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Plate TectonicsReview
1) As depth under Earth’s crust increases, what happens to the temperature and pressure of Earth’s layers?
a. They both decrease.
b. They both stay the same.
c. They both increase.d. Temperature increases and pressure
decreases.
1) As depth under Earth’s crust increases, what happens to the temperature and pressure of Earth’s layers?
a. They both decrease.
b. They both stay the same.
c. They both increase.d. Temperature increases and pressure
decreases.
2) The longest chain of mountains in the world is known as the __.
a. Oceanic Range
b. Mid-Ocean Ridge
c. Ring of Fire
d. The Pacific Ridge
2) The longest chain of mountains in the world is known as the __.
a. Oceanic Range
b. Mid-Ocean Ridge
c. Ring of Fire
d. The Pacific Ridge
3) What has the greatest effect on plate movement?
a. density and convection
b. size and convection
c. density and composition
d. temperature and composition
3) What has the greatest effect on plate movement?
a. density and convection
b. size and convection
c. density and composition
d. temperature and composition
4) The deeper into the Earth you travel, the __ the material becomes.
a. more porous
b. less porous
c. less dense
d. more dense
4) The deeper into the Earth you travel, the __ the material becomes.
a. more porous
b. less porous
c. less dense
d. more dense
5) The deepest layer of the Earth that humans have drilled to is the __.
a. outer core
b. asthenosphere
c. mantle
d. crust
5) The deepest layer of the Earth that humans have drilled to is the __.
a. outer core
b. asthenosphere
c. mantle
d. crust
6) In which of Earth’s layers are convection currents believed to be flowing?
a. lithosphere
b. asthenosphere
c. outer core
d. oceanic crust
6) In which of Earth’s layers are convection currents believed to be flowing?
a. lithosphere
b. asthenosphere
c. outer core
d. oceanic crust
7) The process that continually adds crust to the ocean floor is called __.
a. sea-floor spreading
b. continental drift
c. trench making
d. subduction
7) The process that continually adds crust to the ocean floor is called __.
a. sea-floor spreading
b. continental drift
c. trench making
d. subduction
8) Which statement about Pangaea is TRUE? (HINT: landmass created from continents being joined together)
a. Pangaea was made of oceanic crust only.b. Pangaea was made of all the Earth’s
tectonic plates.
c. Pangaea contained continental crust only.d. Pangaea contained both continental and
oceanic crust.
8) Which statement about Pangaea is TRUE? (HINT: landmass created from continents being joined together)
a. Pangaea was made of oceanic crust only.b. Pangaea was made of all the Earth’s
tectonic plates.
c. Pangaea contained continental crust
only.d. Pangaea contained both continental and
oceanic crust.
9) What have scientists used to gain information about Earth’s interior?
a. satellite images from GPS
b. seismic waves from earthquakes
c. fossil evidence in the fossil record
d. lava pillows found at the mid-ocean
ridge
9) What have scientists used to gain information about Earth’s interior?
a. satellite images from GPS
b. seismic waves from earthquakes
c. fossil evidence in the fossil record
d. lava pillows found at the mid-ocean
ridge
10) What landform is most likely to form when two continental plates collide?
a. the rift valley
b. a deep ocean trench
c. the mid-ocean ridge
d. a mountain range
10) What landform is most likely to form when two continental plates collide?
a. the rift valley
b. a deep ocean trench
c. the mid-ocean ridge
d. a mountain range
11) Name the layers of the Earth from hottest to coolest.
a. crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
b. inner core, mantle, crust, outer core
c. inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d. crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
11) Name the layers of the Earth from hottest to coolest.
a. crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
b. inner core, mantle, crust, outer core
c. inner core, outer core, mantle,
crust
d. crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
12) Which is an accurate description of Earth’s inner core?
a. a dense ball of solid metal
b. a layer of molten rock
c. a fluid sphere of liquid metal
d. a thin layer of solid rock
12) Which is an accurate description of Earth’s inner core?
a. a dense ball of solid metal
b. a layer of molten rock
c. a fluid sphere of liquid metal
d. a thin layer of solid rock
13) What stress force creates a divergent boundary? (HINT: )
a. deformation
b. compression
c. shearing
d. tension
13) What stress force creates a divergent boundary? (HINT: )
a. deformation
b. compression
c. shearing
d. tension
14) When heat is transferred through a fluid, __ occurs.
a. conduction
b. convection
c. revolution
d. radiation
14) When heat is transferred through a fluid, __ occurs.
a. conduction
b. convection
c. revolution
d. radiation
15) In the picture below, the ocean floor is sinking through a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle. What is this process called?
a. subduction
b. convection
c. reduction
d. sinkalation
15) In the picture below, the ocean floor is sinking through a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle. What is this process called?
a. subduction
b. convection
c. reduction
d. sinkalation
16) What is the main type of rock that makes up the oceanic crust?
a. obsidian
b. granite
c. basalt
d. pumice
16) What is the main type of rock that makes up the oceanic crust?
a. obsidian
b. granite
c. basalt ocean = SALT
water
d. pumice
17) What happens between oceanic crust and continental crust at a subduction zone?
a. the less dense oceanic crust rises above the more dense continental crust
b. the equally dense oceanic and continental crusts collide and form mountains
c. the equally dense oceanic and continental crusts both sink and form magma
d. the more dense oceanic crust sinks under the less dense continental crust
17) What happens between oceanic crust and continental crust at a subduction zone?
a. the less dense oceanic crust rises above the more dense continental crust
b. the equally dense oceanic and continental crusts collide and form mountains
c. the equally dense oceanic and continental crusts both sink and form magma
d. the more dense oceanic crust sinks under the less dense continental crust
Oceanic vs. Continental
18) Most geologists believe that the movement of the Earth’s plates is caused
by __ in the __.
a. gravity, mantle
b. subduction, deep ocean trenches
c. convection currents, asthenosphere
d. magnetic fields, inner core
18) Most geologists believe that the movement of the Earth’s plates is caused by __ in the __.
a. gravity, mantle
b. subduction, deep ocean trenches
c. convection currents,
asthenosphere
d. magnetic fields, inner core
19) What theory states that lithospheric plates are in constant slow motion driven by convection currents in the asthenosphere?
a. Continental drift
b. Plate tectonics
c. Law of Superposition
d. Newton’s laws of motion
19) What theory states that lithospheric plates are in constant slow motion driven by convection currents in the asthenosphere?
a. Continental drift
b. Plate tectonics
c. Law of Superposition
d. Newton’s laws of motion
19) What theory states that lithospheric plates are in constant slow motion driven by convection currents in the asthenosphere?
a. Continental drift
b. Plate tectonics
c. Law of Superposition
d. Newton’s laws of motion
20) What type of boundary exists between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate?
a. convergent boundary
b. divergent boundary
c. transform boundary
d. fault boundary
20) What type of boundary exists between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate?
a. convergent boundary
b. divergent boundary
c. transform boundary
d. fault boundary
21) What type of stress causes plates to converge (collide)?
a. tension
b. compression
c. shearing
d. tearing
21) What type of stress causes plates to converge (collide)?
a. tension
b. compression
c. shearing
d. tearing
22) Where is new crust forming in this diagram?
a. C
b. B
c. A
d. all of
these
22) Where is new crust forming in this diagram?
a. C (mid-ocean
ridge)
b. B
c. A
d. all of these
23) Starting from Earth’s surface, what is the correct order of Earth’s layers?
a. crust, outer core, mantle, inner core
b. crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
c. crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d. crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
23) Starting from Earth’s surface, what is the correct order of Earth’s layers?
a. crust, outer core, mantle, inner core
b. crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
c. crust, mantle, outer core, inner
core
d. crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
24) Why was Wegener’s theory of continental drift originally rejected by scientists?
a. He used too many pieces of evidence.
b. He could not explain how the continents
moved.
c. He was a meteorologist.
d. He was only interested reconstructing Pangaea.
24) Why was Wegener’s theory of continental drift originally rejected by scientists?
a. He used too many pieces of evidence.
b. He could not explain how the continents
moved.
c. He was a meteorologist.
d. He was only interested reconstructing Pangaea.
25) Where do faults normally occur?
a. at plate boundaries
b. at hot spots
c. along the equator
d. in the arctic
25) Where do faults normally occur?
a. at plate boundaries
b. at hot spots
c. along the equator
d. in the arctic
26) Where are mountain chains (that are NON-VOLCANIC) most likely to occur?
a. between two colliding continental plates
b. between two colliding oceanic plates
c. between an oceanic and continental
plate
d. in the middle of a continental plate
26) Where are mountain chains (that are NON-VOLCANIC) most likely to occur?
a. between two colliding continental
plates
b. between two colliding oceanic plates
c. between an oceanic and continental
plate
d. in the middle of a continental plate
Non-volcanic Mountain Formation
27) Why is the inner core a solid, even though it has temperatures hot enough to melt it?
a. Earth’s magnetic field keeps it solid.
b. The outer core keeps the inner core cool.c. The pressure from the layers above it
keeps it solid.d. The presence of iron and nickel prevent it
from melting.
27) Why is the inner core a solid, even though it has temperatures hot enough to melt it?
a. Earth’s magnetic field keeps it solid.
b. The outer core keeps the inner core cool.c. The pressure from the layers above
it keeps it solid.d. The presence of iron and nickel prevent it
from melting.
28) How can geologists tell if a volcanic is likely to erupt?
a. Many small earthquakes will be detected in the area near the volcano.
b. Birds will begin to fly away from the opening of the volcano.
c. People living near the volcano will begin to grow sick.
d. The area near the volcano will receive heavy rain for a week before it erupts.
28) How can geologists tell if a volcanic is likely to erupt?
a. Many small earthquakes will be detected in the area near the volcano.
b. Birds will begin to fly away from the opening of the volcano.
c. People living near the volcano will begin to grow sick.
d. The area near the volcano will receive heavy rain for a week before it erupts.
29) Besides deep ocean trenches, what other landform can be created when oceanic and continental plates collide?
a. mountain ranges
b. hot spots
c. rift valleys
d. mid-ocean ridges
29) Besides deep ocean trenches, what other landform can be created when oceanic and continental plates collide?
a. mountain
ranges
b. hot spots
c. rift valleys
d. mid-ocean ridges
30) What is happening in Iceland?
a. diverging plates are forming volcanoes
b. converging plates are forming rift valleys
c. diverging plates are forming trenches
d. converging plates are forming continental mountain ranges
30) What is happening in Iceland?
a. diverging plates are forming volcanoes
b. converging plates are forming rift valleys
c. diverging plates are forming trenches
d. converging plates are forming continental mountain ranges
31) Where is the major volcanic belt, known as the Ring of Fire, located?
a. in the middle of the Eurasian Plate
b. around the Pacific Plate
c. cutting through Iceland
d. below the South American Plate
31) Where is the major volcanic belt, known as the Ring of Fire, located?
a. in the middle of the Eurasian Plate
b. around the Pacific Plate
c. cutting through Iceland
d. below the South American Plate
Ring of Fire
32) Where / how did the Hawaiian Islands form?
a. encircling the entire Ring of Fire
b. by subduction along a plate boundary
c. from movement of landmasses due to
continental drift
d. by the Pacific plate moving over a hot spot
32) Where / how did the Hawaiian Islands form?
a. encircling the entire Ring of Fire
b. by subduction along a plate boundary
c. from movement of landmasses due to
continental drift
d. by the Pacific plate moving over a hot
spot