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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
Similar mountain chains in North America and the British Isles
B
The coastlines of South America and Africa appear to fit together
C
Land areas that show evidence of ancient glaciation are now near the equator
D
The remains of Mesosaurus are found on both South America and southern Africa
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
Elastic rebound theory
B
Plate tectonics
C
Continental drift
D
Paleomagnetism
4) The lithospheric plates are made up of which layers of the Earth?
A
Mantle and outer core
B
Crust and uppermost mantle
C
Crust and all of the mantle
D
Crust and outer core
5) Plates move together at this type of boundary.
A
Spreading center
B
Convergent boundary
C
Divergent boundary
D
Transform boundary
6) Which of the following is NOT evidence for sea-floor spreading?
A
Strips of alternating polarity that lie as mirror images along ocean ridges
B
The oldest ocean crust lies near the edges of continents
C
Similar fossils found in North America and Europe
D
The youngest ocean crust lies near the mid-ocean ridges
7) In which type of plate boundary do two plates move away from each other?
A
Convergent
B
Trench
C
Transform
D
Divergent
8) What feature forms when a deep valley is created by a subducting plate?
A
Mid-ocean ridge
B
Volcanic arc
C
Volcano
D
Trench
9) The Hawaiin Islands formed as a result of __________________.
A
Intraplate volcanism
B
Divergent plate 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
Mid-continents
B
Ring of Fire
C
Transform boundaries
D
Australia
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