CH. 12 quiz!

Which of the following provides evidence for plate tectonics?

• seafloor topography

• ocean currents

• Coriolis effect

• atmospheric temperatures

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A rift valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• a, b, and c

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The largest mountain ranges in the world are found along which two types of plate boundaries?

• divergent and convergent boundaries

• subduction zones and transform boundaries

• convergent and transform boundaries

• divergent and transform boundaries

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Volcanic activity is most often associated with which two types of plate boundaries?

• divergent and convergent boundaries

• subduction zones and transform boundaries

• convergent and transform boundaries

• divergent and transform boundaries

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Earthquakes are associated with which type of plate boundary?

• convergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• divergent boundaries

• all of the above

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Which of the following best explains why the magnetic stripes recorded on maps of a mid-ocean ridge in the eastern Pacific Ocean are farther apart than similar stripes on either side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

• The magma formed at the eastern Pacific Ridge is more viscous than the magma formed at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

• The rate of spreading at the eastern Pacific Ridge is less than that at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

• The rate of spreading at the eastern Pacific Ridge is greater than that at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

• More subduction zones are in the Pacific Ocean than in the Atlantic Ocean.

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As the distance from a mid-ocean ridge increases, the age of seafloor crust ____.

• increases

• decreases

• remains the same

• is unpredictable

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Tectonic plates predominantly slide sideways past each other at what kind of plate boundary?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• subduction

Tectonic plates predominantly move towards each other at what kind of plate boundary?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• hot spots

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Sound waves are used to create depth maps of ocean floors. In shallower water, where the elevation of the ocean floor is higher, sound waves ____ travel from the ship to the ocean floor and back to the ship.

• take less time to

• take more time to

• get lower pitched as they

• get higher pitched as they