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Plate Tectonics Review
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1
Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
At or near plate boundaries
Only near transform boundaries
In the middle of plates
In the middle of oceans
2
What real world example is the red arrow pointing to?
Himalayan Mountains
Andes mountains
East African Rift valley
Mid Atlantic Ridge
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Which of the following are land forms and processes that occur at a divergent boundary?
Mid ocean ridge and rift valley
Mountains and vocanic arcs
Mid ocean ridge and island arcs
Faults and deep ocean trench
4
In the picture which way would the plate on the right move?
Up
Right
Down
Left
5
At which type of boundaries do most volcanoes occur?
Transform
All of them
Convergent
Divergent
6
Which city in the picture is most likely to experience an earthquake?
Tokyo
Bombay
New York
Rio De Janero
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Which of the following are land forms and processes that occur at a convergent boundary?
Deep ocean trench and volcanic arc
Mountains and rift valley
Island arc and mid ocean ridge
Faults and volcanoes
8
What happens to the age of the ocean crust as you move farther away from a mid ocean ridge?
It gets younger
It depends on which ocean you are in
It gets older
It doesn't change
9
Where is old ocean crust destroyed?
Rift valley
Old ocean crust isn't destroyed
Mid ocean ridge
Subduction zone
10
Why does the West coast of North America have more earthquakes and volcanoes than the East coast?
More people live on the West coast
East coast is on a plate boundary
West coast is on a plate boundary
It doesn't
11
Why is ocean crust younger than continental crust?
Continental crust turns into mountains
Continental crust is denser than oceanic crust
Continental crust is being created and destroyed
Oceanic crust is being created and destroyed
12
If the hot spot is under the island of Hawaii, which island is the oldest?
Kauai
Oahu
Hawaii
Maui
13
During convection: denser, cooler material _____ while less dense, warmer material ______.
rises, sinks
sinks, rises
moves right, moves left
Moves left, moves right
14
Where is new oceanic crust created?
At a mid ocean ridge
At a subduction zone
At a deep ocean trench
At a rift valley
15
What evidence supports seafloor spreading?
Convection currents
The age of the ocean floor
Continents are old
Stripes from paleomagnetism
16
What evidence helps prove the theory of continental drift?
Fossils
All of them
Age of ocean floor
Magnetic Reversals
17
Convergent: _____, Divergent: _____, Transform: _____
Collide, divide, slide
Divide, collide, slide
Collide, slide, divide
Slide, divide, collide
18
Which of the following occur at an oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary?
Trench and mountains
Mountains and earthquakes
Mid ocean ridge and earthquakes
Island arc and deep ocean trench
19
What is a real world example of a transform boundary?
San Andreas Fault
Hawaii
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Andes Mountains
20
What does the theory of continental drift say?
That Alfred Wegener was crazy
That plates move and interact
That continents move and interact
That continents are part of the plates
21
Which type of crust is thicker?
They are the same thickness
Crust?
Continental crust
Oceanic Crust
22
Which of the following occur at a continental-oceanic convergent boundary?
Subduction and mid ocean ridge
Island Arc and deep ocean trench
Subduction and deep ocean trench
Volcanic arc and rift valley
23
What does the theory of plate tectonics say?
There is no such thing
That the plates move and interact
That continents move and interact
That the plates stay still
24
Which type of crust is denser?
Continental crust
They have the same density
Crust?
Ocean crust
25
What happens when plates of different density collide?
The more dense plate subducts (sinks)
The less dense plate subducts (sinks)
They push up and create mountains
They create a mid ocean ridge
26
What can lystrosaurus (large land dwelling animal) fossils found in Africa and India tell us about continents in past?
The continents used to be larger
The continents have always been where they are today
The continents used to be connected
The continents used to have different climates
27
What is the heat source that causes convection currents to occur?
Sun
Core
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
28
Youngest ocean crust is found closest to a _____________.
Subduction zone
Mid ocean ridge
Trench
Transform boundary
29
The glossopteris (tropical plant) fossils are found in Antarctica, what can that tell us about its past climate?
Antarctica has moved over time
Antarctica is secretly a rainforest
Antarctica used to be colder
Antarctica used to be warmer
30
Which layer of Earth is split into tectonic plates?
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
Core
Lithosphere
31
Which of the following are landforms and processes that occur at a transform boundary?
Mid ocean ridge and rift valley
Mountains and earthquakes
Deep ocean trench and earthquakes
Faults and earthquakes
32
Which layer of the Earth do convection currents occur in?
Lithosphere
Outer core
Asthenosphere
Inner core
33
If the hot spot is under the island of Hawaii, what direction is the plate moving?
Northwest
Southeast
Northeast
Southwest
34
Why didn't people believe Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift?
He didn't know what moved the plates
He wasn't a real scientist
he didn't have enough evidence
He was crazy
35
What is a piece of evidence that the magnetic poles have switched over time?
Magnetic poles have not switched over time
The age of the ocean floor
Continents look like they fit together
Stripes on the ocean floor
