Drift and Tectonics Quiz Prep
By Erin Smoak
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Last updated about 4 years ago
40 Questions
Note from the author:
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.
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What mechanism makes plates move that Wegener didn't know about?
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What are the Himalayas?
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What did the area of the Himalayas look like about 40 million years ago?
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What kind of boundary was the area of the Himalayas 50 million years ago?
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What kind of boundary is the Himalayas today?
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If the Himalayas continue to grow in elevation at their present rate,
how tall will Mt. Everest be in another one million years?
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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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This is a ____ boundary.
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This is a ____ boundary.
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This is a ____ boundary.
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This is a ____ boundary.
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This is a ____ boundary.
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This is a ____ boundary.
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This is a ____ boundary.
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This is a ____ boundary.
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This is a ____ boundary.
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This is a ____ boundary.
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What feature is this?
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What process is shown in this picture?
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Which 2 are evidence for this process?
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What other features occur at this type of boundary?
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What process is shown in this picture?
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What causes this process?
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What features occur at this type of boundary?
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What feature is this?
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What process is shown in this picture?
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What other features occur at this type of boundary?
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What process is shown in this picture?
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What causes this process?
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What features occur at this type of boundary?
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Why do oceanic plates go under continental plates?
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What process is shown in this picture?
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What type of boundary is this?
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What features occur at this type of boundary?
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What type of boundary is this?
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What are caused by thes types of boundaries?
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What happens during the process of subduction?