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100
The Aleutian Islands are associated with which type of plate boundary?
- Transform boundary
- Convergent boundary
- Along all of the choices
- Not associated with any type of plate boundary
- Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
100
Examine the diagram below, which shows a portion of a mid-ocean ridge (MOR) that is cut by a long, linear zone of weakness:
Of segments 1, 2, and 3 in the diagram above, which one(s) is/are considered to be a plate boundary?
- only segment 1 is a plate boundary
- only segment 2 is a plate boundary
- only segments 1 and 2 are plate boundaries
- only segments 1 and 3 are plate boundaries
- only segment 3 is a plate boundary
only segment 2 is a plate boundary
100
Hotspots are commonly found in areas nowhere near a tectonic plate boundary, so how do they help us understand tectonic plate movements?
- They show a pattern of moving closer and closer to subduction zones, over time.
- They create a series of volcanoes over time, in a pattern that shows the plate moving on top of it.
- They create a series of volcanoes over time, in a pattern that shows the hotspot moving underneath the tectonic plate.
- They do not have anything to do with tectonic plate movement.
They create a series of volcanoes over time, in a pattern that shows the plate moving on top of it. =
100
The predictive model that uses plate tectonics to help predict the life cycle of ocean basins is called the:
- Carbon cycle
- Oceanic cycle
- Krebs cycle
- Wilson cycle
Wilson cycle
200
Iceland is associated with which type of plate boundary?
- Convergent boundary
- Along all of the choices
- Not associated with any type of plate boundary
- Divergent boundary
- Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
200
TRUE OR FALSE: Most tectonic plates include both continental and oceanic crusts.
- True
- False
True
200
A chain of extinct volcanoes that get progressively older as one travels away from the underlying hotspot is called a:
- subduction zone
- guyot
- nematath
- atoll
nematath
300
The San Andreas Fault is associated with which type of plate boundary?
-Along all of the choices
- Transform boundary
- Convergent boundary
- Divergent boundary
- Not associated with any type of plate boundary
Transform boundary
300
All of the following are types of features at plate boundaries EXCEPT:
- Transform
- Divergent
- Bilateral
- Convergent
Bilateral
300
TRUE OR FALSE: Corals benefit by the existence of underwater topography such as ridges, guyots, and seamounts because the structures are something that the corals can attach to and therefore colonize.
True
False
True
400
The Hawaiian Islands are associated with which type of plate boundary?
- Transform boundary
- Convergent boundary
- Not associated with any type of plate boundary
- Along all of the choices
- Divergent boundary
Not associated with any type of plate boundary
400
The type of plate boundary that commonly has a rift valley associated with it is a:
- transform boundary
- divergent boundary
- convergent boundary
- bilateral boundary
- they all may have a rift valley associated with it.
divergent boundary
400
A crust fragment that formed on a tectonic plate or has broken off from it, and has accreted or sutured to another piece of crust is called a:
- hotspot
- terrane
- fault zone
- volcano
- guyot
terrane
500
The Cascade Mountains are associated with which type of plate boundary?
- Along all of the choices
- Not associated with any type of plate boundary
- Transform boundary
- Convergent boundary
- Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
500
Choose from the following choices, the two youngest seas in the world, which are also linear seas:
- Red Sea
- Sea of Cortez
- Gulf of Mexico
- Bering Sea
- Indian Ocean
- Red Sea =
- Sea of Cortez =
500
Paleogeography is the study of:
- volcanic activities at tectonic plate boundaries
- magnetic fields on oceanic crusts
- historical changes of continent shapes and positions
- the fossil records found in different layers of rock
historical changes of continent shapes and positions