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Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics
Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics
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Review to help study for the #Earth structure and #platetectonics test.
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1
What do you normally find along plate boundaries where two oceanic plates meet?
mountains
volcanic island arcs
fault lines
mid-ocean ridges
2
What layer of the Earth makes up most of the tectonic plates?
hydrosphere
mesophere
lithosphere
asthenosphere
3
What idea did Alfred Wegener come up with?
plate tectonics
layered Earth
continental drift
nebular theory
4
Which layer of Earth is fluid and allows tectonic plates to move over it?
lithosphere
mesosphere
asthenosphere
outer core
5
Which of the following was something that
WASN'T
used as evidence for continental drift?
core samples from drilling
location of fossils
mountain ranges
shape of the continents
6
What type of plate movement is happening here?
continental-continental convergence
transform fault
oceanic-continental convergence
divergence
7
What is shown on this map?
Gondwana
Pangaea
Rodesia
Laurasia
8
What forms along a boundary where a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide?
rift valley
volcanic mountain ranges
volcanic island arcs
very high mountain ranges
9
What created the volcanic island of Iceland?
A hot spot
N. America pulling away from Europe
N. America running into Europe
N. America moving south of Europe
10
Which type of plate has plates sliding past each other?
divergent
transform fault
convergent
11
Which ocean has its own plate?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
12
What type of plate boundary formed the Aleutian Islands in Alaska?
continental-oceanic convergent
oceanic-oceanic convergent
divergent
transform fault
13
What area has the most earthquakes and volcanoes caused by plate tectonics?
Antarctica
Mediterranean Sea
East Africa
Pacific Rim
14
Which plate boundary has plates moving away from each other?
transform fault
divergent
convergent
15
Why was the idea of continental drift not accepted?
People didn't want to believe it
The scientist who came up with it wasn't popular
It didn't tell how plates moved
There wasn't enough evidence
16
What type of plate boundary created Mt. Everest?
continental-continental convergence
oceanic-continental convergence
oceanic-oceanic convergence
transform fault
17
What makes up the majority of the core of the Earth?
iron & nickel
iron & cobalt
nickel & aluminum
nickel & copper
18
What made the Mid-Atlantic ridge?
plates sinking
plates pulling apart
plates sliding past each other
plates colliding
19
What forms when two continents run into each other?
island arcs
volcanoes
rift valleys
mountains
20
What plate tectonic process formed Hawaii?
divergence
convergence
plates sliding past each other
a hotspot
21
What type of plate boundary created Mt. St. Helens?
transform fault
oceanic-continental convergence
divergence
continental-continental convergence
22
Which type of plate boundary has plates running into each other?
divergent
transform fault
convergent
23
What type of boundary is San Andreas in California?
transform fault
convergent
divergent
volcanic
24
What is the main force that moves tectonic plates?
radiation waves
convection currents
ridge push
slab pull
25
What is the name for the process of one plate being pushed under another?
descension
abduction
accretion
subduction
