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Chapter 16 - Part 1
Test Description: Science Test
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The San Andrea Fault is an example of
A
divergent plate boundary
B
normal plate boundary
C
convergent plate boundary
D
transform plate boundary
2) In a normal fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?
A
downward
B
stays the same
C
upward
D
horizontally
3) According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed called
A
Panthalassa
B
Wegener
C
Eurasia
D
Pangaea
4) What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
A
divergent
B
transform
C
horizontal
D
convergent
5) What can tectonic plates form when they converge?
A
mountains
B
sea floor
C
asthenosphere
D
mid-ocean ridges
6) Which of these did NOT provide evidence of continental drift?
A
the fossil record
B
oceanic plate theory
C
magnetic reversals
D
sea-floor spreading
7) Wegener thought that all the continents were once together in one large continent called
A
Pangaea
B
Eurasia
C
Gondwana
D
Laurasia
8) Mountains formed by magma that reaches the Earth's surface are
A
slip-strike
B
folded
C
volcanic
D
fault-block
9) What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
A
convergent
B
horizontal
C
transform
D
divergent
10) Rock layers move horizontally past one another in which type of fault?
A
strike slip
B
normal
C
folded
D
reverse
11) What is compression?
A
stress releasing an object
B
stress squeezing an object
C
stress breaking an object
D
stress pulling an object
12) The Global Positioning System depends on
A
satellites
B
the Internet
C
visual observations
D
gravity
13) Where does sea-floor spreading take place?
A
transform boundaries
B
convergent boundaries
C
oceanic volcanoes
D
mid-ocean ridges
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