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Plate Tectonics Common Assessment Review
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1
What type of land form is created at a subduction zone?
Mountain
Volcano
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Trench
2
Who has a higher max on bench press?
Mr. Jones
Mr. Thornal
Coach Dominguez
3
What land form is created when two continental plates divide?
Trench
Rift Valley
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Mountian
4
Two oceanic plates slide past each other, what occurs?
Volcano
Tsunami
Earthquake
Mountain
5
What type of land form occurs at a divergent boundary with two oceanic plates?
Rift Valley
Mountain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Trench
6
What do we use to measure distances in space?
Centimeters
Inches
Kilometers
Light years
7
What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?
Subduction Zone
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
8
An earthquake occurs at what type of boundary?
Convergent Boundary
Subduction Zone
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
9
How many mountain/hill peaks are shown in the topographic map?
6
1
2
4
10
What causes the lithosphere to move?
Heat in the outer core
Pressure in the inner core
Convection currents in the asthenosphere
11
When two contour lines are close together what does that show?
Gradual Slope
Hill/Mountain Top
Depression
Steep Slope
12
The Plate Tectonics Theory is a combination of what two theories?
Continental Drift and Sea-floor Spreading
Continental Drift and Pangaea
Mid-Ocean Ridge and Sea-Floor Spreading
Sea-floor spreading and Big Bang Theory
13
What type of boundary is shown below?
Subduction Zone
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
14
What has the most influence on tides?
Both the moon and sun have equal affect
Gravitational pull of the Moon
Gravitational pull of the Sun
Tim Jones did it!
15
Which of the following was
NOT
evidence that Wegener used to prove Pangaea?
Tropical plant fossils found in Arctic areas
Matching fossil ranges
The continents fit together like a puzzle
New ocean floor was created along mid-ocean ridges
16
Which type of wave has more energy?
X-Ray
Ultraviolet
Visible Light
Radio Wave
17
A ___________ on a topographic map is shown with hashed contour lines.
Depression
Steep Slope
Gradual Slope
Hill
18
Which is larger?
Planet
Solar System
Star
Galaxy
19
What causes seasons to occur on Earth?
Earth revolves around sun and is tilted on it's axis
The tilt of Earth on it's axis
Earth's revolution around the sun
Earth rotates on its axis and is tilted on it's axis
20
The breaking down of rock into sediment is called ______
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
21
What phase of the moon is pictured?
New Moon
Last Quarter
First Quarter
Waning Crescent
22
Today is December 1 and there is a new moon. Approximately what day will the full moon occur?
December 31
December 3
December 15
July 22
23
What layer of the Earth do convection currents occur?
Outer Core
Inner Core
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
24
Ice wedging is an example of ____________
Mechanical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Biological Weathering
Erosion
25
The Milky Way is which type of galaxy?
Candy Bar
Sprial
Irregular
Ellipitcal
26
What type of boundary is shown below? (Look at what both plates are doing)
Convergent Boundary
Subduction Zone
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
27
The crust and upper mantle make up the _________
Lithosphere
Ashtenosphere
Outer Core
Inner Core
28
Which direction is the river flowing in the topographic map shown?
West
North
East
South
29
Which of the following is
NOT
a characteristic of the sun?
The sun is in the middle of our galaxy
It is only 1 AU away from Earth
It is a medium sized star
30
Which point (A or B) is located at a gradual slope?
A
B