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Tectonic Plates and Seafloor Features Quiz Review
Tectonic Plates and Seafloor Features Quiz Review
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1
What type of plate boundary creates the most POWERFUL earthquakes?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
2
What is the end result of two oceanic plates diverging?
Destruction of seafloor at a trench
Creation of new seafloor at a mid-ocean ridge
Creation of seamounts on ocean floor
Destruction of continents from volcanic activity
3
Identify the correct order of the Earth's layers from outside to center
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust
Crust, Inner Core, Mantle, Outer Core
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
Outer Core, Inner Core, Mantle, Crust
4
Which of the following is NOT evidence for
continental drift
?
Mountains occur at locations where plate boundaries converged
Matching layers within mountain ranges
Continents with continental shelves fit perfectly
Fossils in distant continents match
5
What is the approximate age of the Earth?
100 million years old
5 billion years old
4.5 million years old
4.5 billion years old
6
What is the name of seafloor feature D
Continental Rise
Abyssal Plain
Continental Slope
Continental Shelf
7
Which of the following defines the lithospheric layer of the Earth?
The crust and solid upper mantle
The crust and the solid core of the Earth
The lower liquid mantle and the outer core
The liquid portion of the mantle
8
What type of plate boundary and process is occuring here?
divergent, seafloor spreading
convergent, subduction
divergent, subduction
convergent, seafloor spreading
9
Which layer is the location of the process that moves the tectonic plates?
Core
Upper Mantle
Crust
Lower Mantle
10
Carbon dating shows us that due to seafloor spreading, the oldest seafloor is found near the mid-ocean ridge.
True
False
11
What is the name of this seafloor feature?
Seamount
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Submarine Canyon
Trench
12
What is the name of seafloor feature B
Continental Rise
Continental Shelf
Abyssal Plain
Continental Slope
13
What is the name of this seafloor feature (thin teal line)?
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Submarine Canyon
Seamount
Trench
14
This is the name of the most recent super-continent on Earth
Pangaea
Vaalbara
Rodinia
Pannotia
15
Pressure decreases with depth towards the center of the Earth.
True
False
16
Alfred Wegener is credited with developing Plate Tectonics
False
True
17
What are the two types of crust?
Oceanic and Continental
Inner and Outer
Lithospheric and Asthenospheric
Silicon and Iron
18
Which of the following defines the asthenosphere?
The crust and the solid core of the Earth
The lower liquid mantle and the liquid core
The liquid portion of the mantle
The crust and solid upper mantle
19
Which geologic feature is always associated with trench formation?
Submarine Canyons
Rift Valleys
Mountains
Volcanoes
20
What is the name of seafloor feature C
Abyssal Plain
Continental Slope
Continental Shelf
Continental Rise
21
What process inside the Earth allows for the movement of tectonic plates?
Convection
Isolation
Density
Gravity
22
Which geologic feature is associated with a convergent continental continental interaction?
Mountains
Volcanoes
Seafloor Spreading
Trenches
23
Which describes the movement of tectonic plates?
Plates erupt from the asthenosphere and magma causes a rift
Plates erupt from the asthenosphere and magma causes a trench
Plates are subducted into the asthenosphere which spurs convection
Plates are subducted and create a trench and new earth comes from it
24
What type of plate boundary does NOT cause volcanoes?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
25
What is the name of seafloor feature E
Continental Slope
Abyssal Plain
Continental Rise
Continental Shelf
26
The asthenosphere is part of which layer on Earth?
Outer Core
Inner Core
Crust
Mantle
