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If you have a convergent boundary with an oceanic crust pushing against a continental crust, what can be formed?
Volcano, trench, ridges, valleys
Rift valleys and mountains
Island arc volcanos
volcano on land, trench, subduction zone
2
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
Cedementations and compaction
Heat and pressure
Cooling of magma or lava
3
Where are the Convections Currents found?
Core
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Crust
4
Where would you expect to find the oldest rock, location A, B, C or D?
B
A
D
C
5
What happens at a divergent boundary with a continental vs continental crust
Ocean ridge
Rift valleyNew Lithosphere created
subductions zone and volcanoes
Trench and volcanoes
6
What two things cause plates to move?
crust
Lithosphere
Gravity
Thermal energy
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Who discovered the continental drift in 1912?
Albert Einstein
JJ Thompson
Alfred Wegener
Prince
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What type of plate boundary do you see occurring between the South American plate and the African plate?
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
9
What was Wegener's evidence that continental drift actually happened?
Fossils of Mesosaurus
All of the above
Similarities in the shapes of Africa and South America
Distintive Rock formations
10
What makes up the lithosphere
Inner core
Mantle
Upper mantle and the crust
Lower mantle and the crust
11
What are the pieces on the Earth's crust called?
Puzzle Pieces
Core
Rocks
Plates
12
New lithosphere is mostly created at what type of plate boundary?
divergent
transform
convergent
all of the above
13
Subduction zoneDeep ocean trenchVolcanoEarthquakesWhat type of boundary is this?
Divergent Oceanic vs oceanic
Convergent oceanic vs Oceanic
Convergent Continental vs Oceanic
Convergent continental vs continental
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What are the two types of crusts that make up the lithosphere
Oceanic and Continental
Oceanic and crust
Continental and plates
Volcanoes
15
The 3 main rock types are Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
False
True
16
Which of the following is most likely to occur at a transform plate boundary?
earthquakes
all of the above
aquifer formation
volcanoes
17
The plate boundaries can be made up of
Both continental and oceanic lithosphere
Both continental and oceanic asthenosphere
oceanic lithosphere only
Continental lithosphere only
18
What is the largest layer on Earth?
crust
Outer Core
Mantle
Core
19
How are igneous rocks formed?
Cooling of lava or magma
Weathering and erosion
Heat and pressure
20
Which type of boundary creates rift valleys on continents and mid-ocean ridges in the ocean.
Convergent boundaries
Transform boundaries
Divergent boundaries
21
What will form if you have a convergent boundary with two oceanic crusts?
Subduction zone
Deep ocean trench
Volcanic islands
All the above
22
According to the Map, what type of plate boundary occurs between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate?
convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
23
How are metamorphic rocks formed
Heat and pressure
Cededementation
Cooling of lava
24
What causes the plates to move?
Movemnet in the core
Ocean currents
Convection currents in the asthenosphere
Large machines
25
What are Earth's layers
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
26
What does B represent?
Volcano
Subduction zone
Mountain
New lithosphere
27
What makes up the Lithosphere?
Crust
Crust and lower mantle
Crust and uppler mantle
Mantle and inner core
28
What type of boundary occurs between the Nazca plate ( in white) and South America
transform boundary
Convergent bounday- Continental vs continental crust
Convergent boundary- oceanic vs ocenic crust
Convergent boundary-oceanic vs contintal crust
29
Earthquakes and Volcanoes happen more frequently __________.
on hot days
along plate boundaries
in aquifers
in the middle of lithospheric plates
30
A mid-ocean ridge is an example of what type of plate boundary?
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction zone
Divergent boundary
31
Geologists use the name___to refer to the giant land mass that exited 250 millins years ago.
La Mesa
Superior
Plate Tectonis
Pangea
32
Where on Earth are the tectonic plates located?
Lithophere
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Crust
33
Plate tectonics refers to the theory that _____
Old lithosphere falls into the oceans and is destoyed over time.
Earth's lithosphere moves around but is never destroyed
New lithophere is always forming on the top of large montains
Old lithosphere is destroyed and new lithsphere is formed over time.
34
Convection is __________.
the transfer of energy that happens in all layers of the Earth
the process that adds material to the bottom of the oceanic plates
energy radiated from radioactive material
transfer of thermal energy by the movement of matter of different temps.
35
Antarctic Plate and the Pacific plate have what type of crust?
Oceanic vs continental crust
Continental vs continental crust
Oceanic vs oceanic crust
36
Who is the Scientist that came up with the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
Straus
Smith
Newton
Wegener
37
Which type of plate boundary is in the southern California region?
Divergent boundary
transform boundary
passive margin
Convergent Boundary
38
Which two pieces of evidence support the claim that the continents were once joined.
The terrain of the continents is similar
The same fossils are found on differnt continents.
The shapes of continets fit together like a puzzle
The number of fosslils found on each continetn is the same
39
Where does the Earth's internal heat source come from'?
Core
Mantle
Crust
40
Which of the following statements provides evidence for the theory of plate tectonics?
GPS show that Earth’s plates are moving at a rate of 1-2 cm per year
All of the above.
Some continents fit like a puzzle
The same kind of fossils are found in South America and Africa.
41
How does and igneous rock turn into a sedimentary rock.
Weathering and erosion to become sediments, then cemented and compacted
Weathering and erosion to become sediments
Heat and pressure
Cooling of magma
42
Continental drift is the idea that __________.
ocean waves push the continents over the surface of the earth
the continents and ocean floor are solid because they are hardened magma
continents once joined to form a large landmass and moved over time
convection in the mantle slowly move continents on the Earth’s surface
43
Plate tectonics refers to the theory that __________.
Earth’s surface is made of lithospheric plates that cannot move
Earth’s surface is made up of lithospheric plates that have moved over time
the continents float on the oceans like plates
each of the continents on Earth is called a plate
44
Where would you expect to find the youngest rock, location A,
B,
C or location D?
A
B
C
D
45
Explain what geological processes happen at Location A.
Subduction zone
New Lithosphere is formed
Mountain is formed
Trench is formed
46
What happenes at a convergent boundary that is oceanic vs oceanic
Montain formation.
New lithosphere
Subduction zone, Trench and island volcanoes
Volcanoe on land
47
Two lithospheric plates move towards each other at __________.
a divergent plate boundary
a transform plate boundary
a mid-ocean ridge
a convergent plate boundary
48
When ____ boundaries collide, they form a mountain range. The Indian plate colllided with the Eurasian Plate
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
