deformations called _______________.

• compression, tension and shearing
• folds, faults and joints
• fault blocks, synclines, and basins
• folded, volcanic and fault block

This type of mountain usually happens at convergent boundaries.

• Folded mountains
• Fault block mountains
• Volcanic mountains
• Upwarped mountains

Choose the constructive plate boundary process from the descriptions below.

• a trench is formed underwater and volcanoes are formed on land
• an arc of islands is formed
• the mid ocean ridge is formed
• mountains are formed

Island arcs like the Aleutian islands form at ___________.

• Oceanic / continental convergent plate boundaries
• Continental/ Continental convergent plate boundaries
• Oceanic / Oceanic divergent plate boundaries
• Continental / continental divergent plate boundaries
• Oceanic / Oceanic convergent plate boundaries

The continental and oceanic plates move on top of the mantle due to ________.

• convection
• subduction
• conduction
• collision

Mantle Plumes are caused by heat __________.

• conduction within the mantle
• radiation within the mantle
• convection within the mantle
• subduction of tectonic plates into the mantle

The largest and most complex mountain systems are a result of this type of mountain building.

• fault block
• folded
• strike-slip
• volcanic