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Test Description: Review for first semester final - volcanoes and mountain building.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is an example of how ancient climates provided evidence of continental drift?
A
Land areas that show evidence of ancient glaciation are now near the equator
B
The remains of Mesosaurus are found on both South America and southern Africa
C
Similar mountain chains in North America and the British Isles
D
The coastlines of South America and Africa appear to fit together
2) According to hypothesis of contintental drift, what is the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago?
A
Gondwana
B
Laurasia
C
Eurasia
D
Pangaea
3) By 1968, new data about the ocean floor, earthquake activity and the magnetic layers of the ocean led to a new theory called_________________.
A
Continental drift
B
Paleomagnetism
C
Plate tectonics
D
Elastic rebound theory
4) The lithospheric plates are made up of which layers of the Earth?
A
Mantle and outer core
B
Crust and all of the mantle
C
Crust and uppermost mantle
D
Crust and outer core
5) Plates move together at this type of boundary.
A
Convergent boundary
B
Divergent boundary
C
Spreading center
D
Transform boundary
6) Which of the following is NOT evidence for sea-floor spreading?
A
The youngest ocean crust lies near the mid-ocean ridges
B
The oldest ocean crust lies near the edges of continents
C
Strips of alternating polarity that lie as mirror images along ocean ridges
D
Similar fossils found in North America and Europe
7) In which type of plate boundary do two plates move away from each other?
A
Divergent
B
Convergent
C
Transform
D
Trench
8) What feature forms when a deep valley is created by a subducting plate?
A
Mid-ocean ridge
B
Volcanic arc
C
Trench
D
Volcano
9) The Hawaiin Islands formed as a result of __________________.
A
Divergent plate volcanism
B
Intraplate volcanism
C
Decompression melting
D
Convergent plate volcanism
10) In which of the following areas would you MOST likely expect an earthquake or volcano to occur?
A
Australia
B
Ring of Fire
C
Transform boundaries
D
Mid-continents
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