Plate Tectonics Quiz

At point A, the East Pacific Ridge is the boundary between which plates?

• A. Cocos Plate and the North American Plate

• B. Pacific Plate and the Nazca Plate

• C. Pacific Plate and the South American Plate

• D. South American Plate and the Nazca Plate

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According to the diagram, the deep trench along the west coast of South America is caused by movement of the oceanic crust that is

• A. sinking beneath the continental crust

• B. colliding with the atlantic ocean crust

• C. uplifting over the continental crust

• D. sinking at the mid-atlantic ridge

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Mid-ocean ridges (rifts) normally form where tectonic plates are

• A. stationary

• B. sliding past each other

• C. converging

• D. diverging

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Along the line from position A to position B, the comparative age of the rock

• A. continuously decreases from A to B

• B. continuously increases from A to B

• C. increases from A to the mid-Atlantic ridge and then decreases to B

• D. decreases from A to the mid-Atlantic ridge and then increases to B

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Ocean floor rock found 20 kilometers west of the ocean ridge would have an approximate age of

• A. 1.6 million years

• B. 15 million years

• C. 2.0 million years

• D. 30 million years

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What are two characteristics of ocean floor rock found at location C?

• A. reverse polarity, continental composition

• B. normal polarity, oceanic composition

• C. reverse polarity, oceanic composition

• D. normal polarity, continental composition

The occurrence of high-heat flows at the ridge center provides evidence of the

• A. destruction of the continental crust

• B. destruction of the oceanic crust

• C. existence of rising mantle convection currents

• D. existence of ancestral mountains

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Which of the Hawaiian Islands has the greatest probability of having a volcanic eruption?

• A. Oahu

• B. Hawaii

• C. Kauai

• D. Maui

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Many scientists believe that convection currents in the mantle between South America and Africa caused the separation of the two continents and the formation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Describe which directions the arrows would be points on the reference table for this location?

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At the Aleutian Trench and the Peru-Chile Trench, tectonic plates are generally

• A. diverging

• B. moving along a transform boundary

• C. moving over a mantle hot spot

• D. converging

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