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Landron Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics + Landron Plate Boundaries, Earthquakes, Volcano
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the solid center of the earth made of heavy metals
outer core
mantle
asthenosphere
inner core
2
What geological feature is created at this divergent boundary?
folded mountains
Oceanic-continental divergent boundary
Hill valleys
mid-ocean ridge
3
What type of plate boundary is illustrated?
convergent oceanic-oceanic boundary
convergent oceanic-continental boundary
convergent continental-continental boundary
divergent boundary
4
What causes plate tectonics to move?
Convection currents
Longitudinal rarefaction
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
5
What is the name of the area where one continental plate goes under another continental plate?
under zone
compression zone
subduction zone
less than perfect zone
6
The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called
Africa.
Pangaea.
Panthalassa.
Mesosaurus.
7
What stress/force causes folding?
compression
strike-slip
shearing
reverse
8
Subduction zones form at .
neither O-O boundaries or O-C boundaries
both O-O boundaries and O-C boundaries
only oceanic-continental boundaries
only oceanic-oceanic boundaries
9
Which label best summarizes the trend represented by the arrow in the diagram?
increasing age
decreasing density
decreasing age
increasing temperature
10
What do you call a break in the rock in which plates can move and shift?
trench
fault
plate bounadry
crack
11
How did the Hawaiian Island chain form?
Hot spot volcanoes move along under the ocean
Volcanoes popped up from hot spots
Hot spot volcanoes formed islands as tectonic plates pass
Maui pulled new islands out of the ocean
12
The Himalayas in South Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?
convergent continental-continental boundary
divergent boundary
transform fault boundary
convergent oceanic-continental boundary
13
Where do we find most of the active volcanoes and earthquakes today?
The Mid-Ocean Ridge
The Ring of Fire
The Lost City of Atlantis
The Bifurcating Lands
14
What feature is labeled A?
trench
subduction zone
volcanic island arc
continental volcanic arc
15
Deep ocean trenches are associated with
rift zones.
subduction zones.
ocean ridge systems.
transform fault boundaries.
16
What is A?
cold, old, thick crust
central rift
magma
mid-ocean ridge
17
Tectonic plates are blocks of
water.
lithosphere.
asthenosphere.
magma.
18
examining rocks
from both sides of the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
, scientists found phenomenon of
convection currents.
microplate terranes.
volcano formation.
magnetic reversal.
19
What type of tectonic plate boundary is shown here?
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Strike-slip fault
Convergent boundary
20
Where are volcanoes and earthquakes the most common?
Mid Ocean Ridge
Plate Boundaries
Hot Spots
Fault lines
21
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
22
At the center of a mid-ocean ridge is ____.
subduction zone
deep-ocean
fracture zone.
rift valley.
23
the layer of rock between Earth’s crust and core
outer core
mantle
lithosphere
asthenosphere
24
What is least likely to harm you in an earthquake?
The ground opening
Panicking
Falling objects
Falling bridges
25
A collision between
two pieces of continental crus
t at a converging boundary produces a
rift valley.
deep-ocean trench.
mid-ocean ridge.
mountain range.
26
Panthalassa was the name Wegener chose to describe
the continent of South America
fossil remains on the coast of Africa.
a huge, ancient ocean.
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
27
What type of tectonic plate boundary is shown here?
Convergent
Divergent
Normal Force
Transform
28
What type of tectonic plate boundary is shown here?
Strike-slip fault
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
29
Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by
density.
radiation.
conduction.
convection currents.
30
Why do volcanoes form next to the edge of a continent?
oceanic plates subduct under continental plate
It is just a coincidence
Hot spots are located on the edge of continental plates
continental plates subduct under oceanic plate
31
Convection, ridge push, and slab pull work together to produce
tectonic plate motion.
fracture zones.
continental lithosphere.
earthquakes.
32
Earth's interior is warmer than its surface layer, hot materials move toward surface in a process
rotation.
energy transfer.
convection.
energy balancing.
33
What happens when a dense plate converges with a less dense plate?
Dense plate material is melted as it is subducted
New plate material is being created
New mountain ranges are formed
Dense material floats underneath old material and stays
34
How can large mountain ranges form without volcanoes?
Glaciers push mountains into ranges
Two continental tectonic plates converge
Volcanoes make new mountains
Two oceanic tectonic plates converge
35
What is an earthquake? When stress along a ______ builds up and is suddenly released.
mantle
folded mountain
pair of shoulders
fault
36
the solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and rigid upper part of the mantle
mantle
outer core
asthenosphere
lithosphere
37
What is C?
magma
cold, old, thick crust
mid-ocean ridge
central rift
38
Which of the following is a geographic example of a transform fault boundary?
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
the Andes Mountains
the San Andreas Fault
the East African Rift valley
39
What is D?
magma
cold, old, thick crust
mid-ocean ridge
central rift
40
Volcanic island arcs
are associated with what type of plate boundary?
divergent boundary
convergent continental-continental boundary
convergent oceanic-continental boundary
convergent oceanic-oceanic boundary
41
What geological feature adds new land to Earth's surface?
subduction zones
geisers
volcanoes
landfills
42
Earth’s inner core is solid because of
extreme temperatures.
the composition of its rock.
immense pressure.
its great diameter.
43
What type of plate boundary is illustrated here?
divergent boundary
convergent oceanic-continental boundary
convergent oceanic-oceanic boundary
transform fault boundary
44
In the diagram, the rocks in Block 1 form
a footwall.
an anticline.
a hanging wall.
a syncline.
45
Iceland is a great example of ____________.
convergent boundaries
volcanic activity
divergent boundaries
transform boundaries
46
What process is illustrated by the area labeled D in Figure?
subduction
continental volcano
seafloor spreading
rifting
47
In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle
along the edges of all the continents.
along mid-ocean ridges.
in deep-ocean trenches.
at the north and south poles.
48
Where is the most likely place for an earthquake to occur?
in mountain ranges
in valleys
fault line/plate boundary
the middle of tectonic plates
49
What was the main reason Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis was
REJECTED
?
could not provide a mechanism for movement of continents.
provided illogical explanation for the movement of continent
He was not well liked by other scientists.
His evidence was incorrect.
50
According to Wegener, Pangaea began breaking up during the
Precambrian Period
Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic Era
51
In which of the Earth’s Layers do convection currents occur?
in the inner core
in the outer core
in the asthenosphere
in the lithosphere
52
What is B?
magma
cold, old, thick crust
mid-ocean ridge
central rift
53
What happens when two oceanic plates collide?
The denser plate fractures.
The denser plate subducts.
The less dense plate fractures.
The less dense plate subducts.
54
What type of boundary is found in this image?
transform
Reverse
convergent
divergent
55
What is the major type of stress that occurs at convergent plate boundaries?
shear stress
erosional stress
tensional stress
compressional stress
56
What feature is labeled B in Figure 9-1?
trench
ocean ridge
continental volcanic arc
volcanic island arc
57
Why do earthquakes occur more frequently in California, than in Plantation, FL?
California has more rigid granitic rock
California is on softer rock
California is subducting under continental US plate
California is on a plate boundary
58
Continental volcanoes are associated with what type of plate boundary?
convergent continental-continental boundary
transform fault boundary
convergent oceanic-oceanic boundary
convergent oceanic-continental boundary
59
According to Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift,
the continents were joined together in a single landmass.
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking.
the continents do not move.
Earth’s surface is made up of seven major landmasses.
60
plate boundary occur when two plate grind past each other without destroying/producing crust?
transitional boundary
transform fault boundary
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
61
The hot liquid layer that is
below
the mantle
asthenosphere
outer core
lithosphere
mantle
62
Which of the following results when
divergence
occurs between
two oceanic plates
?
an ocean trench
a subduction zone
seafloor spreading
a volcanic island arc
63
The pressure that causes a volcanic eruption is produced by _____.
subduction zones Earth traps crust until it escapes
Magma is alway hot and accumulates in one spot
Magma builds up in hot spots until it explodes upward
Heat trapped within Earth
