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plate tectonics quiz review
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1
Which type of boundary is formed when plates slide past one another?
transform
divergent
convergent
horizontal
2
Plates moving along a transform boundary can result in
sea-floor spreading.
earthquakes.
convection.
oceans.
3
The deep interior of the Earth can be mapped using
sonar.
information from drilling expeditions.
ocean waves.
seismic waves.
4
Which crust is mostly granite?
Oceanic
Continental
5
Which of these is broken into tectonic plates?
Lithosphere
Mesosphere
Atmosphere
Asthenosphere
6
The idea that the present is the key to the past is known as
history.
catastrophism.
virtual reality.
uniformitarianism.
7
What was the name of the super-continent that existed over 200 million years ago?
Laurasia
Pangaea
Gondwana
Panthalassa
8
What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
a collision
a rift zone
a boundary
a neighborhood
9
Tectonic plates consist of
only oceanic crust.
only continental crust.
neither continental nor oceanic crust.
both continental and oceanic crust.
10
Which of these are evidence for continental drift?
the fossil record
sea-floor spreading
oceanic plate theory
magnetic reversals
11
What wave is first detected during an earthquake?
P-wave
S-wave
Surface wave
12
Which layer of the Earth is plastic?
Asthenosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Mesosphere
13
At what type of boundary is tension stress being created as plates pull apart?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Subduction
14
Mid-ocean ridges are examples of
continental-continental collisions.
subduction zones.
divergent boundaries.
oceanic-oceanic collisions.
15
What wave is the second to be felt during an earthquake?
P-wave
S-wave
Surface wave
16
Which of these
consistently
creates new crust?
Earthquakes
Landslides
Floods
Seafloor spreading
17
What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?
Transform
Subductive
Convergent
Divergent
18
What type of boundary is compression stress being created from the plates pushing together?
Convergent
Transform
Blansform
Divergent
19
Which type of crust always subducts under the other?
Continental
Volcanic
Lithospheric
Oceanic
20
What do we call the process of moving layers of rock by heating and cooling?
convection
ridge push
temperature control
slab pull
21
What theory did Alfred Wegener develop?
Continental Drift
Continental Expansion
Tectonic Plates
Plate Tectonics
22
The Global Positioning System depends on
underwater sensors.
gravity.
the Internet.
satellites.
23
What do we call the amount of force applied to something?
Compression
Weight
Tension
Stress
24
Which crust contains a lot of basalt?
Oceanic
Continental
25
Evidence for sea-floor spreading has come from which of these?
fossils in South America and Africa.
ancient climate conditions.
the breakup of Pangaea.
magnetic minerals on the ocean floor.
26
What do we call a break in Earth's crust?
Valley
Canyon
Crack
Fault
