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Plate Tectonics 2

Test Description: Plate Tectonics

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1) Which of the following is not related to plate movement?

Avolcanoes Bhot spots Cearthquakes Dconvection currents

2) All of the following can be found at divergent plate boundaries except

Asubduction zones Bsea floor spreading Crift valleys Dmid-oceanic ridges

3) All of the following can be found at convergent plate boundaries except

Asuduction zones Bmountains Csea floor spreading Dvolcanoes

4) What is responsible for tectonic plate movement?

Ahot spots Bearthquakes Csolidificaiton Dconvection currents

5) Movement of convection currents in the mantle can be described as

Acool magma rising, heating up then sinking Bhot magma sinking, cooling then rising Chot magma rising, cooling and then sinking Dmagma melting and then solidifying when it cools

6) When a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate, the oceanic plate dives beneath the continental plate. Why?

AOceanic crust is more dense BContinental crust contains more mafic minerals like iron CContinental crust melts at higher temperatures DOceanic crust deforms less easily

7) Mid-ocean ridges (rifts) normally form where tectonic plates are

Asliding past each other Bconverging Cstationary Ddiverging

8) Which two adjectives best describe the crust at a mid-oceanic ridge?

Acoolest and youngest Bcoolest and oldest Chottest and youngest Dhottest and oldest

9) The Hawaiian Islands were created by

Aa divergent plate boundary Ba convergent plate boundary Ca hot spot Da transform plate boundary

10) New sea floor is created at

Atransform plate boundaries Bdivergent plate boundaries Cconvection currents Dconvergent plate boundaries

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