Ch 3 Plate Tectonics CSU Geo Quiz

On this map of the south Atlantic, what is the feature that makes a zigzag pattern on the seafloor?

• island arc

• linear island chain

• subduction zone

• mid-ocean ridge

• none of these

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Why does the Tibetan Plateau, shown in this figure, have a high elevation?

• transform faulting

• seafloor spreading

• continental rifting

• continental collision

• hot-spot activity

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On this map of the south Atlantic, why is the mid-ocean ridge in the center of the ocean?

• Subduction is consuming seafloor beneath both adjacent continents.

• Seafloor is added to both sides during seafloor spreading.

• Subduction has occurred under one and then another of the adjacent continents.

• Seafloor spreading has stopped in this area.

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In this figure of Japan, what do the offshore trenches indicate?

• Areas of continental rifting

• Locations of transform faulting

• Sites of seafloor spreading

• Subduction zones

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How did the Red Sea, shown between Arabia and Africa in this figure, form?

• subduction of Arabia beneath Africa

• subduction of Africa beneath Arabia

• a continental collision

• continental rifting followed by seafloor spreading

• transform faulting followed by a continental collision

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Broad symmetrical ridges that cross ocean basins are called:

• mid-ocean ridges

• abyssal plains

• seamounts

• island chains

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On this map, identify which letter is over the Atlantic ocean.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• feature is not labeled

Some continents continue outward from the shoreline under shallow seawater, forming submerged benches called:

• continental shelves

• sea mounts

• island arcs

• island chains

• abyssal plains

The main reason why the hypothesis of continental drift was not widely accepted was:

• The hypothesis required that the entire Earth was once frozen.

• The hypothesis required long, narrow land bridges that did not exist.

• There was no mechanism to move continents through the oceanic crust.

• All of these were reasons the hypothesis was not widely accepted.

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The puzzle-like fit of the continents, similarity of rock types across continents, and glacial evidence all were pieces of evidence supporting Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift. What was another piece of supporting evidence?

• distribution of similar fossils across multiple continents

• land bridges were discovered connecting Africa and South America

• continents were found to have plowed through ocean basins to move into current positions

• gravitational pull of the Moon was found to be responsible for connecting Pangaea

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