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Which of the following is an example of a divergent boundary?
Himilayas
Aleutian Islands
Mariana Trench
East Pacific Rise
2
Blue smokers are an example of a?
transform fault
hydrothermal vent
volcano
hot spot
3
Magnetic anomalies and sediment levels are evidence for?
sea floor spreading
water on Earth
subduction
hydrothermal vents
4
A nearly flat, sediment covered area of the deep ocean?
Continental shelf
Continental rise
Guyot
Abyssal plain
5
The smallest and shallowest ocean is?
Indian
Artic
Pacific
Atlantic
6
Earth's plates move over the fluid
mesosphere
lithosphere
core
asthenosphere
7
Magma forces it way up through the crust that may or may not coincide with plate boundaries?
Hot Spot
Yellowstone
Volcano
Hawaii
8
Which of the following does NOT characterize a passive margin?
little to no shelf
gentle continental slope
continental rise
wide shelf
9
The Ring of Fire that stretches around the Pacific plate is characterized by all except?
earthquakes
sub-ducting plates
volcanoes
mid ocean ridge
10
A should be labeled a?
abyssal plain
seamount
continental shelf
submarine canyon
11
Which represents a seamount that has been weathered down by wind and waves?
A
F
G
C
12
Subduction forms?
mid ocean ridges
trenches
abyssal plains
guyots
13
The following is true of continental crust
except
?
older
thicker
denser
lighter
14
Where would the oldest type of sediment be found on the ocean floor?
near seafloor spreading zones
near the continental rise
near volcanic seamounts
near abyssal plains
15
A convergent boundary is one where
two plate collide
both plates are stationary
two plates slide past each other
two plates divide
16
The theory of plate tectonics is not supported by
presence of the moon
magnetic reversals
sea floor spreading
comparative fossil data
17
Seafloor spreading results in which of the following geological formations?
continental rise
guoyots
mid ocean ridges
continental slope
18
Subduction occurs at?
shear boundaries
divergent boundaries
convergent boundaries
transform faults
19
Which letter represents a continental slope?
D
B
E
A
20
The force driving plate tectonics is thought to be?
divergence
convergence
convection/slab pull
tides
21
Earth is how old?
3.5 billion
4.5 billion
200 million
4 million
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Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift states
continents and oceans have remained unchanged
continents float on the ocean like large rafts
the present arrangement is the result of breakup of Pangea
organisms can cross continents on land bridges