Plate Tectonics LT 10

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Plate Tectonics LT 10

Multiple Choice

The north american plate is a major plate

true

false

Multiple Choice

The Nazca Plate is a major plate

true

false

Multiple Choice

The process rising of heated magma and the sinking of cooled magma is

convection currents in the asthenosphere (mantle)

conduction in the asthenosphere

convection currents in the lithosphere (crust)

conduction currents in the lithosphere

Multiple Choice

Name the boundary

convergent boundary

divergent boundary

transform boundary

sergent boundary

Multiple Choice

Name the boundary

convergent boundary

divergent boundary

transform boundary

sergent boundary

Multiple Choice

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

divergent

convergent

transform

submergent

Multiple Choice

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

divergent

convergent

transform

subducting

Multiple Choice

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

divergent

convergent

transform

strike slip

Multiple Choice

Which diagram shows a plate boundary that is typical for the formation of volcanoes?

Multiple Choice

Use the diagram to answer the question. What results as the two oceanic plates converge?

formation of a deep sea trench and island volcanoes

earthquake activity and appearance of a transform fault

volcanic eruption along both oceanic plate edges

formation of a continental mountain range

Multiple Choice

The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

death ring

fire zone

ring of fire

zone of fire

Multiple Choice

A rift valley is the result of what type of boundary?

Divergent

convergent

subduction

transform

Multiple Choice

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Mountain

Rift Valley

Island Arc

Multiple Choice

The Great Rift Valley in Africa is created by this boundary

Divergent: continental-continental

Convergent: continental-continental

Divergent: oceanic-oceanic

Transform:continental-continental

Multiple Choice

A mid-ocean ridge is produced by what type of plate boundary

convergent

divergent

transform

subduction zone

Multiple Choice

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

Rift Valley

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Island Arc

Flat land

Multiple Choice

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the largest mid-ocean ridge in the world. This geologic feature is created by this boundary

Divergent: continental-continental

Convergent: continental-continental

Divergent: oceanic-oceanic

Transform:continental-continental

Multiple Choice

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

Earthquake

Volcano Eruption

Tornado

Mountain Building

Multiple Choice

The San Andreas Fault is a crack in the Earth's crust that runs the length of California. What plate boundary feature caused this?

an inactive convergent boundary

an active convergent boundary

an active transform boundary

a volcanic eruption

Multiple Choice

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

New Madrid

Denali Fault

Ramapo Seismic Zone

San Andreas Fault

Multiple Choice

Rising magma that results from subduction may produce...

fossil layers

volcanic island arcs

deep-sea sediment

seafloor spreading

Multiple Choice

Rising magma that results from subduction may produce...

fossil layers

volcanic island arcs

deep-sea sediment

seafloor spreading

Multiple Choice

The Andes Mountains are a volcanic mountain range located on the western coast of South America. The plate boundary located in this region is most likely an area of-

subduction because the plates are colliding

folded mountains because the plates are colliding

mid-ocean ridges because the plates are pulling apart

ocean-floor spreading because the plates are spreading apart

Multiple Choice

What do volcanic island arcs indicate about the plate tectonics in the region?

a converging plate boundary

a diverging plate boundary

a transform plate boundary

new seafloor being created

Multiple Choice

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

Multiple Choice

The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.

Ring of Earth

Ring of Fire

Ring of Stone

Ring of Diamond

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

submarine zone

divergence zone

subduction zone

lower zone

Multiple Choice

What geologic process formed the Himalayas?

two continental plates converging

an earthquake in a subduction zone

a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot

movement at a transform fault boundary

Multiple Choice

The youngest rocks on the seafloor are most likely found...

closest to a mid-ocean ridge

farthest from a mid-ocean ridge

near the coastlines

closest to a deep sea trench

Multiple Choice

Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

Rift Valley

Mountain

A peninsula

An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.

Multiple Choice

Evidence used by Wegener to supported his idea of continental drift included

Ocean rocks and sediments

Ocean floor topography

Magnetic isochron patterns

Climatic data

Multiple Choice

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Energy from the Sun

Magnetic Pole Reversal

Convection currents in the mantle

Faults in Mountain Ranges

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