Geology Practice Quiz #2
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- Q1The primary cause of continental drift is...heat energy radiated from the sun.the rotation of Earth's outer core.the gradual sinking of Earth's crust.the movement of the tectonic plates.30s
- Q2At which ocean floor feature would the greatest amount of water pressure be exerted?continental shelfcontinental slopedeep ocean trenchesabyssal plain30s
- Q3Geologist today believe that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is MAINLY caused by...Convection currents in the Asthenosphere (Upper Mantle)subduction zones where plates meet.the force of gravity acting on the plates.Earth's magnetic field.30s
- Q4Alfred Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift states that...the continents do not move.Earth is cooling and shrinking.the continents were once joined as one large landmass called Pangaea.all of these.30s
- Q5The process where OLD ocean floor sinks below a deep-ocean trench back into the mantle (where it is recycled) is know as...InductionConvectionSubductionConduction30s
- Q6If new crust is constantly being created at mid-ocean ridges, then why doesn't the Earth grow larger?New crust is uplifted and forms new mountain ranges.Much of the new crust is eroded by ocean currents.Much of the new crust is forced into volcanoes and melted.Old crust is subducted and recycled back into the mantle.30s
- Q7Sea-Floor Spreading occurs at which type of plate boundary(s)?all of theseConvergentDivergentTransform30s
- Q8Mountain ranges on land, are formed at which type of plate boundary?Subduction zonesDivergent (oceanic to oceanic) plate boundaries.Transform plate boundaries.Convergent (continental to continental) plate boundaries.30s
- Q9The fact that a large mountain range in the eastern United States and Canada MATCH the same rock composition, shape, and age as a mountain range found in Greenland and Great Britian is evidence of what geologic theory?Continental Drift TheorySea-Floor Spreading TheoryModern Geologic TheoryPlate Tectonic Theory30s
- Q10Landforms and phenomena such as; deep-ocean trenches, volcanoes, mountain ranges, mid-ocean ridges, island arcs, faults, and earthquakes are all the result of...uneven heating of Earth's surface by the sun.Tectonic Plate Movement.Earth's magnetic fieldrotation of Earth on its axis.30s