Download Pre-Test: Chapter 7-Plate Tectonics

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Pre-Test: Chapter 7-Plate Tectonics
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Tectonic plates consist of
a. continental crust.
b. oceanic crust.
c. both continental and oceanic crust.
d. mesosphere.
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2. The deep interior of the Earth can be mapped using
a. seismic waves.
c. information from drilling expeditions.
b. sonar.
d. ocean waves.
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3. Evidence for sea-floor spreading has come from
a. fossils in South America and Africa.
c. ancient climatic conditions.
b. magnetic minerals on the ocean floor. d. the breakup of Pangaea.
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4. The global positioning system can map the rate of tectonic plate movement using
a. radio waves.
c. visual markers.
b. lasers.
d. motion detectors.
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5. A possible result of plates moving along a transform boundary is
a. oceans.
c. earthquakes.
b. convection.
d. sea-floor spreading.
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6. What is the liquid layer of the Earth’s core called?
a. lithosphere
c. inner core
b. mesosphere
d. outer core
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7. What type of fault usually occurs because of tension?
a. folded
c. strike-slip
b. normal
d. reverse
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8. What type of fault usually occurs because of compression?
a. folded
c. strike-slip
b. normal
d. reverse
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9. In a reverse fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?
a. upward
c. horizontally
b. downward
d. stays the same
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10. In a normal fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?
a. upward
c. horizontally
b. downward
d. stays the same
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11. What kind of force can lead to mountains with sharp, jagged peaks?
a. tension
c. stress
b. compression
d. rebound
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12. What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
a. convergent
c. divergent
b. horizontal
d. transform
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13. Which of these did NOT provide evidence for continental drift?
a. sea-floor spreading
c. the fossil record
b. oceanic plate theory
d. magnetic reversals
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14. The mantle is denser than the crust because it contains more
a. iron.
c. silicon.
b. magnesium.
d. oxygen.
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15. Seismic waves travel through Earth’s layers at different speeds depending on the
a. density.
c. area.
b. mass.
d. shape.
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16. Mountains formed by magma that reaches the Earth’s surface are
a. slip-strike.
c. fault-block.
b. folded.
d. volcanic.
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17. Sets of deep cracks that form between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other are
known as
a. mid-ocean ridges.
c. clefts.
b. troughs.
d. rift zones.
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18. What does the theory of continental drift explain?
a. the layers of the Earth
c. how volcanoes formed
b. why continents move
d. how oceans formed
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19. Which of the following is associated with transform boundaries?
a. slab pull
c. sea-floor spreading
b. magnetic reversal
d. earthquakes
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20. What is tension?
a. stress squeezing an object
b. stress pulling an object
c. stress breaking an object
d. stress releasing an object
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21. What is the order of the layers of the Earth from the surface to the center?
a. asthenosphere, lithosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
b. lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
c. mesosphere, outer core, inner core, lithosphere, asthenosphere
d. lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, inner core, outer core
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22. Earthquakes produce
a. seismographs.
b. maps.
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c. seismic waves.
d. volcanoes.
23. The giant continent that was composed of all the land on Earth was called
a. Pangaea.
c. Gondwana.
b. Panthalassa.
d. Laurasia.
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24. Magnetic reversals are preserved in
a. compass needles.
b. magnetic minerals.
c. all minerals.
d. seismic waves.
25. The San Andreas Fault is an example of a
a. reverse fault.
b. normal fault.
c. strike-slip fault.
d. divergent plate boundary.
Matching
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. uplift
e. normal fault
b. subsidence
f. anticline
c. tension
g. syncline
d. compression
h. reverse fault
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stress at a divergent plate boundary
stress at a convergent plate boundary
upward-arching rock layer
downward-arching rock layer
hanging wall moves down relative to footwall
hanging wall moves up relative to footwall
sinking of rock layers
rising of rock layers
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. crust
c. tectonic plates
b. Pangaea
d. inner core
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34. the outside layer of the Earth
35. the last supercontinent
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