Question 1

Match the following options to its correct definition.
-long, linear valleys where the lithosphere breaks at mid-ocean ridges

Accepted Answer

A)  magma 
B)  trench 
C)  scarp 
D)  island arc 
E)  rift

Question 2

Use the information provided in the illustration below to answer the following question(s).
 
-Where on earth do we find this type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

A)  Himalayas 
B)  Mid-ocean Ridges 
C)  East African Rift Valley 
D)  Andes 
E)  San Andreas Fault in California

Question 3

Describe the relationship between earthquakes and volcanoes and plate tectonics.

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

What is the name of the landmass that consists of all of the southern continents?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wegener 
B)  Pangea 
C)  Scarp 
D)  Gondwanaland 
E)  Continental Drift

Question 5

What provides evidence for continental drift and plate tectonics?

Accepted Answer

A)  paleomagnetism of the Earth's crust 
B)  apparent polar wander curves that show similar changes in location of the magnetic poles 
C)  sea floor spreading 
D)  earthquakes occurring on the sea floor 
E)  all of the above

Question 6

Use the information provided in the illustration below to answer the following question(s).
 
-What plate tectonic setting does this describe?

Accepted Answer

A)  convergent plate boundary 
B)  divergent plate boundary 
C)  transform plate boundary 
D)  intraplate region 
E)  wandering plate boundary

Question 7

The Alps and Himalayas mark the locations of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the convergence of two oceanic plates. 
B)  the convergence of an oceanic and continent-bearing plate. 
C)  transform boundaries. 
D)  the divergence of two oceanic plates. 
E)  the convergence of two continent-bearing plates.

Question 8

Where do we see rift valleys, normal faults, black smokers and rising magma?

Accepted Answer

A)  near the San Andreas fault in California 
B)  at mid ocean ridges 
C)  in the Himalayas 
D)  at Island arcs 
E)  in subduction zones

Question 9

Explosive volcanoes are not located near convergent plate boundaries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Who was Alfred Lothar Wegener? Why do you think his theory of continental drift took so long to be accepted by the geological community?

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

How is the Earth's surface affected at the different plate boundaries? Use these key terms in your answer: magma, scarp, rift, subduction, thrust fault, normal fault, transform fault, trench, and volcanic arc.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Where do we see subduction, reverse faults, explosive volcanoes and island arcs?

Accepted Answer

A)  near the San Andreas fault in California 
B)  at East Pacific Ocean spreading center 
C)  in the Himalayas 
D)  at ocean-continent convergent plate boundaries 
E)  at the Mid-Atlantic ridge

Question 13

Match the following options to its correct definition.
-deep valleys found near subduction zones

Accepted Answer

A)  magma 
B)  trench 
C)  scarp 
D)  island arc 
E)  rift

Question 14

How does continental rifting work?

Accepted Answer

A)  Continents move together in a northward direction. 
B)  Continents slide past each other. 
C)  Continents pull apart from each other. 
D)  Continents collide into each other. 
E)  Continents erode.

Question 15

Who was Alfred Wegener?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Flemish cartographer who wrote Thesaurus Geographicus 
B)  the first explorer to make the journey to the New World in 1492 
C)  the French geographer who found coal in North America and Europe 
D)  the first geologist to suggest that the Earth's internal heat drives vast, circular currents in the mantle that move lithospheric plates 
E)  the first geologist to formulate a global explanation of how the continents assumed their present locations and shapes

Question 16

How are mountains created at plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

A)  accretion along continental margins and convergent plate boundaries 
B)  compression at convergent plate boundaries 
C)  collision of continents at convergent plate boundaries 
D)  magma rises in the Earth's crust producing volcanic mountains 
E)  all of the above

Question 17

The East Pacific Ocean spreading center moves faster than the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Convergent and transform plate boundaries do not generate destructive earthquakes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

How fast do tectonic plates move?

Accepted Answer

A)  several (over 100) kms per year 
B)  a few kms (~10) per year 
C)  a few inches (~1-2) per year 
D)  a few inches (~1-2) in a million years 
E)  they do not move

Question 20

What is the mechanism proposed by Arthur Holmes that drives continental drift?

Accepted Answer

A)  convection 
B)  tidal forces 
C)  erosion 
D)  weathering 
E)  paleomagnetism

Exam 3: The Dynamic Geosphere and Plate Tectonics

Match the following options to its correct definition. -long, linear valleys where the lithosphere breaks at mid-ocean ridges

Use the information provided in the illustration below to answer the following question(s) . -Where on earth do we find this type of plate boundary?

Describe the relationship between earthquakes and volcanoes and plate tectonics.

What is the name of the landmass that consists of all of the southern continents?

What provides evidence for continental drift and plate tectonics?

Use the information provided in the illustration below to answer the following question(s) . -What plate tectonic setting does this describe?

The Alps and Himalayas mark the locations of:

Where do we see rift valleys, normal faults, black smokers and rising magma?

Explosive volcanoes are not located near convergent plate boundaries.

Who was Alfred Lothar Wegener? Why do you think his theory of continental drift took so long to be accepted by the geological community?

How is the Earth's surface affected at the different plate boundaries? Use these key terms in your answer: magma, scarp, rift, subduction, thrust fault, normal fault, transform fault, trench, and volcanic arc.

Where do we see subduction, reverse faults, explosive volcanoes and island arcs?

Match the following options to its correct definition. -deep valleys found near subduction zones

How does continental rifting work?

Who was Alfred Wegener?

How are mountains created at plate boundaries?

The East Pacific Ocean spreading center moves faster than the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

Convergent and transform plate boundaries do not generate destructive earthquakes.

How fast do tectonic plates move?

What is the mechanism proposed by Arthur Holmes that drives continental drift?