Plate Tectonics

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A review of plate tectonics; boundary lines, major plates, geological processes.

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1
What geological process occur at convergent boundaries?
Great Rift Valley
Seafloor Spreading
Underwater Mountains
Ocean Basins
2
What causes the tectonic plates to move?
Heat
Mantle Plumes
Earth's magnetism
Convection Currents
3
A major subduction zone would be the
Australian and Antartic Plate
Nazca and South American Plate
North American and Eurasian Plate
South American and African Plate
4
Divergent Boundaries:
Move TOWARD each other
Move AWAY from each other
Occur mostly on land
Move UNDER one another
5
The San Andreas Fault Line is an example of:
A convergent boundary
An earthquake
A divergent boundary
A transform boundary
6
Which crust type is denser?
Oceanic
Lithospheric
Subduction Zones
Continental
7
The plates are moving an average of
3 cm a year
1 meter a month
3 inches a year
1 foot in a minute
8
The Ring of Fire is mostly around which plate:
The Cocos Plate
The Nazca Plate
The Pacific Plate
The South American Plate
9
The theory that shows how plates move
Continental Drift
All of These
Force and Motion
Plate Tectonics
10
Volcanoes and mountains are most associated with:
Transform Boundaries
Fault lines
Subduction boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
11
What do the plates "float" on?
The Crust
Lower Mantle
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
12
Who developed the Continental Drift Theory?
Dan McKinzie
Alfred Wegener
A Russian Physicist
Isaac Newton
13
What created the Hawiian Islands?
Convection Currents
Plates Colliding
Subduction boundary line
Hot Spot in the Mantle
14
What do you call the areas where plates meet?
Boundaries
Either boundary or fault lines
Edges
Fault Lines
15
What evidence is there to support Continental Drift Theory?
Seafloor Spreading
Mountain Ranges
Fossils
All of these
16
The crust creates one solid piece.
False
True
17
The Himalayan Mountains are a result of a transform boundary line
True
False
18
What does the Richter Scale measure?
Seismic Activity
Shape of the continents
Volcanic eruptions
Age of fossils
19
The Appalachian Mountains are geologically related to:
The Himalayan Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
The Andes Mountains
The Scottish Highlands
20
The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago:
South American and African Plates
Ice Age
Pangaea
Urkontinent

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Plate Tectonics

20 termsStudBud Administration1,316 plays

A review of plate tectonics; boundary lines, major plates, geological processes.

Flashcards20 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 20

Answers

1
What geological process occur at convergent boundaries?
Great Rift Valley
Seafloor Spreading
Underwater Mountains
Ocean Basins
2
What causes the tectonic plates to move?
Heat
Mantle Plumes
Earth's magnetism
Convection Currents
3
A major subduction zone would be the
Australian and Antartic Plate
Nazca and South American Plate
North American and Eurasian Plate
South American and African Plate
4
Divergent Boundaries:
Move TOWARD each other
Move AWAY from each other
Occur mostly on land
Move UNDER one another
5
The San Andreas Fault Line is an example of:
A convergent boundary
An earthquake
A divergent boundary
A transform boundary
6
Which crust type is denser?
Oceanic
Lithospheric
Subduction Zones
Continental
7
The plates are moving an average of
3 cm a year
1 meter a month
3 inches a year
1 foot in a minute
8
The Ring of Fire is mostly around which plate:
The Cocos Plate
The Nazca Plate
The Pacific Plate
The South American Plate
9
The theory that shows how plates move
Continental Drift
All of These
Force and Motion
Plate Tectonics
10
Volcanoes and mountains are most associated with:
Transform Boundaries
Fault lines
Subduction boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
11
What do the plates "float" on?
The Crust
Lower Mantle
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
12
Who developed the Continental Drift Theory?
Dan McKinzie
Alfred Wegener
A Russian Physicist
Isaac Newton
13
What created the Hawiian Islands?
Convection Currents
Plates Colliding
Subduction boundary line
Hot Spot in the Mantle
14
What do you call the areas where plates meet?
Boundaries
Either boundary or fault lines
Edges
Fault Lines
15
What evidence is there to support Continental Drift Theory?
Seafloor Spreading
Mountain Ranges
Fossils
All of these
16
The crust creates one solid piece.
False
True
17
The Himalayan Mountains are a result of a transform boundary line
True
False
18
What does the Richter Scale measure?
Seismic Activity
Shape of the continents
Volcanic eruptions
Age of fossils
19
The Appalachian Mountains are geologically related to:
The Himalayan Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
The Andes Mountains
The Scottish Highlands
20
The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago:
South American and African Plates
Ice Age
Pangaea
Urkontinent