Unit Test

Question 1

Divergent boundaries, normal faults and slope are land features which result from stretching the Earth’s crust. Reverse fault jagged cliffs and convergent boundaries are features which result from folding the Earth’s crust. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

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T

Question 2

Scientists follow seismic waves to locate the epicenter.

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F

Question 3

___________ are formed at divergent and converging boundaries.

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volcanoes

Question 4

The _______________ contains the asthenosphere and the lower mantle.

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mantle

Question 5

A flat, raised area of land caused by uplift is also known as a(n):

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plateau

Question 6

Bands of magnetic material in the sea floor that have opposite poles, or exhibit magnetic reversal, can provide evidence for sea floor spreading.

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T

Question 7

_________ is the lifting of depressed rock by magma under the surface and ________ is the sinking of heavy rock into the earth.

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uplifting, subsidence

Question 8

The mantle in the Earth continually heats up and cools down using convection currents.

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T

Question 9

Use the map to explain where the South American and African plates were located hundreds of thousands of years ago.

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Africa was more south and west and South America was more south and east of their current positions.

Question 10

Two tectonic plates moving toward one another are at a

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convergent boundary.

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