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Plate Tectonics Review
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A review of plate tectonics for 9th grade Earth Science.
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1
A plate boundary where two plates slide parallel to one another is...
A convergent boundary
A divergent boundary
A slip-shear boundary
A transform boundary
2
What type of boundary separates the Nazca and South American plates?
Divergent
Transform
They do not touch
Convergent
3
What is the
asthenosphere
composed of?
The outer and inner core
The crust and uppermost solid mantle
The "semi-solid" upper and lower mantle
The crust
4
At
convergent plate boundaries
, tectonic plates...
Come together
Do not move at all
Move apart
Slide parallel to each other
5
The zone of the Earth between the crust and the core is...
The mantle
The meso-zone
The stratosphere
The lithosphere
6
Who was Marie Tharp?
The first person to map the ocean floor
A 16th Century map-maker and geographer
A Polish physicist who pioneered the study of radioactivity
John's aunt
7
True or False: Earth's inner core is denser than the outer core.
False
True
8
What is the primary force that drives the motion of tectonic plates?
Thermal convection
Absolute monarchy
Gravitational multiplicity
Tectonic spiralization
9
A pattern of movement in a fluid caused by heating from below and cooling from above is...
Divergent plate boundary
Subduction
Lithosphere
Thermal convection
10
What is the formula for
density
(D)?
D=Volume/Mass
D=Mass*Volume
D=Mass+Volume
D=Mass/Volume
11
True or False: Earth's inner core is made of liquid iron-nickel.
True
False
12
As you dig deeper into the Earth...
Pressure and temperature increase
Pressure and temperature decrease
Pressure decreases, and temperature increases
Pressure increases, and temperature decreases
13
True or False: The
lithosphere
is composed of the crust and uppermost solid mantle.
False
True
14
True or False: Oceanic crust tends to be older and less dense than continental crust.
False
True
15
What is the average temperature of Earth's inner core?
7,000°C (12,632°F)
500°C (932°F)
10,000°C (18,032°F)
3,600°C (6,512°F)
16
True or False: Materials of lower density float atop materials of higher density.
False
True
17
What was one reason Alfred Wegener did not believe in the land bridge theory?
He was jealous of his cousin, who first proposed the theory
Tropical plant fossils had been found in Antarctica
He wanted to make money off his theory of plate tectonics
He believed the Earth was constant and did not change
18
What is the name of the deepest hole ever dug by humans?
The Void
The Kola Superdeep Borehole
K-2667
The "In Soviet Russia, Hole Digs You!" Hole
19
The movement of one plate downward into the mantle beneath the edge of another plate is...
Thermal convection
Subduction
Divergent plate boundary
Lithosphere
20
Who was Abraham Ortelius?
A 16th Century map-maker and geographer.
John's old roommate.
The 16th president of the United States.
The first person to map the ocean floor.
