Quiz about 8.9B Plate Tectonic Review

Question 1

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

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Divergent Boundary

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Convergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

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Subduction

Question 2

A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

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Convergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

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Divergent Boundary

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Subduction

Question 3

Convergent Plate Movement can create

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Mountains

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Rifts

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Ocean Ridges

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Radiation

Question 4

Divergent Plate movement can create

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Rifts and Ocean Ridges

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Convection Currents

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Conduction

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Mountains

Question 5

When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________

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Earthquake

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Volcano

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Convection Current

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Gravitational Pull

Question 6

Created by a divergent boundary.

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Mid Atlantic Ridge

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Rock Mountains

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Mariana Trench

Question 7

Mountains form from ...

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collision of plates

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plates sliding past one another

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plates moving away from each other

Question 8

During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...

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at the mid ocean ridges

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along the continents

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deep ocean trenches

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at north and south poles

Question 9

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

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subduction zone

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submarine zone

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divergence zone

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lower zone

Question 10

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

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Convergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

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Subduction

Question 11

A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

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Divergent Boundary

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Transform Boundary

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Subduction

Question 12

Divergent Plate movement can create

Accepted Answer

Rifts and ocean ridges

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Convection Currents

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Conduction

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Mountains

Question 13

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

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convection currents in the Asthenosphere

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the rotation of the Earth.

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the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

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the Moho discontinuity.

Question 14

What are the two types of crust

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continental and oceanic

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ocean and upper

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lower and upper

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pizza and subway

Question 15

What is this a picture of?

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Pangea

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Plate Tectonics

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Continental Drift

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Glacier Scaring

Question 16

What is common at convergent boundaries?

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Mountains

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Valleys

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Canyons

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Rivers

Question 17

What happens often at transform boundaries?

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Earthquakes

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Rain

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Hurricanes

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Volcanic Activity

Question 18

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

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along mid-ocean ridges.

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along the edges of all the continents.

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in deep-ocean trenches.

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at the north and south poles.

Question 19

Process by which a more dense plate is forced underneath another when they collide. (Produces a trench, volcanoes, deep/thrust earthquakes, and tsunamis.)

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Subduction

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Seafloor Spreading

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Divergence

Question 20

In the middle of this diagram, the mantle convection will form a

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mid-ocean ridge

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volcanic island arc

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trench

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tsunami

Question 21

A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago.

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Pangea

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Gondwanaland

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Rodinia

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Pannotia

Question 22

The theory that the continents have not always been in their present locations but have moved there over millions of years

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Continental Drift Theory

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Plate Tectonics

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Lystrasaurus

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Alfred Wegener

Question 23

A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.

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tectonic plate

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continent

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crust

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mantle

Question 24

The place where two plates meet.

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plate boundary

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tectonic plate

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asthenosphere

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crust

Question 25

a tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other

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convergent

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transform

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divergent

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strike-slip

Question 26

boundary between tectonic plates in which the two plates move away from each other, and new crust is created between them

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divergent

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transform

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convergent

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strike-slip

Question 27

Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other

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transform

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divergent

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convergent

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strike-slip

Question 28

An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it (Hawaii is an example of this)

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hot spot

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mountain chain

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rift

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subduction zone

Question 29

The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle

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continental drift

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buoyancy

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plate tectonics

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Alfred Wegener

Question 30

The portion of the earth's crust that primarily contains granite, is less dense than oceanic crust, and is 20-50 km thick

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continental crust

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mantle

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oceanic crust

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asthenosphere

Question 31

Thinner, more dense, younger crust, primarily basaltic, making ocean floor

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oceanic crust

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mantle

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continental crust

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asthenosphere

Question 32

The process that creates new seafloor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges

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seafloor spreading

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stressing

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subduction

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shearing

Question 33

he process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

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subduction

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stressing

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seafloor spreading

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shearing

Question 34

a valley in the ocean created when one lithospheric plate subducts under another

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deep ocean trench

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rift valley

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oceanic ridge

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subduction zone

Question 35

a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 1000-4000km; the rifts at the crests represent divergent plate boundaries

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oceanic ridge

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deep ocean trench

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rift valley

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subduction zone

Question 36

a valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates

Accepted Answer

rift valley

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deep ocean trench

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oceanic ridge

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subduction zone

Question 37

the region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates

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subduction zone

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deep ocean trench

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rift valley

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oceanic ridge

Question 38

Which of these are examples of Crustal Features/Landforms

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Volcanoes, Trenches, Mid Ocean Ridges, Rift Valleys, Mountain Ranges, Island Arc, Fault

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Subduction

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Convergent Boundary

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Earthquakes

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