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Plate Tectonics Review II
Plate Tectonics Review II
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Student will review boundaries, features and evidences for plate tectonics.
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1
The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located...
on the north and south poles
at mid-ocean ridges
near volcanoes
near continents
2
Where is a divergent boundary?
N. American & Eurasian
N. American & Pacific Plate
S. American & African Plate
S. American Plate & Nazca Plate
3
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4
This diagram shows a(n)...
hot spot
rift valley
convection current
mid-ocean ridge
5
Continental drift is support by the presence of the same ____________ on several continents.
all choices
puzzle like shapes
fossils
mountain ranges
6
What features form on point B?
trench
mountains
volcanoes
all of the above
7
The name of the supercontinent formed is...
Pangaea
Gondwanaland
Laurasia
Kiliua
8
What process is this diagram showing?
radioactive decay
sea-floor spreading
subduction
convection
9
The type of boundary that forms a subduction zone is...
transform
hot spot
divergent
convergent
10
What type of boundary is forming at point A in this diagram?
hot spot
transform
divergent
convergent
11
What type of boundary is forming at point B in this diagram?
transform
divergent
hot spot
convergent
12
The idea that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called....
continental slope
convection
magnetic reversal
continental drift
13
Mid-ocean ridges form at..
convergent boundaries
transform boundaries
divergent boundaries
hot spots
14
Fossils, mountain ranges and puzzle like shapes of land masses are evidences for...
Plate Tectonics
Sea-floor Spreading
Continental Drift
Magnetic Reversal
15
What features form on point A?
trench
hot spot
old ocean floor
mid-ocean ridge
16
Plate move apart at _________________boundaries.
transform
divergent
convergent
hot spot
17
The boundary between two plates moving together result in...
old ocean floor
mid-ocean ridge
trenches
hot spots
18
Plate motion is caused by...
subduction
fusion
radioactive decay
convection
19
Old ocean floor melts at a..
subduction zones
magnetic poles
mid-ocean ridges
hot spots
20
Plates slide past each other resulting in ...
volcanoes
mountains
hot spots
earthquakes
21
Which of the following is used as evidence of seafloor spreading?
climate records
fossils of extinct animals
magnetic pole reversals
rock layers in the ocean
22
Where is a transform boundary?
S. American Plate & Nazca Plate
N. American & Pacific Plate
N. American & Eurasian
S. American & African Plate
23
Magnetic reversals, island arcs, trenches, and mid-ocean ridges are evidences for...
continental drift
plate tectonics
seafloor spreading
radioactive decay
24
Where is a convergent boundary?
S. American Plate & Nazca Plate
N. American & Eurasian
S. American & African Plate
N. American & Pacific Plate
25
The layer of earth made of liquid iron and nickel is...
inner core
mantle
crust
outer core
26
The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's...
core
continents
lithosphere
asthenosphere
