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Earth Science- Ch. 7 Review
Earth Science- Ch. 7 Review
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#19 In the diagram, C is referring to
Oceanic crust
Mid-ocean ridge
Magma
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#31 What is likely to occur at the boundary between plates
B
and
D
?
Volcanic eruptions
Earthquakes
Mountain building
Mid-ocean ridge
3
10 What evidence proved that S. America,Africa, India, and Australia were covered by glaciers?
Cold climates
Enormous valleys formed by glaciers
Glaciers deposits and glacial grooves scarred in the rocks
Leftover portions of glaciers
4
#6 Which scientist is credited with the continental drift hypothesis?
W. Jason Morgan
J. Tuzo Wilson
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
5
#11 what is the lithosphere?
Plates make up the crust and the upper part of mantle
the upper part of the mantle
the plates that make up the crust
Large, flat stones sitting on top magma
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#20 The type of plate boundary in the diagram is?
Oceanic-continental convergent
Oceanic-oceancic divergent
Oceanic-continental divergent
Oceanic-oceanic convergent
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#3 Point A in the diagram is what type of plate boundary?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
Allegiant
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#27_________are likely to occur when two oceanic plates collide
mid-ocean ridge
Montains
Rift valleys
Island arcs
9
#2 Which of the following is likely to happen at point
B
in the diagram?
Plates move apart and volcanoes form
Plates move past each other sideways
Plates are not moving
Plates move toward each other and volcanoes form
10
#16 In a divergent plates boundary...
Two plates slide past one another
2 plates seperate
Two continental plates collide
An oceanic plate and a continental plate collide
11
#14 What does plate tectonics cause?
Forms mountains
All above
Causes volcanoes
Forms ocean basins
12
#24 _______are likely to occur in a divergent plate boundary on land
Mid-ocean ridge
Volcanoes
Mountains
Rift valleys
13
#32 What is likely to occur at the boundary between Plates F and G?
Earthquakes
Rift valleys
Subduction
Mid -ocean ridges
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15. Which situation does NOT occur along a convergent plate boundary?
volcanoes form
crust is subducted
crust forms
mountains form
15
#30 What type of boundary is occurring between plates B & D ?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
16
#12 What kind of plate movement is shown in diagram?
Sliding
Uplift
Subduction
Spreading
17
#1 What is Pangaea?
A large ice sheet
A supercontinent made of the present day continents
A fern that lives close to the equator
18
#28 On the map,
L
is referring to which tectonic plate?
Philippine
Indo-Australian
Pacific
Eurasian
19
#18 In the diagram, B is referring to
Ocean crust
Mid-ocean ridge
Magma
20
#9 What is the continental drift theory?
continents moved quickly apart to current locations on earth
continents moved slowly apart to current locations
continents are moving slowly together from current locations
continents have always been located in current locations
21
#25__________ are likely to occur in oceanic-continental convergent boundary
Mountains
Island arcs
Volcanoes
Rift valleys
22
#8 What clue supported the continental drift theory?
animal fossils found on continents separated by oceans
Puzzle-like fit of all the continents
similar rock structures found on different continents
all above
23
#21 What happens at a transform plate boundary?
Plates move away from each other
Plates slide past each other
Plates move toward each other
24
#5 This process occurs in which layer of Earth?
Outer core
Crust
Mantle
Innercore
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#4 The force responsible for the movement of the plates is called ?
Core movement
Radiation
Convection curents
Conduction