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Unit 4 Practice: Plate Tectonics (Part 1)

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  • Q1
    The study of Earth including rock, minerals, volcanoes and plate tectonics is called:
    physics.
    geology.
    biology.
    meteorology.
    30s
  • Q2
    According to Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift,
    the continents do not move.
    the continents were once together in a single landmass called Pangaea.
    Earth slowly gets smaller.
    Earth's surface is made up of 50 major land masses.
    30s
  • Q3
    Subduction is:
    the process that continually adds ocean floor.
    a device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects.
    the process by which oceanic crust sinks through trenches.
    the direct transfer of heat through solid materials.
    30s
  • Q4
    As you go down into Earth,
    temperature decreases and pressure decreases.
    temperature decreases and pressure increases.
    temperature increases and pressure decreases.
    temperature increases and pressure increases.
    30s
  • Q5
    Earth's lithosphere is broken into separate sections called:
    trenches.
    plates.
    rifts.
    faults.
    30s
  • Q6
    What erupts through the valley of a mid-ocean ridge?
    The lithosphere
    Deep-ocean trenches
    Continental drift
    Molten material
    30s
  • Q7
    The process that powers plate tectonics is:
    convection.
    radiation.
    subduction.
    conduction.
    30s
  • Q8
    The process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor is called:
    rift valley.
    seafloor spreading.
    subduction zone.
    30s
  • Q9
    The oceanic crust is __________ than the continental crust.
    more dense
    smaller in area
    less dense
    thicker
    30s
  • Q10
    The most massive layer of the Earth is the:
    mantle.
    crust.
    inner core.
    outer core.
    30s
  • Q11
    The part of the Earth that is made of high-temperature liquid iron and nickel is called the:
    asthenosphere.
    inner core.
    outer core.
    mantle.
    30s
  • Q12
    New crust is formed and spreads apart at:
    mid-ocean ridges.
    trenches.
    subduction zones.
    30s
  • Q13
    What name did Alfred Wegener give to his theory of horizontal movement of Earth’s crust?
    Tectonics
    Continental drift
    Isostasy
    Seafloor spreading
    30s
  • Q14
    If the Coast Guard warns of a giant wave of water approaching the shore as a result of a major earthquake, they are warning of:
    an aftershock.
    landslides.
    a tsunami.
    liquefaction.
    30s
  • Q15
    The Earth's plates move at a speed that averages:
    50 meters a year.
    5 meters a year.
    5 km a year.
    5 cm a year.
    30s

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