Section #: 17.3
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Practice Test
1.
A place where two plates slide laterally past each other is called a __________.
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a.
mid-ocean ridge
b.
transform boundary
c.
divergent boundary
d.
convergent boundary
Hint
2.
Places where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other are called __________.
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a.
convergent boundaries
b.
earthquake boundaries
c.
transform boundaries
d.
divergent boundaries
Hint
3.
The __________ states that Earth's crust and ridged upper mantle are broken into plates that move at different rates and in different directions.
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a.
theory of seafloor spreading
b.
hypothesis of continental movement
c.
theory of plate tectonics
d.
hypothesis of continental drift
Hint
4.
What is the process called when one plate is forced beneath another at a convergent plate boundary?
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a.
transformation
b.
convergence
c.
subduction
d.
subtraction
Hint
5.
When a divergent plate boundary forms on continents, a __________ forms.
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a.
volcano
b.
mid-continent ridge
c.
crater
d.
rift valley
Hint
