Earth Unit Test Review

The San Andreas Fault in California is where two tectonic plates slide against each other creating as an active earthquake area. What type of

boundary is it?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Transform

• Sea Floor Spreading

This rock started as molten magma at the mid-ocean ridge where sea-floor spreading takes place. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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What happens during sea-floor spreading?

• metamorphic rock forms from sediment on the ocean floor

• igneous rock forms from magma rising and being cooled and crystalized

• igneous rock being deposited, compacted, and cemented on the ocean floor

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Geological formations that are located in different parts of the world but made up of materials that are the same age & come from the same source, are considered evidence of which of the following?

• erosion
• plate tectonics
• global warming
• destruction of natural resources

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The slow-moving convection currents in the mantle are responsible for what events? Choose 3.

• heat

• diverging and converging

• subduction of plates

• plate movements

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Study the diagram. Which convection current would create this type of boundary?

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This type of convection current would most likely be responsible for which events? Choose 2.

• sea-floor spreading

• ocean trench formation

• rift valley

• earthquakes

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An ocean trench is created at what types of boundaries? Choose 2.

• divergent: land diverging from land

• divergent: ocean diverging from ocean

• convergent: land colliding with land

• convergent: land colliding with ocean

• convergent: ocean colliding with ocean

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Choose all the evidence that supports that the continents today were once joined together. Choose all that apply.

• Mountains on different continents were similar in age and rock type and seem to "line-up".

• Evidence of glaciers breaking apart from a single point.

• Evidence of glaciers in tropical/warm locations.

• Fossils of the same kind found of separated continents.

• Coal and fossils of tropical plants found in cold regions.

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Fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) are created slowly over time in what type of climates?

• warm, tropical with lots of plants and animals

• cold, dry desert areas with lots of erosion

• cold, wet areas with few plants and animals

• Ice-covered areas

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