ES3 - TEST #2 QUIZ CHALLENGE

Question 1

A volcano that is no longer active and will never erupt again is considered a _______ volcano.

Accepted Answer

extinct

Question 2

Which of the following is true about the movement of Earth's plates?

Accepted Answer

They move along with on softened metamorphic rock beneath

Question 3

What is the relationship between the continent and Earth’s plates?

Accepted Answer

the continent is part of the plates

Question 4

If you discovered a new planet like Earth, predict location of most volcanoes

Accepted Answer

On the edges of the continents in higher elevations

Question 5

What did the crackers represent in the Play-Doh model?

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates

Question 6

Which layer of the Earth is made up of tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

crust

Question 7

Two tectonic plates moving away from each other are known as _________ ________.

Accepted Answer

divergent plates

Question 8

Who developed the idea of Continental Drift?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Question 9

Where on Earth do you find ridges and trenches?

Accepted Answer

B. ocean floor plates

Question 10

Use the diagram: What plate motion is happening at Point B (be sure to look at the arrows)?

Accepted Answer

A divergent boundary where two plates pull apart-sea floor spreading

Question 11

The mushy layer under the Earth's crust is called the:

Accepted Answer

mantle

Question 12

The broken pieces of the Earth's crust are called:

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates

Question 13

What of the following is true about the size of Earth's tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

Some plates are as big as an ocean

Question 14

Converging plates are know to cause this geological feature on the continents.

Accepted Answer

mountains

Question 15

Under water mountain ranges are called:

Accepted Answer

Mid-ocean ridges

Question 16

The geologic process where one plate slips beneath another when plates collide is known as____

Accepted Answer

subduction

Question 17

What causes Continental Drift?

Accepted Answer

convection currents in the mantle

Question 18

Which of the following choices did Wegener give as evidence for continental drift?

Accepted Answer

D. a and b, only

Question 19

What happens where ocean plate converge with continental plate?

Accepted Answer

The more dense oceanic plate is pushed downward

Question 20

What is Continental Drift Theory?

Accepted Answer

The idea that the continents were joined & drifted apart.

Question 21

What do we call a visual aide that is used to explain something that is hard to understand?

Accepted Answer

model

Question 22

Use the diagram: What plate motion is happening at Point A (be sure to look at the arrows)?

Accepted Answer

Subduction at convergent plat boundaries

Question 23

Measuring the temperature of lava is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Quantitative data

Question 24

Why did scientists not believe Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift? Choose the BEST answer.

Accepted Answer

He could not explain a force big enough to make plates move

Question 25

The Hawaiian islands are a perfect example of islands created by a ________________

Accepted Answer

hotspot

Question 26

What are deep under water valleys called?

Accepted Answer

trenches

Question 27

Based on the diagram, which letter indicates a place where new plate material is forming?

Accepted Answer

C. At divergent boundary where plates are pulling apart-sea floor spreadin

Question 28

What is a better model of the Earth, a world map or a globe?

Accepted Answer

It depends on what you will use the map or the globe for

Question 29

True or False: A tectonic plate can only contain one continent.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

What is the location of the hotspot that is located in the "continental" United States?

Accepted Answer

Yellowstone National Park

ES3 - TEST #2 QUIZ CHALLENGE

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ES3 - TEST #2 QUIZ CHALLENGE

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