Topic 4 QUIZIZZ

1. The Atlantic Ocean gets about 3-5 ______ wider each year.

• centimeters
• meters
• kilometers
• miles

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2. What was Pangaea? When did it form and when did it break apart? It was....

• a large ocean basin that opened in the Triassic and closed in the Paleocene
• the supercontinent that formed in the late Paleozoic Era (300-250 mya) and broke apart in the Mesozoic Era (200-170 mya)
• the huge mountain range formed when Africa pushed northward into Europe in Eocene time
• a large, Precambrian shield area of Africa and South America that broke apart early in the Proterozoic

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3. Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

• The oceanic crust is melting at a divergent boundary, forming a trench and volcanic island arc.
• The oceanic plate is subducting under the continental crust at a convergent boundary, forming a continental volcanic arc.
• The tectonic plates are moving away from each other at a convergent boundary, forming folded mountains.
• The oceanic plate is subducting under the continental crust at a divergent boundary, forming a volcanic island arc.

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4. In the diagram of the ocean basin, where is the oldest oceanic crust found?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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5. The convection currents of the mantle are the main cause of movement of what part of the Earth?

• atmosphere
• core
• crust / lithosphere
• oceans

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6. The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

• convection currents in Earth's mantle, causing tectonic plates to move because the asthenosphere is slowly moving.
• the gravity of the iron-nickel core, causing the lithosphere to move slowly as a result.
• plates slowly expanding and growing larger due to the process of conduction that occurs in the outer core.
• landforms causing them to move in different directions.

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7. Ocean trenches are most often formed when

• two oceanic plates undergo the process of sea-floor spreading.
• an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate or a younger, less-dense oceanic plate during subduction.
• two oceanic plates grind past each other along transform faults.
• two oceanic plates hit each other causing both plates to rise up, creating a mountain.

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

• diverging tectonic plates
• converging tectonic plates
• erosion of the land by the ocean
• deposition of sediments by the ocean

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9. Where are earthquakes MOST LIKELY to occur?

• close to the equator
• along coastal regions
• close to the center of tectonic plates
• along the boundaries of tectonic plates

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10. Seafloor spreading is a phenomenon that occurs at mid-oceanic ridges, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Seafloor spreading could be one reason...

• the continents are drifting apart.
• all earthquakes have their epicenters in oceans.
• most active volcanoes are found in the Atlantic Ocean.
• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the longest mountain range in the world.

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