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1new seafloor is formed at divergent plate boundaries called what?
- Amid-ocean ridges
- Bmid-atlantic ridge
- Ceast pacific rise
2the age of the seafloor becomes older or younger with increasing distance from the mid-ocean ridge?
- Aolder
- Byounger
3a collision plate boundary is a convergent, divergent, or transform plate boundary?
- Aconvergent
- Bdivergent
- Ctransform
4a subduction plate boundary is a convergent, divergent, transform plate boundary?
- Aconvergent
- Bdivergent
- Ctransform
5the subducting plate is more or less dense than the overriding plate?
- Amore
- Bless
6when two continental plates converge the plates become ________ together
- Aseparated
- Bunified
- Cwelded
7south America and Africa's coastlines' shape suggests what?
- Athe continents have never been together
- Bthe continents used to be connected
- Cthat the earth is moving
8the process that broke up pangea is called what?
- Abreakage
- Bozone layer
- Ccontinental drift
9is this process still happening today?
- Ano
- Byes
10the mid-atlantic ridge is a convergent, divergent, or transform plate boundary?
- Atransform
- Bdivergent
- Cconvergent
11east pacific rise is a convergent, divergent, or transform plate boundary?
- Aconvergent
- Btransform
- Cdivergent
12when an oceanic plate subducts, which geologic feature is commonly created?
- Aearthquakes
- Bhotspots
- Cvolcanoes
- Dplumes
13the locations of earthquakes and volcanoes are explained by the theory of what?
- Abig bang theory
- Bplate tectonics
- Ccontinental drift
- Dhotspots
14a volcano with a broad base and gently sloping sides is a shield, composite, or cinder cone?
- Acinder cone
- Bcomposite
- Cshield
15a volcano with a narrow base and steep sloping sides is a shield, composite, or cinder cone?
- Acomposite
- Bshield
- Ccinder cone
16a relatively small volcano that forms in groups is a shield, composite, or cinder cone?
- Acinder cone
- Bcomposite
- Cshield
17the volcano forms on the subducting or overriding, plate at a subduction boundary
- Asubducting
- Boverriding
18the direction of earth's magnetic field can be seen in the minerals of igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary rocks?
- Asedimentary
- Bmetamorphic
- Cigneous
19if the core of the dome mountain is younger than the surrounding layers how did that dome mountain form?
- Aage dating
- Bformed over time
- Ca igneous intrusion
20where are sedimentary basins located?
- Acontinental margins
- Bearth's crust
- Csand
21where do partial melting and the production of magma occur?
- Aconvergent plate boundaries
- Bdivergent plate boundaries
- Ctransform plate boundaries
22basaltic lava comes from a shield or composite volcano?
- Ashield
- Bcomposite
23andesitic and rhyolitic lava comes from shield or composite volcano?
- Ashield
- Bcomposite
24gravel deposited in a silt bed will produce a fragmental sedimentary, siltstone, or sandstone?
- Asandstone
- Bsiltstone
- Cfragmental sedimentary
25what does a seismograph measure?
- Amagnitude
- Bvolcanoes
- Cearthquakes
- Denergy
26what characteristic of an earthquake does the richter scale measure?
- Aenergy
- Bvelocity
- Cmagnitude
- Dfrequency
27when oceanic plates go under continental plates what is added to the edge of the continent?
- Anew seafloor
- Bdeep-sea sediment
- Cwater
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- Quiz on earth systems, created by jessielaster on 29/10/2014.
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