Plate Tectonics (1st Summative Test)

1. The existence of coal beds in Antarctica indicates that the continent once had ____.
a. been part of Africa c. a cold, dry climate
b. a temperate, rainy climate d. been farther from the equator
2. The youngest part of the ocean floor is found ____.
a. along deep sea trenches b. where ocean sediments are thickest
c. near ocean ridges d. where Earth’s magnetic field changes polarity
3. At an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary, ____.
a. new crust is created c. old crust is deformed or fractured
b. old crust is recycled by subduction d. plates side past one another
4. Many early mapmakers thought Earth’s continents had moved based on ____.
a. plate boundary locations c. climatic data
b. fossil evidence d. matching coastlines
5. Compared to ocean crust near deep-sea trenches, crust near ocean ridges is ____.
a. younger c. the same age
b. older d. magnetically reversed
6. Features found at divergent boundaries include ____.
a. ocean ridges c. crumpled mountains
b. deep-sea trenches d. island arc volcanoes
7. Continental-continental plate collisions produce ____.
a. island arcs c. deep-sea trenches
b. rift valleys d. very tall mountain ranges
8. Crust is neither destroyed nor formed along which of the following boundaries?
a. convergent c. transform
b. divergent d. magnetic
9. A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a(n) _________.
a. deep-sea trench c. ocean ridge
b. oceanic crust d. ocean floor sediment
10. A narrow, elongated depression in the seafloor is called a(n) _________.
a. deep-sea trench c. ocean ridge
b. oceanic crust d. ocean floor sediment Complete each statement.
11. The presence of a mid-ocean ridge and fissure volcanoes indicate the presence of a
__________________ boundary.
A) divergent B) convergent C) transform D) darnurgent
12. New oceanic crust forms at ocean ridges and becomes part of the seafloor.
A) TRUE B) FALSE
13. Which convergent boundary does not have a subduction zone?
A) oceanic-oceanic B) continental-continental
C) oceanic-continental D) transform-lateral
14. What modern technology led to the discovery of the continental shelves (and that they match up
more perfectly than the shorelines of the continents)?
a. RADAR b. SONAR c. infrared d. ultrasound
15. Which two mountain ranges are nearly identical in age, size, rock type and sequence of deposition?
a. Himalayas and Andes b. Rockies and Cascades
c. Appalachians and Caledonians d. European Alps and Cascades
16. The lithospheric plate boundaries can be outlined by mapping
A) earthquake epicenters B) active volcanoes C) both of the above
17. The asthenosphere is a fluid-like solid, also termed “plastic”.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
18. A characteristic of a subduction zone is a

A) trench B) volcanic chain C) Both Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
19. Name the three type of plate boundary.
a. Convergent, Divergent, Transform
b. Divergent, Transpose, Conformant
c. Reverse, Transfer, Uplifted
d. Imposed, Emigrated, Immigrated
20. Name the type of fault that is most like a divergent boundary.
a. Reverse
b. Strike Slip
c. Normal
d. Oblique
21. Tension and Compression can be described as?Discuss
a. Tension is like squeezing something while compression is like pulling it.
b. Tension is like cutting across something while compression is like squeezing it.
c. Tension is like pulling something while compression is like cutting across it.
d. Tension is like stretching something while compression is like squeezing it.
22. A strike slip fault is like a___ ?
a. Convergent Boundary
b. Transform Boundary
c. Divergent Boundary
23. If I see folded mountains, I am probably near a _________________ boundary.
a. Convergent
b. Divergent
c. Transform
24. The folded mountains in question 23 were created when a ______________ plate collided with a
______________ plate.
a. Continental, Oceanic
b. Oceanic, Oceanic
c. Continental, Continental
25. Landforms that show evidence for Divergent boundaries are _________________.
a. Rift Valleys and Mid-Ocean Ridges
b. Folded Mountains and Volcanoes
c. Plateaus and Canyons
26. Tension creates____________.
a. Normal Faults
b. Reverse Faults
c. Strike-Slip Faults
27. Compression creates ________________.
a. Normal faults
b. Reverse faults
c. Strike Slip faults
28. Convection currents in the mantle _____________________ .
a. Cause the ocean tides to rise and fall
b. Are caused by solar radiation
c. Make the continental plates move
29. The process that continually adds new crust is:_______
a. Subduction
b. Earthquakes
c. Sea-floor spreading
d. Convection
30. The ring of fire is a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes that occur along
a. The mid-ocean ridge
b. Plate boundaries
c. Hot spots
d. Only transform boundaries
31. Where two plates rub past each other in opposite directions is a
a. Convergent boundary
b. Transform boundary
c. Hot spot
d. Divergent boundary
32. The place where two plates collide is called a
a. Transform boundary
b. Hot spot
c. Divergent boundary
d. Convergent boundary
33. The place where two plates move apart is called a
a. Divergent boundary
b. Hot spot
c. Convergent boundary
d. Transform boundary
34. Subduction is when____________.
a. Earthquakes occur along a transform boundary

b. New crust is formed
c. One plate slides under another
d. New islands are formed
35. The mid-ocean ridge occurs along a____________.
a. Convergent boundary where new crust is formed
b. Transform boundary where crust is subducted
c. Divergent boundary where sea-floor spreading takes place
d. Divergent boundary where subduction takes place
36. The theory that states that pieces of Earth's crust are in constant, slow motion driven by movement
in the mantle is called_______________.
a. The theory of continental drift
b. The theory of Pangaea
c. The theory of plate tectonics
d. The theory of plate boundaries
37. The theory that continents are slowly moving over Earth's surface is called__________.
a. The theory of Pangaea
b. The theory of continental drift
c. The theory of plate boundaries
d. The theory of plate tectonics
38. When two continental plates pull apart a ________________________ forms
a. Subduction zone
b. Mountain range
c. Earthquake
d. Rift valley
39. Oceanic crust is ____________________ than continental crust
a. Less dense
b. More dense
c. Less hot
d. More hot
40. Continental crust is ______________________ than oceanic crust
a. Hotter
b. Colder
c. Thicker
d. Thinner
41. A place where an unusually hot part of the mantle rises through the crust causing volcanic activity is
called a__________.
b. Hot spot
c. Convergent boundary
d. Transform boundary
42. Volcanoes are most likely to occur along a________.
b. Convergent boundary
c. Transform boundary
d. Sea-floor spreading
43. The Himalayan mountains were formed because of a________.
a. Hot spot
b. Divergent boundary
c. Transform boundary
d. Convergent boundary
44. A map of global earthquakes and volcanoes tells you
a. Where the edges of the continents are
b. Where the earth is the hottest
c. Nothing, it looks random
d. Where the plate boundaries are
45. Hot spots are ___________.
a. Always moving around
b. Stationary, they stay in the same place
c. Constantly disappearing and reappearing
d. What creates earthquakes
PREPARED BY:
RENE L. LAURENTE
Answer Section
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. A
11. A
12. A
13. B
14. B
15. C
16. C
17. A
18. C
19. A
20. C
21. D.
22. B
23. A
24. C.
25. A
26. A
27. B
28. C
29. C
30. B.
31.B
32.D
33.A
34.C
35.C
36.D
37.B
38.D
39. B
40. C
41. B
42.B
43. D
44.D
45.B

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1. The existence of coal beds in Antarctica indicates that the continent once had ____.

a. been part of Africa c. a cold, dry climate

b. a temperate, rainy climate d. been farther from the equator

2. The youngest part of the ocean floor is found ____.

a. along deep sea trenches b. where ocean sediments are thickest

c. near ocean ridges d. where Earth’s magnetic field changes polarity

3. At an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary, ____.

a. new crust is created c. old crust is deformed or fractured

b. old crust is recycled by subduction d. plates side past one another

a. plate boundary locations c. climatic data

b. fossil evidence d. matching coastlines

a. younger c. the same age

b. older d. magnetically reversed

6. Features found at divergent boundaries include ____.

a. ocean ridges c. crumpled mountains

b. deep-sea trenches d. island arc volcanoes

7. Continental-continental plate collisions produce ____.

a. island arcs c. deep-sea trenches

b. rift valleys d. very tall mountain ranges

a. deep-sea trench c. ocean ridge

b. oceanic crust d. ocean floor sediment

10. A narrow, elongated depression in the seafloor is called a(n) _________.

a. deep-sea trench c. ocean ridge

b. oceanic crust d. ocean floor sediment Complete each statement.

A) divergent B) convergent C) transform D) darnurgent

13. Which convergent boundary does not have a subduction zone?

a. RADAR b. SONAR c. infrared d. ultrasound

a. Himalayas and Andes b. Rockies and Cascades

c. Appalachians and Caledonians d. European Alps and Cascades

16. The lithospheric plate boundaries can be outlined by mapping

A) earthquake epicenters B) active volcanoes C) both of the above

17. The asthenosphere is a fluid-like solid, also termed “plastic”.

18. A characteristic of a subduction zone is a

19. Name the three type of plate boundary.

a. Convergent, Divergent, Transform

b. Divergent, Transpose, Conformant

c. Reverse, Transfer, Uplifted

d. Imposed, Emigrated, Immigrated

21. Tension and Compression can be described as?Discuss

a. Tension is like squeezing something while compression is like pulling it.

d. Tension is like stretching something while compression is like squeezing it.

22. A strike slip fault is like a___ ?

23. If I see folded mountains, I am probably near a _________________ boundary.

a. Rift Valleys and Mid-Ocean Ridges

b. Folded Mountains and Volcanoes

c. Plateaus and Canyons

26. Tension creates____________.

27. Compression creates ________________.

c. Strike Slip faults

28. Convection currents in the mantle _____________________ .

a. Cause the ocean tides to rise and fall

b. Are caused by solar radiation

c. Make the continental plates move

29. The process that continually adds new crust is:_______

a. The mid-ocean ridge

d. Only transform boundaries

32. The place where two plates collide is called a

33. The place where two plates move apart is called a

34. Subduction is when____________.