Unit one Cumulative Exam Review

This is a map that shows hot spots around the world.

Which phrase describes the formation of the Hawaiian Islands

• formed due to subduction

• formed in the middle of a plate

• formed at a divergent boundary

• formed at a convergent boundary

Which describes pressure during a volcanic eruption?

• Pressure increases as magma rises.

• Pressure traps dissolved gases in magma.

• Pressure increases until the volcano explodes.

• Pressure from rocks above causes new rocks to form.

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Which statement describes earthquakes?

• They release energy.

• They are caused by reduced stress in rocks.

• They begin at the epicenter.

• They result from movement on Earth’s surface.

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How are S waves and surface waves similar?

• Both arrive after P waves.

• Both compress the ground.

• Both travel through liquids.

• Both produce minimal ground motion.

By which mechanism does older oceanic rock move at a ridge?

• Magnetic forces move the rock.

• Continents drift and move the rock.

• The ridge subducts and moves the rock.

• New molten material rises and moves the rock.

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Which discovery did scientists make at mid-ocean ridges that caused them to conclude that new rock was being formed by molten material?

• magnetic banding

• pillow-shaped rocks

• older rocks farther from the ridge

• rocks with similar characteristics

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At which point is subduction occurring?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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At which point is crust neither created nor destroyed?

• island chain

• mid-ocean ridge

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

Which two large landmasses formed when Pangaea first started to separate?

• Africa and Europe

• Europe and Laurasia

• Gondwanaland and North America

• Laurasia and Gondwanaland

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Which explanation provides support for continental drift theory?

• Dinosaurs lived on many continents.

• Coal fields match up across continents.

• Tropical plant fossils were found in warm areas.

• Similar rock types are found across continents.

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