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Chapter 17

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  1. 1The Pacific coastline is found
    1. Aat the middle of a continental plate
    2. Bwhere two tectonic plates move parallel
    3. Calong divergent plate boundaries
    4. Dnear a subduction zone
    5. Eassociated with a hot spot
  2. 2Which of the following was used as evidence for plate tectonics?
    1. Atopographic profiles of the ocean floor
    2. Bmaps on rock magnetism
    3. Cdata classifying rocks by age
    4. Dsea floor spreading
    5. Eall of the above
  3. 3The magnetic pattern from seafloor data recorded off the coast of Vancouver and Washington State
    1. Awere created by magnetite in fissure flows
    2. Bare caused by hot spots
    3. Care indicators of past and future earthquake sites
    4. Dhave no explanation accepted by scientists
    5. Ealways run perpendicular to the equator
  4. 4The continents of Eurasia and North America are currently moving apart at an average rate of
    1. A2 inches per century
    2. B5 cm per year
    3. C5 meters per year
    4. D2 cm per century
    5. E10 cm per decade
  5. 5Which of the following describes earthquakes?
    1. Aearthquakes are an abrupt release of energy
    2. Bprediction of earthquakes is an established science, which gives global citizens a chance to evacuate ahead of time
    3. Cearthquakes have never occurred in the middle of the USA
    4. Dno earthquake has been measured higher than 7 on the Richter scale
    5. Eall earthquakes happen within one kilometer of the earth's surface
  6. 6The North American Plate
    1. Aextends from coast to coast in the United States and is completely covered by land
    2. Bextends from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to the edge of the Pacific Plate
    3. Ccontains the eastern half of North America and parts of western europe
    4. Dhas only subducting boundaries
    5. Econtains only the western half of north and south america
  7. 7Which of the following is an example of a continental convergent plant boundary?
    1. Athe east african rift valley
    2. Bthe san andreas fault
    3. Cthe atlantic east coast fall line
    4. Dmount st. helens in the northwest united states
    5. Ethe himalayan mountains
  8. 8Divergent plate boundaries are associated with
    1. Aseafloor spreading
    2. Bformation of new crust
    3. Cvolcanic action
    4. Dshallow, low-energy earthquakes
    5. Eall of the above
  9. 9How often does the oceanic plate material of the Earth renew itself; i.e., go through one replacement cycle?
    1. Aevery 100 million years
    2. Bevery 200 million years
    3. Cevery 1,000 years
    4. Devery 100,000 years
    5. Ethe oceanic plate material never renews itself
  10. 10The transform plate boundaries
    1. Aform new material at rates exceeding that of the divergent plate boundaries
    2. Bare the location of island arcs and hot spots
    3. Ccreated the andes mountains in south america
    4. Dare exemplified by the san andreas fault
    5. Eare sites of major volcano ranges

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Quiz sobre Chapter 17, criado por mlong325 em 09-04-2014.
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