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Foothill High School
Science Department
Plate Tectonics
Exam #4
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1. Write and bubble in the last 6 digits of your ID NUMBER in
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Tron. PRINT NEATLY.
3. Answer each question by choosing the answer that best fits the
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1. Flat topped seamounts are commonly known as
A) mid-ocean ridge
C) seamounts
B) guyots
D) abyssal hills
2. Island arcs, such as those found in the Aleutians,
Caribbean, and the Japan archipeligo, are formed by
volcanic action caused by _______.
A) dissoloution
C) divergence
B) conduction
D) subduction
3. Seamounts which rise above the ocean's surface level are
called:
A) abyssal hills
C) rifts
B) guyots
D) islands
4. Of the following ocean basin features, the one with the
steepest slope is the ________.
A) continental slope
C) continental shelf
B) continental rise
D) abyssal plain
5. The shallow, submerged extension of a continent is called
________.
A) continental slope
C) oceanic ridge
B) continental rise
D) continental shelf
6. A long chain of underwater mountains is called
A) a continental margin
C) a trench
B) a mid-ocean ridge
D) a subduction zone
7. Featureless expanses of sediment covering the sea floor are
known as
A) continental margins
C) subduction zones
B) mid-ocean ridges
D) abyssal plains
8. Which of the following is best associated with trenches?
A) Divergent plate boundary
B) Normal fault
C) Convergent plate boundary
D) Transform plate boundary
9. Where are the deepest places in the ocean?
A) submarine canyons
C) trenches
B) hydrothermal vents
D) ridges
Mr. Dugan
Marine Science
11. If Mount Everest were placed in the Marianas Trench, the
summit of Mount Everest would
A) would not reach the top of the trench
B) would be about 10 feet below the surface
C) peak above the ocean surface
D) still be under water with over a mile before the surface
12. What is the deepest place on Earth?
A) Puerto Rico Trench
C) Sunda Trench
B) Java Trench
D) Marianas Trench
13. What is the name of the 40,000 mile underwater mountain
chain?
A) island arcs
C) tectonic plates
B) mid-ocean ridge
D) continental rise
14. As time has passed, the Atlantic Ocean basin has:
A) gotten smaller
B) been inactive
C) gotten larger
D) become older than the Pacific Ocean
15. Who was the first person to write about how the continents
seem to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle?
A) Prince Henry the Navigator
B) James Cook
C) Alfred Wegener
D) Ferdinand Magellan
16. According to the theory of Drifting Continents, the
presence of fossils of the same species of organisms on
continents that are separated by an ocean indicates
A) this species was capable of swimming long distances.
B) the continents must have been connected at some time
in the past.
C) a species can evolve separately on two different
continents.
D) there is no explanation.
17. The occurrence of earthquakes and the presence of
volcanoes in certain areas of the world corresponds to the
presence of
A) major cities
C) hot spots
B) plate boundaries
D) impact craters
18. How do tectonic plates move?
A) The rotation of the Earth on it's axis.
B) Magma from the mantle pushes the plates apart as it
comes to the surface.
C) Crustal material returning into the mantle pulls the
plates along with it.
D) Convection currents in the mantle.
10. The tallest mountain on Earth is
A) Mauna Kea
C) Mount Everest
B) Mount St. Helens
D) Mount Kilimanjaro
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Science Department
Plate Tectonics
Exam #4
Mr. Dugan
Marine Science
Base your answers to questions 19 and 20 on the diagram below.
19. Which letter represents the location of a convergent plate boundary?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
20. Which letter indicates the location of a divergent plate boundary?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
21. Going from the center of the Earth outward, the four major
layers in order are
A) the crust, the mantle, the inner core, and the outer core.
B) the mantle, the inner core, the outer core, and the crust.
C) the inner core, the outer core, the crust, and the mantle.
D) the inner core, the outer core, the mantle, and the crust.
22. According to the theory of seafloor spreading, new seafloor
_______ due to ______.
A) emerges from the rift valley, magma pushing up from
the asthenosphere.
B) subsides at the trenches, polar reversal.
C) emerges from mid-ocean ridge, basaltic orientation in
the trenches.
D) all of the above may be correct at different times.
24. Which set of Earth processes are thought to be most closely
related to each other because they normally occur in the
same zones?
A) volcanic activity, rock weathering, and deposition of
sediments
B) earthquakes, shallow-water fossil formation, and
shifting magnetic poles
C) mountain building, earthquakes, and volcanic activity
D) mountain building, shallow-water fossil formation, and
rock weathering
23. According to the theory of plate tectonics, the lithosphere
consists of
A) hot spots that float up from the mantle.
B) several rigid plates that float on the asthenosphere.
C) an unbroken solid mass that surrounds the molten
interior.
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Science Department
Plate Tectonics
Exam #4
Mr. Dugan
Marine Science
25. The diagram below shows some features of Earth’s crust and upper mantle.
Which model most accurately shows the movements (arrows) associated with the surface features shown in the diagram?
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Answer Key
MS - Plate Tectonics [Nov 17, 2011]
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B
2.
D
3.
D
4.
A
5.
D
6.
B
7.
D
8.
C
9.
C
10.
A
11.
D
12.
D
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B
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C
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C
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B
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B
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D
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A
20.
C
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D
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A
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B
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C
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D
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Question ID's in Numerical Order.
1. 12
2. 3729
3. 20042
4. 20043
5. 20044
6. 20046
7. 20047
8. 20048
9. 20049
10. 20050
11. 20051
12. 20285
13. 20286
14. 20287
15. 20288
16. 20289
17. 20290
18. 20291
19. 20292
20. 20696
21. 20697
22. 20698
23. 20791
24. 20793
25. 20794
Question ID's in Test Order.
1. 20042
2. 20043
3. 20290
4. 20044
5. 20046
6. 20047
7. 20048
8. 20049
9. 20288
10. 20050
11. 20051
12. 20289
13. 20292
14. 20291
15. 20287
16. 20285
17. 20286
18. 20696
19. 20697
20. 20698
21. 20791
22. 20793
23. 20794
24. 12
25. 3729