2019 Plate Tectonics- Bishop Review

Question 1

Where does the Pacific Plate & the North American Plate slide past each other?

Accepted Answer

San Andreas Fault

Question 2

Select examples of of Metamorphic Rocks.

Accepted Answer

Marble, Slate, Gneiss

Question 3

What are plate movements that take place that breaks the rocks in the lithosphere?

Accepted Answer

Faults

Question 4

What is a region of volcanic activity in the middle of an tectonic plate?

Accepted Answer

Hot Spot

Question 5

Which statement is correct about paleomagnetism?

Accepted Answer

alternating magnetic layers form away from mid-ocean ridge

Question 6

Which is NOT a type of heat transfer?

Accepted Answer

calorimetry

Question 7

What does fossil distribution suggest?

Accepted Answer

All of the continents were once connected.

Question 8

What is several mountain ranges that lie parallel to one another make up?

Accepted Answer

Mountain Belt

Question 9

What is the layer of solid rock that makes up the outermost part of Earth?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Question 10

Which is not associated with the mantle?

Accepted Answer

Granite

Question 11

Select examples of Sedimentary Rocks.

Accepted Answer

Limestone, Sandstone, Conglomorate

Question 12

An earthquake that releases low amounts of energy is missing what component?

Accepted Answer

Large Magnitude

Question 13

What do both earthquakes and volcanic eruptions produce?

Accepted Answer

Seismic Waves

Question 14

What are two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other classified as?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 15

What is created when an oceanic tectonic plate sinks under a continental plate?

Accepted Answer

Ocean Trench

Question 16

What is molten rock, hot gases, and solid rock erupting through an opening in Earth's crust?

Accepted Answer

Volcano

Question 17

What is used when researchers use triangulation to find an earthquake's magnitude?

Accepted Answer

Epicenter

Question 18

Which is NOT associated with an active margin?

Accepted Answer

river deposition into ocean without tectonic activity

Question 19

Which mountain range was formed when the Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate?

Accepted Answer

Himalayas

Question 20

What is most likely the first rocks that began the rock cycle?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

Question 21

Select examples of Igneous Rocks

Accepted Answer

Granite, Pumice, Obsidian, Basalt

Question 22

Which is the correct sequence in decreasing density?

Accepted Answer

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

Question 23

Name the main parts of the Rock Cycle

Accepted Answer

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary

Question 24

What is the central part of the Earth called?

Accepted Answer

Core

Question 25

What theory explains that the Earth's crust moves slowly over the mantle?

Accepted Answer

Plate Tectonics

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