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Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics
Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics
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Review to help study for the #Earth structure and #platetectonics test.
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1
Which type of plate has plates sliding past each other?
divergent
transform fault
convergent
2
What makes up the majority of the core of the Earth?
nickel & copper
nickel & aluminum
iron & cobalt
iron & nickel
3
Which layer of Earth is fluid and allows tectonic plates to move over it?
mesosphere
outer core
asthenosphere
lithosphere
4
What do you normally find along plate boundaries where two oceanic plates meet?
volcanic island arcs
mountains
mid-ocean ridges
fault lines
5
What type of boundary is San Andreas in California?
volcanic
divergent
transform fault
convergent
6
What type of plate boundary created Mt. St. Helens?
continental-continental convergence
transform fault
oceanic-continental convergence
divergence
7
What created the volcanic island of Iceland?
A hot spot
N. America running into Europe
N. America pulling away from Europe
N. America moving south of Europe
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What is the name for the process of one plate being pushed under another?
subduction
accretion
abduction
descension
9
What is shown on this map?
Gondwana
Laurasia
Rodesia
Pangaea
10
Why was the idea of continental drift not accepted?
There wasn't enough evidence
It didn't tell how plates moved
People didn't want to believe it
The scientist who came up with it wasn't popular
11
What area has the most earthquakes and volcanoes caused by plate tectonics?
Pacific Rim
Mediterranean Sea
Antarctica
East Africa
12
What layer of the Earth makes up most of the tectonic plates?
hydrosphere
asthenosphere
lithosphere
mesophere
13
What forms along a boundary where a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide?
rift valley
very high mountain ranges
volcanic mountain ranges
volcanic island arcs
14
What forms when two continents run into each other?
mountains
volcanoes
island arcs
rift valleys
15
Which type of plate boundary has plates running into each other?
transform fault
convergent
divergent
16
What type of plate boundary formed the Aleutian Islands in Alaska?
divergent
transform fault
oceanic-oceanic convergent
continental-oceanic convergent
17
Which plate boundary has plates moving away from each other?
transform fault
convergent
divergent
18
What plate tectonic process formed Hawaii?
plates sliding past each other
convergence
divergence
a hotspot
19
What type of plate movement is happening here?
transform fault
continental-continental convergence
oceanic-continental convergence
divergence
20
Which of the following was something that
WASN'T
used as evidence for continental drift?
core samples from drilling
location of fossils
mountain ranges
shape of the continents
21
What type of plate boundary created Mt. Everest?
continental-continental convergence
transform fault
oceanic-continental convergence
oceanic-oceanic convergence
22
What is the main force that moves tectonic plates?
radiation waves
ridge push
convection currents
slab pull
23
What made the Mid-Atlantic ridge?
plates colliding
plates sinking
plates pulling apart
plates sliding past each other
24
Which ocean has its own plate?
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
25
What idea did Alfred Wegener come up with?
continental drift
nebular theory
layered Earth
plate tectonics
