PLATE TECTONICS _____ 23) Plate tectonics is a ___________________. A) theory B)
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PLATE TECTONICS
_____ 23) Plate tectonics is a ___________________.
A) theory B) fact C) discarded hypothesis
_____ 24) _________________ plate boundaries are where plates are created.
A) Divergent B) Convergent C) Transform fault
_____ 25) _________________ plate boundaries are where plates are destroyed.
A) Divergent B) Convergent C) Transform fault
_____ 26) _________________ plate boundaries are where plates move away from each other.
A) Divergent B) Convergent C) Transform fault
_____ 27) _________________ plate boundaries are where plates move away from each other.
A) Divergent B) Convergent C) Transform fault
_____ 28) _________________ plate boundaries are where plates move towards each other.
A) Divergent B) Convergent C) Transform fault
_____ 29) _________________ plate boundaries are where plates slide past each other.
A) Divergent B) Convergent C) Transform fault
_____ 30) The type of plate boundary found at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a _________________ plate boundary.
A) divergent B) convergent C) transform fault
_____ 31) The type of plate boundary found at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a _________________ plate boundary.
A) divergent B) convergent C) transform fault
_____ 32) The type of plate boundary found at the East Pacific Rise is a _________________ plate boundary.
A) divergent B) convergent C) transform fault
_____ 33) The type of plate boundary found at the Himalayan Mountains in Asia north of India is a
_________________ plate boundary.
A) divergent B) convergent C) transform fault
_____ 34) The type of plate boundary found at the Aleutian Islands westward from Alaska is a
_________________ plate boundary.
A) divergent B) convergent C) transform fault
_____ 35) The type of plate boundary found at Japan is a _________________ plate boundary.
A) divergent B) convergent C) transform fault
_____ 36) The type of plate boundary found at the Cascade Mountains in Oregon and Washington is a
_________________ plate boundary.
A) divergent B) convergent C) transform fault
_____ 37) The type of plate boundary found at the Andes Mountains along the west coast of South America is a
_________________ plate boundary.
A) divergent B) convergent C) transform fault
_____ 38) The youngest seafloor occurs ___________________.
A) near trenches B) near mid-oceanic ridges C) near hot spot traces D) at abyssal plains
_____ 39) The Hawaiian Island-Emperor Seamount Chain was made by a ______________________.
A) subduction zone B) convergent plate boundary C) hot spot D) transform fault
_____ 40) Where did the Cascade Mountains along the west coast of Oregon and Washington form?
A) Where oceanic and oceanic lithosphere converge.
B) Where oceanic and oceanic lithosphere diverge.
C) Where oceanic and continental lithosphere converge.
D) Where continental and continental lithosphere converge.
E) Where magma from a hot spot burned through the crust forming volcanoes.
_____ 41) Where do volcanic mountains such as Hawaiian Islands tend to occur?
A) Where oceanic and oceanic lithosphere converge.
B) Where oceanic and oceanic lithosphere diverge.
C) Where oceanic and continental lithosphere converge.
D) Where continental and continental lithosphere converge.
E) Where magma from a hot spot burned through the crust forming volcanoes.
_____ 42) What is driving plate tectonics causing the plates to move around on the surface of the Earth?
A) hot plumes B) slab-push and slab-pull C) convection cells D) It is unknown.
EVIDENCE FOR PLATE TECTONICS
_____ 43) At irregular intervals the magnetic field switches polarity: north becomes south and south becomes north, this is called ______________________.
A) magnetic reversals B) magnetic stripes C) magnetic polarity D) ferromagnetism
_____ 44) The study of the Earth
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