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West Oso Plate Tectonics & Weathering Effects
West Oso Plate Tectonics & Weathering Effects
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A #science quiz to enforce #crustalfeatures created at #plateboundaries.
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1
The most recently formed crust on Earth would be found where -
plates are moving sideways past each other.
two plates are moving apart from each other.
two plates are pushing directly towards each other.
one plate is sliding under another plate.
2
What causes subduction?
2 plates collide with equal densities
2 plates collide with different densities
2 plates divide with equal densities
2 plates divide with different densities
3
As we look at the age of sediment farther away from the mid-Atlantic ridge, the sediments -
arrange according to magnetic polarity.
are consistently older.
are made up of smaller particles.
become thicker and thicker.
4
What is Ms. Robertson's favorite period?
8th Period
6th Period
7th Period
3rd Period
5
What is Ms. Robertson's favorite organism?
Snakes
Spiders
Frogs
Turtles
6
Where would you find deep trenches?
convergent oceanic plates
subduction zones
divergent continental plates
transform boundaries
7
What catastrophic event(s) are caused by steam and pressure building up near subduction zones?
mid-ocean ridges
landslides
volcanoes
earthquakes
8
What crustal feature occurs when new crust is formed at divergent
oceanic
plates?
mountain ranges
deep ocean trench
rift valleys
mid-ocean ridge
9
What are the blue crooked lines observed in the green areas of the image?
inland seas
glaciers
oceans
river valleys
10
What geological zone occurs at the
location where 2 plates collide with
disimilar
densities?
subduction
mountains
volcanoes
ridges
11
What type of boundary creates a deep trench AND causes volcanoes to form nearby?
convergent-subduction (diff density)
transform
convergent-mountain (same density)
divergent
12
What type of boundary causes a subduction zone?
convergent
transform
tectonic
divergent
13
What feature ie created, further inland from a subduction zone, caused from remelting of crust?
trench
mountains
volcanoes
rift valley
14
What would provide information on the location of tectonic plate boundaries?
asthenosphere convection
earthquakes & volcanic eruptions
tornadoes & hurricanes
Surface ocean currents
15
Which of the following features forms where two tectonic plates push toward each other?
rift valley
mid-ocean ridge
mountain ranges
ocean shoreline
16
Evidence that supports the Theory of Plate Tectonics was a discovery in S. America & Africa?
Plants on both continents have similar flowers.
Fossil remains of the same land-dwelling animal.
The ancient atmosphere in both places was identical.
The rates of weathering of rock are similar.
17
What caused the volcanoes that eventually created the Aleutian islands?
new land created along a divergent zone
two plates grinding against each other
collision of two plates along a convergent zone
melting of a plate along a subduction zone
