Beier's 8 Plate Tectonics Review #1

Question 1

One of the main pieces of evidence for sea-floor spreading is

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magnetic patterns in rocks

Question 2

As you move from the surface of Earth to the inner core, the temperature of Earth's layers

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increase

Question 3

Old crust is subducted and consumed at what type of plate boundary?

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convergent

Question 4

The best way to find direction of the movement of Earth's crest along the San Andreas fault is

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match displaced rock types on both sides of the fault

Question 5

The process that creates new ocean floor is called

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sea-floor spreading

Question 6

The type of boundary where two plates are moving away from one another is known as

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divergent

Question 7

The movement of tectonic plates is caused by convection cells in the

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lower mantle

Question 8

Long chains of undersea mountains are known as

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mid-ocean ridges

Question 9

The scientist who first put forth the idea of continental drift was

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Alfred Wegener

Question 10

The primary cause of convection currents in Earth's mantle is believed to be

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the difference in densities of Earth's materials

Question 11

The type of boundary associated with the rising part of a lower mantle convection cell is

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divergent boundary

Question 12

The name of the scientist who first put forth the theory of sea-floor spreading is

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Harry Hess

Question 13

As you move from the surface of Earth to the inner core, the density of the materials of Earth

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increases

Question 14

Which statement is NOT evidence that Wegener used to support his idea of continental drift?

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Matching human fossils found on differennt continents

Question 15

The idea that continents move slowly on Earth's surface is known as

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continental drift

Question 16

The type of boundary formed as two lithospheric plates slide past one another is called a

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transform boundary

Question 17

The type of boundary found along the San Andreas Fault is known as

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a transform fault boundary

Question 18

Rising magma in the mantle may divide the lithosphere above and form a

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mid-ocean ridge

Question 19

Of the following options, the best way to detect transform faults is by observing

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earthquakes

Question 20

The name given to the ancient super-continent which was made of our current continents is

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Pangaea

Question 21

Divergent boundaries found on land are known as

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rift valleys

Question 22

Mountain ranges are most often formed at what type of boundary?

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convergent

Question 23

Large pieces of Earth's crust that move over the asthenosphere are known as

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lithospheric plates

Question 24

Earth's magnetic field is generated by powerful electric waves in the

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core

Question 25

The sinking of one lithospheric plate under another lithospheric plate is known as

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subduction

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