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Chapter 4: Questions and Answers
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CHAPTER 4: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. What was the first evidence that plate tectonics might be real?
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A. The outlines of Africa and South America were seen as similar. B. The mountains were found to be rising. C. The sea level was rising. D. Animals all over the earth were found to have a common ancestor.
2. What does plate tectonics mean for earthquakes?
A. That they can occur anywhere on earth B. That they only occur over the ocean C. That they generally occur along plate edges D. That they occur mainly in warmer weather
3. What is about the fastest rate that a tectonic plate will move per year?
A. 2 millimeters B. 1 centimeter C. 10 centimeters D. 1 meter
4. Which tectonic plate around earth was the largest?
A. Pacific B. African C. Eurasian D. Antarctic
5. What phenomenon most creates the movement of the plates on earth?
A. Crystallization B. Precipitation C. Gravity D. Convection
6. What is not true of a divergent boundary in plate tectonics?
A. They are only seen on the ocean floor B. They are seen on both land and on the ocean floor C. They are called constructive boundaries D. Continents between plates are moving further apart on these boundaries.
7. Which most dictates whether a mountain is built by subduction and convergence together?
A. The mountains are made from granite B. The mountains must have a volcano as part of it C. The mountains must be in the middle of the continent D. The mountains must be near the edges of a continental area
8. What plate tectonics phenomena cause a continental arc to occur?
A. Divergence with subduction B. Convergence without subduction C. Convergence with subduction D. Transform boundary movement
9. What would least likely be seen in a continent to continent convergent region?
A. Metamorphic rock B. Earthquakes C. Mountains D. Volcanoes
10. GPS is used in plate tectonics. What major geologic phenomenon was uncovered this way?
A. Intra-plate crustal movement B. Magma temperature C. Volcano formation D. Sub-oceanic subduction zones
