Earth Science: Chapter 8 - Earth Dynamics Review Test

Question 1

The tallest and deepest landforms are created at plate boundaries.

Accepted Answer

yes

Question 2

Metamorphic rocks formed below the surface sometimes can be located near the tops of mountains.

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 3

What term refers to the equilibrium between continental crust and the denser mantle below it?

Accepted Answer

isostasy

Question 4

What term describes the curved line of volcanic islands that forms parallel to plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

volcanic arc

Question 5

When large regions rise vertically with very little deformation, what type of mountains form?

Accepted Answer

uplifted mountains

Question 6

Which landform is associated with tension stress?

Accepted Answer

valley

Question 7

Which term refers to a change in the shape of rock caused by stress?

Accepted Answer

strain

Question 8

Which term describes the place where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other?

Accepted Answer

transform faults

Question 9

Which type of mountains are parallel ridges that form where blocks of crust move up at faults?

Accepted Answer

fault-block mountains

Question 10

Which of these has been flattened by millions of years of weathering and erosion?

Accepted Answer

plains

Question 11

What is the downward vertical motion of Earth’s surface called?

Accepted Answer

subsidence

Question 12

New landforms are created only at plate boundaries.

Accepted Answer

no

Question 13

What type of stress is shown?

Accepted Answer

compression

Question 14

Which of these can affect mountain ranges?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 15

What kind of strain creates a permanent change in shape?

Accepted Answer

plastic strain

Question 16

Sediments eroded from mountains accumulate in which of these?

Accepted Answer

basins

Question 17

What is the term for a long, tall mountain range that forms where oceanic plates diverge?

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridge

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