Plate Tectonics: The Movement of the Earth's Crust

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Subduction zone

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Convergent boundary

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Divergent boundary

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Transform boundary

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Subduction zone

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Convergent boundary

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Divergent boundary

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Transform boundary

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a recognized type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Silent

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Convergent

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Transform

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Divergent

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Subduction zone

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Convergent boundary

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Divergent boundary

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Transform boundary

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Convergent between oceanic crust only

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Transform

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Divergent

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Convergent

Question 6

What is the process by which one tectonic plate moves beneath another?

Accepted Answer

Subduction

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Rifting

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Transform

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Collision

Question 7

What is the name of the theory that explains the movement of the Earth's crust?

Accepted Answer

Plate tectonics

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Continental drift

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Transform theory

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Subduction theory

Question 8

Which of the following is a characteristic of divergent plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

Formation of new oceanic crust

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Earthquake zones

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Mountain formation

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Subduction

Question 9

What is the name of the largest tectonic plate in the world?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Plate

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North American Plate

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African Plate

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Eurasian Plate

Question 10

What instrument is used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Seismograph

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Anemometer

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Thermometer

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Barometer

Question 11

Which of the following is a potential hazard associated with plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

Tsunamis

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Blizzards

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Tornadoes

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Droughts

Question 12

What is the name of the region where two tectonic plates collide and one plate moves beneath the other?

Accepted Answer

Subduction zone

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Transform zone

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Rift zone

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Collision zone

Question 13

Which type of plate boundary is NOT associated with subduction?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

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Convergent

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Oceanic crust to continental crust convergence

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Oceanic crust to oceanic crust convergence

Question 14

What type of plate boundary leads to the formation of new oceanic crust?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

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Transform

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Subduction

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Collision

Question 15

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed approximately 200 million years ago?

Accepted Answer

Pangea

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Gondwana

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Laurasia

Question 16

What is the name of the boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other without converging or diverging?

Accepted Answer

Transform boundary

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Divergent boundary

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Convergent boundary

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Subduction zone

Question 17

Which of the following processes involves one plate descending beneath another?

Accepted Answer

Subduction

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Convergence

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Divergence

Question 18

What is the name of the theory that explains the movement of lithospheric plates?

Accepted Answer

Plate tectonics

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Continental drift

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Seafloor spreading

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Magnetic reversal

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Extensional boundary

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Transform boundary

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Convergent boundary

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Divergent boundary

Question 20

At a divergent boundary, what occurs?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic crust is formed

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Continents collide

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Plates slide horizontally

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Plates subduct

Question 21

What was the name of the supercontinent that existed before the continents separated?

Accepted Answer

Pangea

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Laurasia

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Rodinia

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Gondwana

Question 22

Which theory explains the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

Plate tectonics

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Seafloor spreading

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Continental drift

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Pangea

Question 23

Which type of convergent boundary involves the subduction of oceanic crust beneath continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Andean-type margin

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Hotspot

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Transform boundary

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Mid-ocean ridge

Question 24

What are the large, rigid sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move about the planet's surface?

Accepted Answer

Tectonic plates

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Asthenospheric plates

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Continental plates

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Lithospheric plates

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT a force that drives plate tectonics?

Accepted Answer

Magnetic force

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Gravity

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Convection currents

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Tidal forces

Question 26

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide horizontally past one another?

Accepted Answer

Transform boundary

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Convergent boundary

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Subduction zone

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Divergent boundary