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Drift and Tectonics Quiz Prep

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This is a review of continental drift, plate tectonics, and types of plate boundaries.

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What are the 3 lines of evidence for Wegener's theory of continental drift? Be sure that you can explain what these 3 lines of evidence were and why they mattered to Wegener.

Rocks

Bathymetry

Magnetic Field

Climate

Fossils

Seismology

Ridges

Sonar

What mechanism makes plates move that Wegener didn't know about?

Conduction of the mantle

Convection of the mantle

Radiation from the sun

Convection of the outer core

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Which picture is a convergent boundary?

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Which picture is a divergent boundary?

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Which picture is a transform boundary?

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What happens during the process of subduction?

Plates slide past each other

Mid-ocean ridges make new material

One plate goes under another

2 continental plates collide

IDK Mrs. Smoak please help!

What are the Himalayas?

Trenches

Plateaus

Mountains

Volcanoes

What did the area of the Himalayas look like about 40 million years ago?

Ocean

Flat

Mountains

Plateau

What kind of boundary was the area of the Himalayas 50 million years ago?

Continental-Continental Convergent

Transform

Continental Divergent

Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent

Oceanic Divergent

Continental-Oceanic Convergent

What kind of boundary is the Himalayas today?

Continental-Continental Convergent

Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent

Continental-Oceanic Convergent

Transform

Continental Divergent

Oceanic Divergent

If the Himalayas continue to grow in elevation at their present rate,
how tall will Mt. Everest be in another one million years?

9,872 m

18,872 m

1,008,872 m

108,872 m

This is a ____ boundary.

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

This is a ____ boundary.

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

This is a ____ boundary.

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

This is a ____ boundary.

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

This is a ____ boundary.

Divergent

Convergent

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Divergent

Convergent

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Divergent

Convergent

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Divergent

Convergent

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Divergent

Convergent

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This is a ____ boundary.

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

What feature is this?

The Core

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Rift

Trench

What process is shown in this picture?

Seafloor Spreading

Subduction

Rifting

Mountain Building

Which 2 are evidence for this process?

Fossils

Sonar detected Ridges

Climate

Magnetic Field Reversals

Sedimentation

What other features occur at this type of boundary?

Deep Earthquakes

Islands

Mountains

Trench

Lakes

Volcanoes

Shallow Earthquakes

New Seafloor

What process is shown in this picture?

Subduction

Seafloor Spreading

Rifting

Mountain Building

What causes this process?

Mrs. Smoak's psychic powers

Mantle Convection

Conduction

Radiation from the sun

Outer Core Convection

What features occur at this type of boundary?

Islands

Trench

Lakes

Volcanoes

Shallow Earthquakes

Mountains

Deep Earthquakes

New Seafloor

What feature is this?

Trench

Mountains

Rift

Volcano

What process is shown in this picture?

Rifting

Subduction

Seafloor Spreading

Mountain Building

What other features occur at this type of boundary?

Trench

Volcanoes

Lakes

Shallow Earthquakes

New Seafloor

Mountains

Islands

Deep Earthquakes

What process is shown in this picture?

Mountain Building

Rifting

Seafloor Spreading

Subduction

What causes this process?

Radiaiton from the Sun

Conduction

Outer Core Convection

Snakes! Duh!

Mantle Convection

What features occur at this type of boundary?

Shallow Earthquakes

Islands

Deep Earthquakes

Trench

New Seafloor

Mountains

Lakes

Volcanoes

Why do oceanic plates go under continental plates?

They are less dense and thin

They are less dense and thick

They are more dense and thick

They are more dense and thin

What process is shown in this picture?

Rifting

Seafloor Spreading

Mountain Building

Subduction

What type of boundary is this?

What is a boundary?

Divergent

Tranform

Convergent

What features occur at this type of boundary?

Lakes

Volcanoes

Deep Earthquakes

Mountains

Shallow Earthquakes

Trench

Islands

New Seafloor

What type of boundary is this?

A pretty one

Transform

Divergent

Convergent

What are caused by thes types of boundaries?

Volcanoes

New Seafloor

Shallow Earthquakes

Deep Earthquakes

Mountains

Trench

Islands

Lakes