7.10AB - Test Review - AI

A student has cut up a world map and is putting the continents together like a puzzle. What is the student trying to form?

• The lost continent of Atlantis

• Proof of the Big Bang Theory

• The supercontinent of Pangaea

• The proper alignment of the tectonic plates

Which of the following statements best explains why earthquakes occur more frequently in California than in Texas?

• California is located on the boundary of two tectonic plates, while Texas is not.

• The rock found in California is igneous, while the rock found in Texas is sedimentary.

• California is located on an oceanic plate, while Texas is located on a continental plate.

• California is located on the opposite side of the same tectonic plate as Texas.

Look at the provided map. Based on the map, what evidence best supports the Theory of Continental Drift?

• The shape of the super continent

• The discovery of fossils across continents

• The sea floor spreading between South America and Africa

• The size of the African continent

Scientists observe that arcs of volcanoes and volcano islands are forming in the ocean. What tectonic activity is taking place?

• Two oceanic tectonic plates are converging and one is subducting

• Two tectonic plates are transforming

• A plate of oceanic crust is building mountains with a plate on continental crust

• Two tectonic plates are diverging

A scientist found fossils of the same tropical fern in Africa, Antarctica, and Australia. What conclusion can the scientist make?

• The continents were once together and now have moved away from each other.

• The fern can live in any climate.

• Birds who eat the ferns also live in Africa

Scientists have discovered that rocks collected from the Franklin Mountains in West Texas and rocks collected from mountains in eastern Antarctica were exactly the same age. Research also showed chemical and geological similarity of the rocks and that they came from the same magma source. This discovery shows evidence of:

• glacial scarring

• plate tectonics

• ocean currents

• coastal erosion

Look at the diagram below. A geologist studying the bottom of the ocean collected samples of rock. Identical rock at positions two and three were found on both sides of the ridge. What is this evidence of?

• Climate Change

• Mountain Building

• Volcanoes forming

• Seafloor Spreading

A tectonic plate of oceanic crust is colliding with a plate of continental crust. What type of crustal features may form?

• A mid-ocean ridge

• Volcanic mountain range

• A mountain range with no volcanoes

• A rift valley

The model below shows two continental plates. The folded mountains in this model form at which plate boundary?

• A. Divergent Boundary

• B. Transform Boundary

• C. Convergent Boundary with Subduction

• D. Convergent Boundary

Which landform(s) would most likely appear at the boundary of these two plates?

• Faults and crumbling of rock structures under the water

• Volcanic eruptions creating volcanic island arcs

• Flat ocean floor with little or no elevation changes

• Mid-ocean ridges and sea floor spreading