Plate Tectonics and Rock Cycle Review

The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?

• Subduction

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Volcanism

What is the 'magic' that is happening in the mantle that helps move the 'lithospheric plates'?

• Convection

• Subduction

• Seafloor Spreading

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What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Subduction

• Deep Trenches

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The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called

• erosion

• weathering

• sediments

Igneous rock is made by ________.

• eroding metamorphic rocks.

• compressing other types of rock.

• compressing fine layers of sediment.

• cooling magma either on or below the surface.

The process of ________ occurs when large landmasses move, like when Pangaea broke apart.

• plate shift

• continental drift

• land transference

• landmass movement

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You are analyzing a rock made of small rock fragments and the remains of plants and animals. What type of rock are you analyzing?

• igneous

• volcanic

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

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How do the Appalachian Mountains in North America and the Atlas Mountains in North Africa provide evidence for Pangaea?

• Neither range contained fossils prevalent near the equator.

• Both ranges are comprised of a diverse assortment of rock types.

• Neither range had rock layers similar to the mountain ranges found nearby on their own continents.

• Both ranges had similar types, ages, and sequences of rock layers, suggesting that they were formed together and then separated.

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What type of rock undergoes a transformation through high heat and pressure?

• igneous

• volcanic

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

Rocks are made up of __________ mineral(s).

• a single

• one or more

• at least two

• crystals, not

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