How has research impacted scientific thought about seismic waves?

It has increased understanding of the earth's interior.

What evidence did Wegener present to help support his theory of Pangea?

Along coastlines, fossils and mountn ranges are continuous.

What conclusion can be drawn from the table and the plate tectonic map?

Mountains are produced by a variety of tectonic activity.

The San Andreas Fault is in California in the U.S. What tectonic boundary does it form?

Between North American Plate and Pacific Plate

Why does this area have more violent volcanoes and earthquakes than other regions?

Pac P is grinding against Aust, N and S Am. and Euro-Asia.

What statement best describes the movement of Earth’s plates?

The plates are constantly moving.

Which of the following properties is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates?

Convection currents in the asthenosphere

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1
How has research impacted scientific thought about seismic waves?
It has disproved the theory of the origin of universe.
It has increased understanding of the earth's interior.
It has increased understanding of the earth's weather.
It has disproved the theory of plate tectonics.
2
What evidence did Wegener present to help support his theory of Pangea?
Mid-ocean ridges spreading out the continents.
Along coastlines, fossils and mountn ranges are continuous.
Ancient climates have the possibility of being the same.
Torn newspaper pieces can fit back together again.
3
What type of geologic event is most likely to occur at this type of boundary?
Volcanic eruption
Mountain building
Ocean basin
Earthquake
4
What geological era do we live in now?
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Precambrian
Cenozoic
5
What conclusion can be drawn from the table and the plate tectonic map?
Volcanoes produce taller mountain than other plate activity.
Mountains are produced by a variety of tectonic activity.
Tall mountains only occur close to the edge of a plate.
Mountains cannot form at the center of a tectonic plate.
6
Which is the tallest volcanic mountain?
Mt. St. Helens
Mt. Rainier
Clingman’s Dome
Mount Massive
7
The San Andreas Fault is in California in the U.S. What tectonic boundary does it form?
Between South American and North American Plates
Between Pacific Plate and Eurasian Plate
Between North American Plate and Pacific Plate
Between Eurasian Plate and North American Plate
8
Why does this area have more violent volcanoes and earthquakes than other regions?
N and S Am P are moving away from Aust. and the Euro-Asia P.
The Austr. P is sliding under the Eurasian and N Am Plate.
Eurasian P is moving away from the North and S. American P.
Pac P is grinding against Aust, N and S Am. and Euro-Asia.
9
When the edges of tectonic plates shift and energy is released, what is the most likely result?
Volcanoes
Mountain formation
Earthquakes
Island formation
10
When an earthquake occurs, it is the movement of what two parts of the Earth?
the crust and the mantle
the core and the crust
glaciers and volcanoes
mountains and oceans
11
What type of boundary causes the elevation of Earth to be higher on mountain ranges?
Strike-Slip Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
12
Which type of plate movement caused the Rockies and Appalachian mountain ranges to form?
Divergent
Oceanic
Convergent
Transform
13
Which direction of plate movement will most likely result in the formation of an ocean basin?
both plates going the same direction
plates dividing apart
plates coming together
plates sliding past each other
14
Which plate is located between the South American plate and the Eurasian plate?
North American
African
Indo-Australian
Pacific
15
Which type of geologic event is most likely to occur along the San Andreas fault boundary?
Earthquake
Seafloor spreading
Mountain building
Volcano
16
What statement best describes the movement of Earth’s plates?
The plates stayed in one place but are moving now.
The plates moved for millions of years but have now stopped.
There is no evidence that plates ever moved.
The plates are constantly moving.
17
Which of the following methods would best model how the mountains formed?
Shake a soda bottle until the soda shoots up
Drip water on the sides of a sugar cube
Drop pennies into a pile
Push two towels together
18
According to the theory of plate tectonics, where do most active volcanoes occur?
Underwater
Along plate boundaries
On oceanic plates
On continental plates
19
Which of the following properties is responsible for the movement of tectonic plates?
Density of continental crust
Temperature of oceanic crust
Thickness of Earth’s layers
Convection currents in the asthenosphere
20
The border marked with a bold dashed line is between which two plates?
Eurasian and North American
North American and South American
Indo-Australian and Pacific
Eurasian and African

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