Review of Plate Tectonics

What geological forces might be responsible for this range of mountains?

• diverging tectonic plates

• erosion of the land by the ocean

• converging tectonic plates

• deposition of sediments by the ocean
  

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Earthquake epicenters (center of where the earthquakes started) were mapped for a 35 year period in the diagram above. The black dots indicate these epicenters. The black dots appear along what feature on Earth?

• hot spots

• plate boundaries

• rift zones

• sea floor spreading

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The Earth’s surface is not a solid surface but is divided into

• several oceanic plates.

• continental and crustal plates.
  

• seven continental plates.

• continental and oceanic plates.
  

The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was caused by a shift in two plates that pushed one section of the sea floor under another section of the sea floor by 5 meters. What type of boundary is this?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• metamorphic

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The image shows the Pacific Ring of Fire, a region of high tectonic activity. What evidence supports the theory that the tectonic activity of the region is due to the subduction of tectonic plates?

• The region is bound by many oceanic trenches.

• North America seems to be colliding with Asia at the north of the ring.

• The Asia-Pacific region is dotted by many small and large islands

• The landmasses look like they would fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
  

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What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

• the subducton of the sea floor

• the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

• convection currents in the asthenosphere

• the friction force between the plates that move past each other

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What is the name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago?

• Panthalassa

• Laurasia

• Gondwanna

• Pangaea

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There are three types of plate boundaries. Which choice is NOT a type of plate boundary?

• convergent

• thrust

• divergent

• transform

___________ currents in the Earth's asthenosphere cause plate to shift at their boundaries. This movement also causes earthquakes and volcanic activity.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• ocean

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A boundary in which 2 plates move together

• convergent

• divergent

• transform