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WorksheetsPlate tetonics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?
Glaciers
Fossils
Mountains
Sand Erosion
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
New crust is underwater where it sinks
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How do folded mountains form?
Folded mountains occur when two plates of the Earth's crust push against each other
Folded mountains occur when two plates of the Earth's crust separate
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Folded mountains are the result of many volcanoes erupting all at the same time
Sequence the seafloor features as you move from the shoreline outward into the ocean
continental slope - abyssal plain - mid-ocean ridge
continental shelf - continental slope - abyssal plain
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continental shelf - continental slope - mid-ocean ridge
Why does the continental crust rise higher than the oceanic crust?
The oceanic crust is younger
Because I told it to
The continental crust is less dense
The oceanic crust is made up of primarily granite
Which of the following choices is not evidence supporting the theory of plate tectonics?
fossil assemblages
the jigsaw puzzle-like fit of the continents
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ancient cave drawing found in France
If subduction occurs beneath the continental crust a(n) _____________ is formed. If subduction occurs beneath the oceanic lithosphere, a(n) __________ is formed.
volcanic arc, island arc
transform fault, transform arc
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island arc, volcanic arc
Sedimentary rocks found high in the Himalayan Mountains contain fossils of clams, sea snails, and other ocean life forms. What does this tell us about the Himalayan Mountains?
The plates that formed these mountains were once under an ocean
There was once a large salt water lake on top of the mountains
Animals, that now live on the mountains, once lived under water
Pangea
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
Earthquakes
wAtEr bOtTle
underwater mountain ranges
volcanoes
Subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Islands
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The area where two tectonic plates meet.
focus
convection
mantle
plate boundary
Which layer has convection currents?
Inner core
Outer core
Mantle
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What are the two types of crust
Ocean and upper
lower and upper
continental and oceanic
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The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?
divergent
transform
continent to continent convergent
ocean to continent convergent
Which of these events can only happen on a divergent boundary????????
A peninsula
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Mountain
Rift Valley
Which of these natural phenomena can abruptly change the nature of the soil on Earth’s surface?
an earthquake
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a volcanic eruption
a lightning strike
The subduction that occurred in Virginia’s Piedmont region MOST LIKELY created
volcanoes
cAtS
the Atlantic Ocean
fossils
The huge cracks in the earth and slumps that also happen are the result of what catastrophic event?
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landslide
earthquake
tsunami
Select which of these pieces of evidence did NOT help in the development of the theory of plate tectonics?
Similar fossil evidence has been found on continents separated by great distances
Most earthquakes and volcanoes occur along distinct lines around the world
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No mountains in the world are increasing in size
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