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Plate Tectonics 2
Test Description: Plate Tectonics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is not related to plate movement?
A
convection currents
B
hot spots
C
volcanoes
D
earthquakes
2) All of the following can be found at divergent plate boundaries except
A
mid-oceanic ridges
B
sea floor spreading
C
rift valleys
D
subduction zones
3) All of the following can be found at convergent plate boundaries except
A
volcanoes
B
sea floor spreading
C
mountains
D
suduction zones
4) What is responsible for tectonic plate movement?
A
hot spots
B
solidificaiton
C
convection currents
D
earthquakes
5) Movement of convection currents in the mantle can be described as
A
cool magma rising, heating up then sinking
B
magma melting and then solidifying when it cools
C
hot magma sinking, cooling then rising
D
hot magma rising, cooling and then sinking
6) When a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate, the oceanic plate dives beneath the continental plate. Why?
A
Continental crust melts at higher temperatures
B
Oceanic crust deforms less easily
C
Oceanic crust is more dense
D
Continental crust contains more mafic minerals like iron
7) Mid-ocean ridges (rifts) normally form where tectonic plates are
A
diverging
B
stationary
C
converging
D
sliding past each other
8) Which two adjectives best describe the crust at a mid-oceanic ridge?
A
coolest and oldest
B
coolest and youngest
C
hottest and youngest
D
hottest and oldest
9) The Hawaiian Islands were created by
A
a transform plate boundary
B
a convergent plate boundary
C
a hot spot
D
a divergent plate boundary
10) New sea floor is created at
A
convergent plate boundaries
B
transform plate boundaries
C
divergent plate boundaries
D
convection currents
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