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1
Compressive stress
A)occurs at oceanic ridges
B)occurs at subduction zones
C)causes normal faults
D)causes strike-slip faults
2
Where are rocks most likely to strain in a plastic fashion?
A)crust
B)asthenosphere
C)continental lithosphere
D)oceanic lithosphere
3
Shearing stress occurs at
A)spreading centers
B)subduction zones
C)oceanic ridges
D)transfrom faults
4
The driving force or mechanism that causes seafloor spreading and continental drift
A)the earth's rotation
B)circulation of the liquid core
C)magnetic reversals
D)convection of the asthenosphere
5
India used to be connected to Africa. It was rifted from Africa, drifted northeastward and collided with Asia forming
A)the Indochina peninsula
B)the Himalaya Mountains/Tibetan Plateau
C)Mongolia
D)the Andes Mountains
6
Paleomagnetic inclinations of rocks of all ages from Antarctica are always high angles (near 90 degrees). This means that
A)no magnetic reversals have occurred
B)that Antarctica has never drifted far from the south pole
C)Antarctica has drifted from the north pole to the south pole
D)no seafloor spreading has occurred around Antarctica
7
A volcanic island arc forms where
A)oceanic lithosphere is subducted beneath oceanic lithosphere
B)new oceanic lithosphere forms due to divergence
C)a mantle hot spot underlies oceanic lithosphere
D)continental lithosphere converges with continental lithosphere
8
The Himalaya Mountains are the result of
A)convergence of two plates of oceanic lithosphere
B)convergence of continental lithosphere with oceanic lithosphere
C)convergence of two plates of continental lithosphere
D)continental rifting
9
No subduction occurs during
A)ocean-ocean convergence
B)continent-continent convergence
C)continent-ocean convergence
D)all of the above
10
The supercontinent Pangaea was split apart by
A)subduction
B)convergence
C)rifting
D)all of the above
11
The Azores Islands (Portugal) are part of the mid-Atlantic Ridge. This ridge is a:
A)subduction zone
B)rift zone
C)transform fault
D)convergent boundary
12
Reversals of earth's magnetic field in the past have caused
A)seafloor spreading
B)polar wandering
C)seafloor magnetic stripes
D)continental drift
13
The San Andreas Fault is a
A)convergent plate boundary
B)divergent plate boundary
C)magmatic arc
D)transform fault
14
Which of the following is not a type of plate boundary?
A)continental shelf
B)transform fault
C)subduction zone
D)spreading center
15
Subduction zones occur where
A)oceanic lithosphere is forced beneath oceanic lithosphere
B)new oceanic lithosphere is formed from basaltic lavas
C)continental lithosphere is forced beneath oceanic lithosphere
D)all of the above
16
Lithospheric plates move approximately
A)0.1 to 1.0 millimeters per year
B)1 to 10 meters per year
C)1 to 10 centimeters per year
D)1 to 10 kilometers per year
17
The Hawaiian volcanoes occur
A)at a spreading center
B)at a convergent plate boundary
C)over a mantle hot spot
D)over a subduction zone
18
Pangaea was
A)an ancient seaway
B)a dinosaur
C)a supercontinent
D)a mountain range
19
New oceanic lithosphere forms at
A)divergent plate boundaries
B)convergent plate boundaries
C)transform faults
D)all of the above
20
The magnetic dip of lava erupted at the north pole is
A)45 degrees
B)90 degrees (vertical)
C)60 degrees
D)0 degrees (horizontal)
21
Fossils of mesosaur are found near the Atlantic coasts of Brazil and South Africa. The best explanation for remains of mesosaur occurring only in these two places is:
A)South America and Africa were once connected, then drifted apart
B)mesosaurs lived in a very narrow zone across the Atlantic ocean.
C)mesosaurs evolved coincidentally in Brazil and South Africa.
D)mesosaurs evolved first in Brazil, then migrated to South Africa.
22
The rifting of East Africa is associated with a
A)divergent boundary.
B)convergent boundary.
C)transform boundary.
D)plate collision.
23
Paleomagnetic evidence in rocks reveals that the earth's magnetic field
A)disappears periodically.
B)changes intensity.
C)changes direction.
D)started during the Ice Age.
24
Rocks on the ocean floor are
A)oldest near ridges.
B)youngest near trenches.
C)youngest near ridges.
D)are all the same age.
25
Large mountainous ridges on the ocean floor mark
A)divergent plate boundaries.
B)convergent plate boundaries.
C)transform plate boundaries.
D)plate collisions.
26
The earth's lithosphere is
A)thick and flexible.
B)thick and rigid.
C)thin and flexible.
D)thin and rigid.





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