Chapter 5- Plate Tectonics

Which statement is NOT true about Iceland?

• The Mid-Ocean Ridge runs through it

• It is getting bigger every year

• It is located in the Pacific Ocean

• It is located at a divergent plate boundary

• In geological time, it is a relatively young island

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Which layer of earth is the arrow pointing to?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

The Peru-Chile Trench runs along the coast of South America, where an oceanic plate is being subducted under a continental plate.

Which of the following would you expect to find parallel to the trench?

• Volanoes

• Another Trench

• A Mid-Ocean Ridge

• A Hot Spot

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The North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate meet in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. They are .....

• colliding

• separating

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Which layer is made of basalt and granite?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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In which of these locations would you expect the rocks of the seafloor to be the youngest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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True or False: The red dots on this map are showing the locations of deep sea trenches.

• True

• False

Which has the highest density?

• Granite

• Basalt

• Magma

Which of the following best describes the island of Maui?

• It will continue to get larger from lava flow for at least another 100 million years

• It will eventually erode and sink back into the ocean and not much of it will remain in another 20 million years

• It will begin to get larger in about 20 million years when it is back over the hot spot

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Mariana Trench?

• it's in the Atlantic Ocean

• It is around 6 miles deep

• The deepest point is called the Challenger Deep

• Only specialized submarine can reach to the bottom

• It is a result of plate tectonics

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