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.
divergent boundary
b.
convergent boundary
c.
transform boundary
d.
mid-ocean ridge
Hint
2.
Places where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other are called __________.
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a.
transform boundaries
b.
earthquake boundaries
c.
divergent boundaries
d.
convergent boundaries
Hint
3.
When a divergent plate boundary forms on continents, a __________ forms.
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a.
crater
b.
rift valley
c.
mid-continent ridge
d.
volcano
Hint
4.
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.
hypothesis of continental movement
b.
hypothesis of continental drift
c.
theory of seafloor spreading
d.
theory of plate tectonics
Hint
5.
What is the process called when one plate is forced beneath another at a convergent plate boundary?
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a.
convergence
b.
subduction
c.
subtraction
d.
transformation
Hint
