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Living with Earth
1st Edition
Classroom Response System
Questions
Chapter 3
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03.01 Which of the following is true about ocean plates?
A. Ocean rocks are older as you move away from the
mid-ocean ridges.
B. Ocean rocks are older closer to the mid-ocean ridges.
C. Ocean rocks do not record reversals in Earth’s
magnetic crust.
D. Ocean plates converge at mid-ocean ridges.
E. None of the above
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03.01 Which of the following is true about ocean plates?
A. Ocean rocks are older as you move away from the
mid-ocean ridges.
B. Ocean rocks are older closer to the mid-ocean ridges.
C. Ocean rocks do not record reversals in Earth’s
magnetic crust.
D. Ocean plates converge at mid-ocean ridges.
E. None of the above
ANSWER: A, [p. 59]
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03.02 Two plates pull apart, and the upper block moves
up relative to the lower block. What has occurred
here?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Normal fault
Subduction zone
Strike-slip fault
Reverse fault
Convergent boundary
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03.02 Two plates pull apart, and the upper block moves
up relative to the lower block. What has occurred
here?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Normal fault
Subduction zone
Strike-slip fault
Reverse fault
Convergent boundary
ANSWER: D, [p. 68]
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03.03 In relation to plate tectonics, what is a major overall
trend in earthquakes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Earthquakes are not related to plate tectonics.
Earthquakes occur only at certain times of the year.
Earthquakes occur at plate boundaries.
Earthquakes are related to volcanoes rather than plate
tectonics.
E. A and B
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03.03 In relation to plate tectonics, what is a major overall
trend in earthquakes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Earthquakes are not related to plate tectonics.
Earthquakes occur only at certain times of the year.
Earthquakes occur at plate boundaries.
Earthquakes are related to volcanoes rather than plate
tectonics.
E. A and B
ANSWER: C, [p. 73]
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03.04 How do volcanic eruptions at divergent boundaries
differ from volcanic eruptions at convergent
boundaries?
A. They do not differ
B. At divergent boundaries, large amounts of very hot lava
and gases are released; at convergent boundaries,
gases and volcanic ash are released.
C. At divergent boundaries, gases and volcanic ash are
released; at convergent boundaries, large amounts of
very hot lava and gases are released.
D. Volcanoes do not occur at divergent boundaries.
E. Volcanoes do not occur at convergent boundaries.
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03.04 How do volcanic eruptions at divergent boundaries
differ from volcanic eruptions at convergent
boundaries?
A. They do not differ
B. At divergent boundaries, large amounts of very hot
lava and gases are released; at convergent
boundaries, gases and volcanic ash are released.
C. At divergent boundaries, gases and volcanic ash are
released; at convergent boundaries, large amounts of
very hot lava and gases are released.
D. Volcanoes do not occur at divergent boundaries.
E. Volcanoes do not occur at convergent boundaries.
ANSWER: B, [p. 74]
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03.05 Which is not a way in which mountains form?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Accretion along the continental margin
Compression at convergent plate boundaries
Collision of continents at convergent plate boundaries
Magmatic processes
Diverging plates
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03.05 Which is not a way in which mountains form?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Accretion along the continental margin
Compression at convergent plate boundaries
Collision of continents at convergent plate boundaries
Magmatic processes
Diverging plates
ANSWER: E, [p. 76]
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