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Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics Quiz
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A Zone in the upper mantle the deforms by plastic flow age
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Which of the following statements apply to the asthenosphere, but not the lithosphere?
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Which of the following energy sources is thought to drive the lateral motions of Earth's lithospheric plates?
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Which one of the following is an important fundamental assumption underlying the plate tectonic theory?
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All of the following are evidence supporting the theory of plate tectonics except for ________.
Hot spot
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northward movement of India into Eurasia
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Pull-apart rift zones are generally associated with __________ plate boundary.
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Today, ________ is in about the same geographic position as during late Paleozoic time.
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A very long lived magma source located deep in the mantle is called ___________
continental rift along which parts of the African continent are beginning to slowly separate
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The Aleutian Islands occur at a ________.
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The modern-day Red Sea is explained by plate tectonics theory because it is ________.
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Deep ocean trenches are surficial evidence for ________.
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The volcanoes and deep valleys of east Africa are related to a ________.
normal and reversed magnetized strips roughly parallel to the ridge
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________ was never proposed as evidence supporting the existence of Pangaea.
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Cooler, older, oceanic lithosphere sink into the mantle at ________.
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Linear, magnetic patterns associated with mid-ocean ridges are configured as
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Which of the following statements apply to the asthenosphere, but not the lithosphere?
Antartica
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________ was an ancient reptile that lived in South America and Africa during the late Paleozoic.
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Pull-apart rift zones are generally associated with __________ plate boundary.
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Today, ________ is in about the same geographic position as during late Paleozoic time.
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Deep-oceanic trenches are most abundant around the rim of the ________ ocean basin.
Divergent
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Pull-apart rift zones are generally associated with __________ plate boundary.
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Today, ________ is in about the same geographic position as during late Paleozoic time.
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The temperature below which a magnetic material can retain a permanent magnetization is called the ___________.
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The former, late Paleozoic super continent is known as ________.PangaeaPandomoniaPancakeaPanatopia
a rift zone that may eventually open into a major ocean if Arabia and Africa continue to separate
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Which of the following statements apply to the asthenosphere, but not the lithosphere?
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The volcanoes and deep valleys of east Africa are related to a ________.
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands?
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The modern-day Red Sea is explained by plate tectonics theory because it is ________.
2 centimeters per year
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Which of the following statements apply to the asthenosphere, but not the lithosphere?
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The volcanoes and deep valleys of east Africa are related to a ________.
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A typical rate of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean is ---
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A transform plate boundary is characterized by ________.
Pacific
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Deep ocean trenches are surficial evidence for ________.
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The ----- is a logical evolutionary analog of the African Rift Valleys ten million years from now.
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The former, late Paleozoic super continent is known as ________.PangaeaPandomoniaPancakeaPanatopia
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Deep-oceanic trenches are most abundant around the rim of the ________ ocean basin.
Pangea
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The former, late Paleozoic super continent is known as ________.PangaeaPandomoniaPancakeaPanatopia
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Deep-oceanic trenches are most abundant around the rim of the ________ ocean basin.
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The ----- is a logical evolutionary analog of the African Rift Valleys ten million years from now.
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The temperature below which a magnetic material can retain a permanent magnetization is called the ___________.
the ocean basins are relatively young; most ocean basin rocks and sediments cretaceous or younger in age.
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The volcanoes and deep valleys of east Africa are related to a ________.
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands?
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Early results of the Deep Sea Drilling Project clearly justified the conclusion that ________.
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Which of the following statements apply to the asthenosphere, but not the lithosphere?
convergent boundary on a volcanic arc above a northward-subducting Pacific plate
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A transform plate boundary is characterized by ________.
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Deep ocean trenches are surficial evidence for ________.
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The Aleutian Islands occur at a ________.
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The volcanoes and deep valleys of east Africa are related to a ________.
Earth's diameter has been essentially constant over time.
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Which one of the following is an important fundamental assumption underlying the plate tectonic theory?
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Which of the following statements apply to the asthenosphere, but not the lithosphere?
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands?
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Which of the following energy sources is thought to drive the lateral motions of Earth's lithospheric plates?
shield volcanoes fed by a long lived hot spot below the Pacific lithospheric plate
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Which one of the following most accurately describes the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands?
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Which of the following energy sources is thought to drive the lateral motions of Earth's lithospheric plates?
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Which of the following statements apply to the asthenosphere, but not the lithosphere?
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Which one of the following is an important fundamental assumption underlying the plate tectonic theory?
export of heat from deep in the mantle to the top of the asthenosphere
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Which of the following energy sources is thought to drive the lateral motions of Earth's lithospheric plates?
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All of the following are evidence supporting the theory of plate tectonics except for ________.
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Which of the following statements apply to the asthenosphere, but not the lithosphere?
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Which one of the following is an important fundamental assumption underlying the plate tectonic theory?
Curie Point
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Pull-apart rift zones are generally associated with __________ plate boundary.
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The temperature below which a magnetic material can retain a permanent magnetization is called the ___________.
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The ----- is a logical evolutionary analog of the African Rift Valleys ten million years from now.
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The former, late Paleozoic super continent is known as ________.PangaeaPandomoniaPancakeaPanatopia
islands of precambrian rocks along the mid - Atlantic ridge
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Linear, magnetic patterns associated with mid-ocean ridges are configured as
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________ was an ancient reptile that lived in South America and Africa during the late Paleozoic.
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________ was never proposed as evidence supporting the existence of Pangaea.
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Which of the following statements apply to the asthenosphere, but not the lithosphere?
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