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WorksheetsChapter 10
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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1.
How does sediment that is closer to a mid-ocean ridge compare to sediment that is farther away?
a)
it is larger
b)
it is smaller
c)
it is older
d)
it is younger
2.
Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift was finally confirmed by ___.
a)
fossils from the same reptile found on two continents.
b)
evidence supporting the idea of sea-floor spreading.
c)
continental coastlines that fit together.
d)
the formation of mountain ranges such as the Andes.
3.
The Himalaya Mountains were formed in a collision at a ___.
a)
divergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
fracture zone
4.
An example of a transform boundary is the ___.
a)
San Andreas Fault in California
b)
Nazca plate on the west coast of South America
c)
Eurasian plate at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
island arc of Japan
5.
The theory that explains why and how continents move is called ___.
a)
continental drift
b)
paleomagnetism
c)
plate tectonics
d)
sea-floor spreading
6.
A terrane becomes part of a continent in a process called ___.
a)
rifting
b)
converging
c)
slab pull
d)
accretion
7.
What occurs at a transform boundary?
a)
Oceanic lithosphere collides with continental lithosphere.
b)
Magma rises to the surface and forms a mid-ocean ridge.
c)
Two plates slide past each other horizontally.
d)
Two plate collide and crumple.
8.
Folded mountains form ___.
a)
when a state of isostasy occurs
b)
when continents collide
c)
when continents diverge
d)
after huge earthquakes
9.
When the oceanic and continental lithosphere collide, ___.
a)
the oceanic plate subducts
b)
the continental plate subducts
c)
their momentum stops each other
d)
they reach isostasy
10.
What is subduction?
a)
one plate collides with another
b)
one plate destroys another
c)
one plate goes beneath another
d)
one plate divides another
11.
When oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath oceanic lithosphere, ___.
a)
a fissure will form
b)
aa lava is produced
c)
an island arc forms
d)
more lithosphere is produced
12.
An area of volcanic activity far from a tectonic plate boundary is called a(n) ___.
a)
hot spot
b)
cone
c)
island arc
d)
mantle plume
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