CPO - Chapter 8

Question 1

Sinking of one plate under another plate.

Accepted Answer

subduction

Question 2

Long chains of underwater mountains are called _________.

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridges

Question 3

Best way to detect transform faults is by the ____________they cause.

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 4

These plates are thick, less dense than lithospheric plates, made of granite, forms continents

Accepted Answer

Continental Plates

Question 5

Large pieces of the Earth's crust that move over the asthenosphere.

Accepted Answer

Lithospheric

Question 6

Due to Hess "Sea-Floor" spreading theory, he called this _____________.

Accepted Answer

"Geo-Poetry"

Question 7

Boundary that occurs where two plates are sliding past each other.

Accepted Answer

transform fault

Question 8

The study of Earth's past magnetic field.

Accepted Answer

Paleomagnetism

Question 9

Type of boundary where plates move away from each other.

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 10

Name given to the supercontinent composed of earlier forms of today's continents.

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Pangaea

Question 11

The oldest rocks of the sea-floor are found at ___________distance from the mid-ocean ridge.

Accepted Answer

furthest

Question 12

The Himalayan Mountains are the result of the continuous collision between these two plates.

Accepted Answer

Indo-Australian and Eurasian

Question 13

Rising mantle plume may divide the ocean above and form a ____________.

Accepted Answer

volcano

Question 14

Mountain ranges are often formed at ___________boundaries.

Accepted Answer

Convergent Plate

Question 15

Metamorphic rock is formed when heat and pressure change what type of rocks?

Accepted Answer

Limestone

Question 16

Distinctive lava found at mid-ocean ridges.

Accepted Answer

Pillow Lavas

Question 17

How many questions were on your Chapter 8 Test?

Accepted Answer

25

Question 18

Scientist who had the idea of continental drift.

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Question 19

Type of landform formed by a mantle plume hot spot.

Accepted Answer

island

Question 20

When "limestone" is squeezed at a convergent boundary, it forms what "new" rock?

Accepted Answer

Marble

Questions 20