Unit 6 & 7 Forces that Change the Earths Surface and Weather

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

• set of seismology readings from 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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A section of a topographic map is shown below.  What is the difference in elevation in meters between Point X and Point Y on the map?

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New ocean crust continuously forms ​ ​​ _________________.

• Near deep-ocean trenches

• where sediment is thickest

• at areas of low tide

• at mid-ocean ridges

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The dark lines on the map below represent locations where there is higher levels of volcanic activity.  Based on your knowledge of the earth, explain why there would be volcanos in these regions. 

(a)  

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Paul's favorite television show is a nature program called Volcano Hunters. Each week, a team of geologists 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 tectonic plates meet

• Near the North or South Poles

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Select all the correct answers.

A river area is shown on the topographic map. Four riverbank areas are labeled on the map.

Which two riverbanks are the steepest? click on BOTH answers for credit.

• W, X

• X, Y

• W, Z

• Y, Z

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 directions of the arrows as shown. The students model best demonstrates a/an (a)   .

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A topographic image of the Alpine Fault in New Zealand is shown below. The Alpine Fault is a transform fault where two continental plates, the Indo-Australian plate and Pacific plate, push against one another. The constant pushing of these plates has caused —

• the land to become flat and even.

• the land to separate into two distinct continents.

• a series of islands to develop.

• a mountain range to develop.

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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 one another.

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A student stands at the point marked X on the topographic map below.  What height in meters must the student climb in order to reach the top of the hill?

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(a)