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Review of Plate Tectonics
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Plate Tectonics review questions
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T/F: Only the continents are considered part of the lithosphere.
False
True
2
Where is the majority of earthquake activity found?
In the middle of plates
Only where three or more plates meet
Along plate boundaries
3
Name the scientist who proposed the Theory of Continental Drift
David Attenborough
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
4
Volcanic island arcs form at
transform zones
subduction zones
divergent zones
5
Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift was replaced by the Theory of...
plate tectonics
pangea
crustal forces
6
Which Sea-floor feature is a result of diverging plate boundaries?
Coral Reefs
Deep sea trenches
Continental Shelves
Mid-Ocean Ridge and Rifts
7
Tectonic plates float on the...
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
8
The Himalayas at the Indian & Eurasian plates are formed at which type of boundary?
oceanic-continental collision
oceanic-oceanic subduction
continental-continental collision
oceanic-continental subduction
9
The tectonic plates at a divergent plate boundary.....
move toward each other
move away from each other
converge
slide along each other
10
Seafloor spreading is responsible for producing...
the Hawian Islands
mid-ocean ridge and rift systems
convection currents
the magnetosphere
11
Wegener used all these lines of evidence, except
climate change evidence
Humans living on all continents of the earth
the fit of the continents
Fossil evidence
12
What types of tectonic boundary is found along the West Coast of the United States?
Convergent
Convergent & Transform
Transform
Divergent
13
What landforms are produced when tectonic plates move across the Earth's mantle?
all of the above
mountains
rift valleys
volcanos
14
Sea-floor spreading tells us what about the sea floor?
Continents & sea floors are composed of rock of equal age
Sea floor rock is youngest along mid ocean ridges.
Seafloor rock is oldest along mid ocean ridges.
Continents are much younger than sea floors
15
What happens to rock around a sub-ducting plate?
It passes under the other plate
It passess over the other plate.
It disappears from Earth.
It combines with the other rock.
16
Sixty percent of volcanoes occur surrounding the Pacific Ocean, a location called
"the hot zone"
"the Volcano Zone"
"Mordor"
"the Ring of Fire"
17
T/F: Volcanos form at the subduction zones of convergent boundaries
True
False
18
Name the tectonic plate boundary in the picture
transform boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
19
The supercontinent in Wegener's Continental Drift Theory was called what?
Pangaea
North America
Amasia
Eurasia
20
What do scientists believe is the force behind the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
the movement of the planets
convection currents resulting from radiating heat
the moon's gravity
the Sun's gravity
