Two of Earth's plates are pressed together for many millions of years. What would happen if they pressed together in a place where oceanic plate material meets continental plate material?
Earth's Features Review

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Charles Martinez
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The continental plate material would be pushed downward.
The oceanic plate material would be pushed downward.
The plates would not be able to move while they were pressing together and no plate material would be pushed upward.
The edges of the plates would not be pushed upward but they would be broken into small pieces.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is TRUE about when mountains have developed on Earth?
All mountains on Earth today were present with Earth formed.
Mountains developed for a while after Earth first formed, but no new mountains are developing today.
Mountains have been developing continuously since Earth formed, and mountains are still developing today.
Mountains have only occasionally developed since Earth formed.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the diagram below, where is new plate material forming?
At the boundary of the continent and ocean basin. (A)
In the middle of the ocean basin. (B)
At the boundary where the two plates are pulling apart. (C)
No new plate material is forming anywhere shown in the diagram.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following represents a claim based on the question, "how does the earth recycle plate material?"
Old rock material is melted at divergent plate boundaries.
The Earth is getting larger and the rock is not recycled.
Old rock material is constantly being recycled due to convergent plate boundaries (subduction).
Rock material is constantly being destroyed as the Earth shrinks.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fossils of Mesosaurus, a small freshwater reptile, are found in South America and Africa. Why is the Mesosaurus useful evidence for continental drift?
Mesosaurus lived all over the world.
Mesosaurus only lived in warm climates.
Mesosaurus lived in rivers and steams of South America and Africa.
It is unlikely that the Mesosaurus could swim thousands of kilometers between continents.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is evidence that Wegener's theory of continental drift may have been true?
Demonstration of the ruggedness and youth of the ocean floor.
Emergence of seafloor spreading hypothesis and associated recycling of oceanic crust.
Precise documentation that the world’s earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated along oceanic trenches and submarine mountain ranges.
All of the above
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process occurring in the asthenosphere that is thought to be the force behind plate tectonics is an example of a(n)
Plate boundary
Divergent boundary
Normal fault
Convection current
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