Earth Science Fall Semester Review - Constructive Geology

Question 1

The layer of plastic rock that underlies the tectonic plates is the

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asthenosphere

Question 2

Continental - continental plate collisions create

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island arcs

Question 3

The rocky hard part of the Earth is considered the

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geosphere

Question 4

An underwater mountain chain that formed by sea-floor spreading is called a

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mid-ocean ridge

Question 5

The accumulation of sediments at the base of the continental slop is called the

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continental rise

Question 6

The parts of the ocean floor that are made of continental crust are called

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continental margins

Question 7

the region along tectonic plate boundaries where one plate moves beneath another is called a

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subduction zone

Question 8

A possible explanation for a scientific problem is called a(n)

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hypothesis

Question 9

New ocean floor is constantly being produced through a process known as

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sea-floor spreading

Question 10

Support for Wegner's hypothesis of continental drift includes evidence of changes in

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climatic patterns

Question 11

Convection occurs because heated material becomes

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less dense and rises

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