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Chapter 7 Vocab Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Continents slowly moved over Earth's surface.

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Pangea

c)

Tectonic Plate Theory

d)

Sea-floor spreading

2.

"___________" is the name given to the single landmass that began to break apart about 300 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.

a)

Pangea

b)

Tectonic Plate Theory

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Subduction

3.

A ____________ is any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.

a)

Fossil

b)

Artifact

c)

Antique

d)

Crystals

4.

___________ is an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.

a)

Mid-ocean ridges

b)

Deep-ocean trenches

c)

Subduction

d)

Seafloor spreading

5.
___________ is the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
a)
Seafloor spreading
b)
Deep-ocean trenches
c)
Subduction
d)
Mid-ocean ridges
6.
__________ is a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
a)
Subduction
b)
Mid-ocean ridges
c)
Seafloor spreading
d)
Deep-ocean trenches
7.

_____________ is the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle.

a)

Subduction

b)

Seafloor spreading

c)

Deep-ocean trenches

d)

Mid-ocean ridges

8.

____________ is a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the layer beneath it, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.

a)

Fault

b)

Plate

c)

Stress

d)

Plate tectonic

9.

__________ are plates that move apart.

a)

Divergent boundaries

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Transform plate boundary

d)

Tension

10.

____________ are plates that come together.

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Divergent boundaries

c)

Transform plate boundary

d)

Compression

11.

__________ are plates that slide past each other.

a)

Transform plate boundary

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Divergent boundaries

d)

Shearing

12.

____________ plates are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.

a)

Plate tectonics

b)

Continental drift

c)

Seafloor spreading

d)

Pangea

13.
_____________ is the soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Asthenosphere
14.

_____________ is the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid (liquids and gases).

a)

Convection

b)

Conservation

c)

Conjunction

d)

Contraction

15.

___________ is the upward movement of warm fluid and the downward movement of cool fluid.

a)

Convection currents

b)

Tidal currents

c)

Air currents

d)

Wave currents

16.
____________ is a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.
a)
Gravity
b)
Stress
c)
Fault
d)
Plate boundary
17.
____________ is stress that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle.
a)
Tension
b)
Compression
c)
Shearing
d)
Divergent
18.
____________ is the stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
a)
Compression
b)
Tension
c)
Shearing
d)
Convergent
19.
___________ is the stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions.
a)
Shearing
b)
Tension
c)
Compression
d)
Strike-slip
20.
___________ is a break in the rock of the crust where rock surfaces slip past each other.
a)
Fault
b)
Normal Fault
c)
Reverse Fault
d)
Strike-slip Fault
21.
______________ is a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust.
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Strike-slip Fault
c)
Reverse Fault
d)
Fault
22.

______________ is the same structure as a normal fault, but the blocks move in the reverse direction.

a)

Normal Fault

b)

Strike-slip Fault

c)

Reverse Fault

d)

Fault

23.
______________ is a type of fault in which rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up or down motion.
a)
Strike-slip Fault
b)
Reverse Fault
c)
Fault
d)
Normal Fault
24.
_____________ is a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level.
a)
Valley
b)
Plateau
c)
Mountain
d)
Deep-ocean trench
25.
_____________ is the hole left when a volcano collapses.
a)
Cinder cone
b)
Caldera
c)
Shield volcano
d)
Composite volcano
26.

______________ is a steep, cone-shaped hill or small mountain made of volcanic ash, cinders, and bombs piled up around a volcano's opening.

a)

Cinder cone

b)

Caldera

c)

Shield volcano

d)

Composite volcano

27.

_________ are tall, cone-shaped mountains in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash.

a)

Cinder cones

b)

Calderas

c)

Shield volcanoes

d)

Composite volcanoes

28.
_______________ is a wide, gently sloping mountain made of layers of lava and formed by quiet eruptions.
a)
Cinder cone
b)
Caldera
c)
Shield volcano
d)
Composite volcano
29.

___________ forms when magma hardens in a volcano's pipe and the surrounding rock later wears away.

a)

Sill

b)

Dike

c)

Volcanic Neck

d)

Batholith

30.
____________ is a slab of volcanic rock formed when magma forces itself across rock layers.
a)
Batholith
b)
Sill
c)
Dike
d)
Volcanic neck
31.
_____________ is a slab of volcanic rock formed when magma squeezes between layers of rock.
a)
Batholith
b)
Sill
c)
Dike
d)
Volcanic neck
32.
_____________ is a mass of rock formed when a large body of magma cools inside the crust.
a)
Batholith
b)
Sill
c)
Dike
d)
Volcanic neck