SC.7.E.6.5 Review (Plate Tectonics)

At which of the following kinds of plate boundaries does seafloor spreading occur?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Stationary

Which statement best describes the Ring of Fire?

• Active hot spots are found along its boundaries.

• Inactive hot spots are found along its boundaries.

• It is a tectonically active area that includes many volcanoes

• It is a tectonically inactive area that includes many dormant volcanoes.

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Which type of stress causes deformation that leads to earthquakes at converging plate boundaries?

• tension

• stretching

• shear stress

• compression

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Volcanoes often form at convergent plate boundaries. Which set of arrows represents a convergent plate boundary?

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• > <

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What happens at a transform tectonic plate boundary?

• Two tectonic plates pulls away from one another.

• Two tectonic plates push towards one another.

• Two tectonic plates slide against each other.

Where would you be most likely to find a trench formed?

• the convergent boundary of two oceanic crusts

• the divergent boundary of two continental crusts

• along fault lines in California

• at the subduction zone where oceanic and continental crusts converge.

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Which of the following surface events happens at all three tectonic plate boundaries?

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

• Volcanoes

• Mid-ocean ridges

Until scientists could explain how the continents were moving, Wegener’s hypothesis was not accepted. Now scientists have evidence that the continents are moving with tectonic plates. Which of the following is the main cause of the movement of tectonic plates?

• Convection currents in the mantle as hot matter rises and cooler matter sinks

• The motion of the lithosphere during earthquakes

• Ocean currents cause the continents to drift

• Volcanic activity near the plate boundaries

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Using underwater sonar, scientists create a map of the ocean floor. Data from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean reveals a large undersea mountain range. Which type of boundary caused this mid ocean ridge?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• subduction

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The Great Rift Valley in Africa is a land feature on Earth’s surface caused by the movement of crustal plates. Continued movement of the plates is gradually making the rift deeper. How are the plates around the Great Rift Valley moving?

• The plates are colliding.

• . One plate is sliding beneath a less dense plate.

• The plates are grinding against one another along a fault

• . The plates are spreading apart and moving in opposite directions.

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