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WorksheetsEarth Science Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
What evidence can we use to determine a newer rock layer?
It is horizontally-oriented.
it will be the bottom layer
it will not be flat
it will cut through the other layers
The mid-ocean ridge occurs along a
convergent boundary where new crust is formed
transform boundary where crust is subducted
divergent boundary where sea floor spreading takes place
divergent boundary where subduction takes place
What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together, causing one plate to descend into the
mantle beneath the other plate?
transform fault boundary
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
transitional boundary
A divergent boundary at two continental plates can result in a ____.
rift valley
volcanic island arc
continental volcanic arc
subduction zone
Forces that changes rock shape or volume is called
tension
compression
stress
strain
Reverse faults have __________________ and folding that formed the Alps and Himalayas.
tension
compression
stress
Strike-slip fault has a ______________________ boundary.
divergent
convergent
transform
faulting
The San Andreas Fault is an example of a reverse fault.
true
false
Type of fold: downfolds or troughs
anticlines
synclines
monoclines
benchmarks
