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Plate Tectonics Review II
Plate Tectonics Review II
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Student will review boundaries, features and evidences for plate tectonics.
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1
Where is a convergent boundary?
N. American & Eurasian
N. American & Pacific Plate
S. American Plate & Nazca Plate
S. American & African Plate
2
The type of boundary that forms a subduction zone is...
transform
divergent
hot spot
convergent
3
Mid-ocean ridges form at..
transform boundaries
divergent boundaries
hot spots
convergent boundaries
4
Continental drift is support by the presence of the same ____________ on several continents.
all choices
puzzle like shapes
fossils
mountain ranges
5
The name of the supercontinent formed is...
Gondwanaland
Kiliua
Pangaea
Laurasia
6
Which of the following is used as evidence of seafloor spreading?
magnetic pole reversals
rock layers in the ocean
fossils of extinct animals
climate records
7
This diagram shows a(n)...
hot spot
rift valley
convection current
mid-ocean ridge
8
What features form on point A?
hot spot
old ocean floor
trench
mid-ocean ridge
9
Plate motion is caused by...
fusion
convection
subduction
radioactive decay
10
The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located...
near volcanoes
near continents
at mid-ocean ridges
on the north and south poles
11
Plates slide past each other resulting in ...
volcanoes
earthquakes
mountains
hot spots
12
What features form on point B?
all of the above
trench
mountains
volcanoes
13
Where is a divergent boundary?
N. American & Eurasian
S. American Plate & Nazca Plate
N. American & Pacific Plate
S. American & African Plate
14
The boundary between two plates moving together result in...
mid-ocean ridge
old ocean floor
trenches
hot spots
15
Fossils, mountain ranges and puzzle like shapes of land masses are evidences for...
Sea-floor Spreading
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Magnetic Reversal
16
Plate move apart at _________________boundaries.
hot spot
divergent
convergent
transform
17
What type of boundary is forming at point B in this diagram?
hot spot
transform
divergent
convergent
18
Magnetic reversals, island arcs, trenches, and mid-ocean ridges are evidences for...
radioactive decay
plate tectonics
seafloor spreading
continental drift
19
What type of boundary is forming at point A in this diagram?
hot spot
convergent
transform
divergent
20
What process is this diagram showing?
convection
subduction
radioactive decay
sea-floor spreading
21
Where is a transform boundary?
N. American & Eurasian
S. American & African Plate
N. American & Pacific Plate
S. American Plate & Nazca Plate
22
The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's...
continents
core
asthenosphere
lithosphere
23
How prepared are you for tomorrow's test?
There's a test tomorrow?
I need to study!`
I will take my chances
I've got this!
24
The idea that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called....
convection
continental slope
continental drift
magnetic reversal
25
The layer of earth made of liquid iron and nickel is...
inner core
mantle
crust
outer core
26
Old ocean floor melts at a..
subduction zones
hot spots
magnetic poles
mid-ocean ridges
