Earth Science Semester 2 Exam Practice

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed approximately 335 million years ago?

• Gondwana

• Pangaea

• Laurasia

• Rodinia

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Explain how the movement of tectonic plates can lead to the formation of mountains.

• Tectonic plates move apart, creating space for mountains to form.

• Tectonic plates collide, causing the crust to buckle and form mountains.

• Tectonic plates slide past each other, creating friction that forms mountains.

• Tectonic plates sink into the mantle, pushing up mountains.

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Which type of plate boundary is most commonly associated with earthquakes?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone

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Describe the process of sea-floor spreading.

• New oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges and slowly moves away from the ridge.

• Oceanic crust is destroyed at mid-ocean ridges and replaced by continental crust.

• Oceanic crust is pushed under continental crust at subduction zones.

• Oceanic crust is formed at transform boundaries and moves laterally.

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What is the primary cause of tectonic plate movement?

• Gravitational pull from the moon

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Earth's rotation

• Solar radiation

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Identify the type of plate boundary where two plates are moving towards each other.

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Passive margin

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How do tectonic plates affect the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes around the world?

• Earthquakes and volcanoes are randomly distributed and not related to tectonic plates.

• Earthquakes and volcanoes are primarily found at plate boundaries due to plate interactions.

• Earthquakes occur at plate boundaries, while volcanoes are found in the middle of plates.

• Volcanoes are found at plate boundaries, while earthquakes occur in the middle of plates.

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What is the term for the process by which one tectonic plate is forced under another?

• Subduction

• Divergence

• Convergence

• Transformation

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Hypothesis that the continents moved to their present positions.

• Paleomagnetism

• Transform Theory

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

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Which of the following was NOT a piece of evidence Wegener found to support his hypothesis?

• debris from glaciers in southern Africa

• mountains of similar age in North America and Scotland

• tracks of continents plowing through ocean floor rock

• identical Mesosaurus fossils in South America and Africa

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