Plate Tectonics Science Test
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- 1.How does convection cause tectonic plates to move?
- 2.the movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused by temperature variations; can result in the transfer of heat
- A.
Convection
- B.
Fold
- C.
Stress
- 3.the boundary between two tectonic plates that are colliding
- A.
Rifting
- B.
Convergent Boundary
- C.
Transform Boundary
- 4.a long, undersea mountain chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center, that forms as magma rises from the asthenosphere, and that creates new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) as tectonic plates move apart
- A.
Mountain Range
- B.
Sea floor spreading
- C.
Mid Ocean Ridge
- 5.The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years
- A.
Convection
- B.
Continental Drift
- C.
Supercontinent Cycle
- 6.the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
- A.
Convergent Boundary
- B.
Divergent Boundary
- C.
Stress
- 7.a condition of gravitational and buoyant equilibrium between Earth’s lithosphere and asthenosphere
- A.
Fold
- B.
Isostasy
- C.
Plate tectonics
- 8.a series of mountains that are closely related in orientation, age, and mode of formation.
- A.
Stress
- B.
Sea floor spreading
- C.
Mountain Range
- 9.the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
- A.
Transform Boundary
- B.
Strain
- C.
Fault
- 10.A form of ductile strain in which rock layers bend, usually the result of compression
- A.
Fold
- B.
Strain
- C.
Fault
- 11.The hypothesis that states, that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
- A.
Pangea
- B.
Isostasy
- C.
Continental Drift
- 12.crust that has a low density and is made of rock that is rich in silica
- A.
Continental Crust
- B.
Convection
- C.
Panthalassa
- 13.break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another; a form of brittle strain
- A.
Fold
- B.
Stress
- C.
Fault
- 14.the process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms as magma rises to Earth’s surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge
- A.
Plate tectonics
- B.
Seafloor spreading
- C.
Convection
- 15.Is the process by which Earth’s crust breaks apart; can occur within oceanic crust or continental crust
- A.
Rifting
- B.
Fault
- C.
Earthquake
- 16.the bending, tilting, and breaking of Earth’s crust; the change in shape of rock in response to stress.
- A.
Deformation
- B.
Strain
- C.
Terrane
- 17.is the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 250 million years ago
- A.
Rifting
- B.
Pangea
- C.
Panthalassa
- 18.any change in a rock’s shape or volume caused by stress; deformation
- A.
Deformation
- B.
Stress
- C.
Strain
- 19.the amount of force per unit area that acts on a rock
- A.
Stress
- B.
Strain
- C.
Fault
- 20.the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape
- A.
Plate Tectonics
- B.
Mountain Range
- C.
Paleomagnetism
- 21.crust that is dense and made of rock that is rich in iron and magnesium
- A.
Oceanic Crust
- B.
Continental Crust
- C.
Terrane
- 22.a piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history and that may be part of a larger piece of lithosphere, such as a continent
- A.
Pangea
- B.
Terrane
- C.
Continental Crust
- 23.Oceanic Crust is denser than Continental crust.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Continental Crust is made of rock that is rich in Iron and magnesium.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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