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Environmental Science (Chapter 3)
Test Description: Chapter 3- Crust Features
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Mountains can form at all types of convergent boundaries.
A
True
B
False
2) Continent to continent crust collision causes a subduction zone.
A
true
B
False
3) ________________ is volcanic regions thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is hotter than surrounding mantle.
A
Mountains
B
Trenches
C
Hot spot
D
Seamount
4) All are features on the continental crust created by plate tectonics except:
A
Mountains
B
Trenches
C
Plateaus
D
Valleys/Grabens
5) All are features on the oceanic crust created by plate tectonics except:
A
seamounts
B
ridges
C
trenches
D
plateaus
6) __________ is the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding.
A
Convergent Boundary
B
Tectonic Boundary
C
Transform Boundary
D
Divergent Boundary
7) _________ is a region along a plate boundary where one plate moves under another plate.
A
plume
B
subduction
C
convection
D
hot spot
8) _______ is a large area of flat-topped rocks high above sea level.
A
valley
B
ridge
C
seamount
D
plateau
9) _____ is a long, narrow valley formed by faulting and downward slippage of a crustal block.
A
plateau
B
valley
C
graben
D
ridge
10) _______________ is a curved chain of volcanic islands.
A
island arc
B
mid-ocean ridge
C
subduction
D
hot spot
11) ______ is the shallow seafloor that is located between the shoreline and the deep-ocean bottom.
A
continental shelf
B
continental slope
C
continental margin
D
continental rise
12) _______ is the part of the ocean floor that is under deep water beyond the continent margin and that is composed of oceanic crust and a thin layer of sediment.
A
trench
B
deep ocean basin
C
mid ocean ridge
D
hot spot
13) The deepest place in the Earth’s crust is a ______________.
A
trench
B
deep ocean basin
C
continental margin
D
mid ocean ridge
14) What type of plate boundary is at the mid–ocean ridge?
A
unknown
B
transform
C
convergent
D
divergent
15) How are seamounts formed?
A
transform boundaries
B
hot spots
C
continental margins
D
earthquakes
16) __________ is used to calculate the depth of the ocean floor.
A
hot spots
B
sonar
C
active margins
D
deep sea diving
17) What is the difference between active margins and passive margins?
A
Active margins are the result of non-active plates moving
B
Active margins are only found in the Atlantic Ocean
C
Active margins are the result of active plates moving
D
none of the above
18) Granite is denser than basalt.
A
False
B
True
19) Which feature is associated with an oceanic–continental crust collision?
A
plateaus
B
subduction zone
C
island arcs
D
hot spots
20) The shelf, the slope, and the rise comprise the____________.
A
All of the above
B
Continental margin
C
Sea tornadoes
D
Deep ocean basin
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