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ST #7 Exit Ticket Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which feature would you NOT find in Yellowstone?

a)
Geysers
b)
Hot Springs
c)

Mud pots

d)

Volcanic Mountain

2.

On what boundary type do you find Iceland?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

3.

Which of the following features are created by Hot Spot activity?

Pick 2

(USE YOUR LARGE MAP)

a)

Emperor Seamounts

b)

Volcanic Islands

c)

Subduction Zones

d)

Island Arcs

4.

In 1962, Hess's theory stated that magma from the mantle oozed up at mid-ocean ridges and cooled, which ______________________.

a)

caused the tectonic plates to move.

b)

caused the tectonic plates to remain in place.

c)

caused the tectonic plates to disappear.

5.

Plate Tectonics is the theory that Earth's crust is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle. Which piece of evidence DOES NOT support this theory?

a)

age of the seafloor

b)

magnetic reversals

c)

underwater mountain ranges.

d)

video evidence of the seafloor moving

6.

The oldest rock on the ocean floor is found close to....

a)

mid-ocean ridge crests

b)
the edge of the seafloor
c)
hot spots
7.

The Continental Drift theory, proposed in 1912 by Alfred Wegener, used which of the following evidence types to explain the movement of continents.

a)

paleogeography

b)

paleontology

c)

paleoglaciation

d)

paleoclimate

8.

Magnetite (iron) crystals in the lava pointing in the direction of the magnetic field at the time it cooled and hardened is called _____________________.

a)

ridging

b)

magnetic striping

c)

subduction

d)

rifting

9.

Paleomagnetism is the study of the ancient record of the Earth's _______________ in rocks.

a)

fossils

b)

minerals

c)

magnetic field

10.

Which of the following locations is found on a Hot Spot and a divergent boundary? (USE YOUR LARGE MAP TO HELP)

a)
Iceland
b)
Yellowstone
c)

Hawaii

11.

Which of the following best describes how the Ring of Fire formed? (USE YOUR LARGE MAP TO HELP)

a)

by a hot spot and not subduction

b)

by subduction and not a hot spot

c)

at a divergent boundary and not a convergent boundary

12.

Which letter on the map marks the location with the OLDEST rock?

a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
13.
Which direction are the plates moving in order to create the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that runs through Iceland?
a)

Option 2

Option 2

b)

Option 3

Option 3

14.

Which of the following is NOT a discovery that Wegener used as Evidence to Support the Theory of Continental Drift?

a)
The way the continents appear to fit together like a puzzle
b)
Fossils of the same creatures, like the mesosaurus, on different continents
c)
Evidence of glaciers found in areas where the climate isn't cold enough for them to form
d)
Mountain ranges of the same age and rock type that line up on different continents
e)
The arctic and antarctic are covered with ice
15.

Which letter below marks the location of the oldest Hawaiian Islands?

a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
16.
Look at the pattern of magnetic stripes on the East (right) side of the ridge in the diagram below. Which of the following diagrams would be the correct pattern for the West (left) side?
a)

Option 1

Option 1

b)

Option 3

Option 3

17.

What caused the sharp bend seen in the line that makes up the Hawaiian Islands AND the Emperor seamounts ?

a)
The pacific plate moved in a different direction.
b)
Plates move in the same direction forever without changing.
c)
The pacific plate is not moving.
18.
Examine the diagram below and use the ages to determine the DIRECTION the North American Plate must be moving in order to create the caldera pattern seen at Yellowstone. (MA = Million years Ago) *Use the same process as we used in class to determine the Pacific Plate motion over the Hawaiian Hotspot.
a)

Option 2

Option 2

b)

Option 3

Option 3

c)

Option 4

Option 4