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Unit 2 Plate Motion
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1
At which type of boundary would you find a trench?
transform
convergent
divergent
transvergent
2
As evidence to support his theory of Continental Drift, Wegener posed that the continents had..
Similar Fossils
All the above
Similar Rock Formations
Similar Coastlines
3
The circled area in this image is known as a
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Volcano
Trench at a Convergent Boundary
Trench at a Divergent Boundary
4
At a Divergent Boundary, plates...
SEPARATE, and magma from the mantle comes up to fill the gap
COME TOGETHER, and one plate sinks beneath the other
COME TOGETHER, and magma from the mantle fills the gap
SEPARATE, and one plate sinks beneath the other
5
At which type of boundary could a Mid-Ocean Ridge be found?
C
A
B
None
6
At a Convergent boundary plates...
slide past each other
don't move at all
move towards each other
move away from each other
7
The "plates" that we've been discussing in class can be described as..
Same-sized pieces of the Earth's outer layer
Different-sized pieces of the Earth's outer layer
The continents
Dishware
8
Volcanic activity happens at..
Both divergent and convergent boundaries
places near the middle of plates
Convergent boundaries only
Divergent boundaries only
9
True or False- Earth's mantle is made of (soft, liquid) rock.
True
False- the correct answer should be (soft, solid)
False- the correct answer should be (hard, solid)
False- the correct answer should be (hard, liquid)
10
If you removed all of the vegetation, soil, and water from the face of the earth, you would..
Find a layer of hard, solid rock
Find the mantle
Find a layer of magma
Find water
11
Which of the following is not a way to track the speed and/or direction of plate movement?
Standing near a boundary to watch the plates move.
Analyzing the way that the continents had once fit together.
GPS
Analyzing the fossil record.
12
At a Divergent boundary plates...
move away from each other
slide past each other
don't move
move towards each other
13
This layer of hard, solid rock is known as..
Earth's outer layer.
The mantle.
The layer beneath Earth's outer layer.
A mid-ocean ridge
14
Dr. Moraga wanted to know how Mesosaurus fossils could be found on both..
South America and Antarctica
North America and South Africa
South America and Asia
None of the Above
15
Identify the shape of the cross section.
circle
triangle
rectangle or square
pentagon
16
Earthquakes happen at..
Convergent boundaries only.
Places near the middle of plates
Both divergent and convergent boundaries.
Divergent boundaries only.
17
What statement would best explain the matching mountain structure and rock type in the image?
A divergent boundary created these mountain ranges on land.
A convergent boundary is in-between these two landmasses.
These two landmasses used to be connected in some way.
None of these
