Chapter Quiz for "Chapter 2 - Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds"
Scores for student "Richard Torres- Vanessa Hinojosa"
30 out of 30 points. 100.0% 1. The lithosphere is thickest under the oceans and thinnest beneath the contin ents. + Correct: false 2. As plates move apart, the gap between them is filled with molten rock called __________. + Correct: magma 3. The region where oceanic lithosphere descends into the asthenosphere is call ed __________. + Correct: a subduction zone 4. Which of these plates is the largest? + Correct: Pacific 5. Earth s rigid outer layer overlies a zone of weaker and hotter material known as the: + Correct: asthenosphere 6. Which one of these mountain belts was NOT formed by a continental collision? + Correct: Andes 7. When divergent plate boundaries continue to operate within a continent, the landmass may __________. Select ALL that apply. + Correct: develop a rift valley + Correct: split into two smaller continents 8. New oceanic crust is created at divergent boundaries at a rate of about: + Correct: 5 centimeters per year 9. Earth s rigid outer layer is called: + Correct: lithosphere 10. Transform faults occur where plates slide past one another and generate new lithosphere. + Correct: false 11. The theory of plate tectonics holds that the outer rigid layer of Earth is broken into about a dozen major segments called shields. + Correct: false 12. Most of the largest plates __________. + Correct: contain large amounts of both oceanic and continental crust 13. Most volcanic island arcs are located in the __________. + Correct: western Pacific 14. Most divergent boundaries are located: + Correct: along oceanic ridges 15. At convergent plate boundaries, two plates __________. + Correct: move together 16. What layer of Earth allows the plates to move? + Correct: asthenosphere
17. Which of these water bodies was once a rift valley?
+ Correct: Red Sea 18. Older oceanic lithosphere is cooler, thicker, and denser than young oceanic lithosphere. + Correct: true 19. Great earthquakes can be generated at transform fault boundaries. + Correct: true 20. At divergent plate boundaries __________. + Correct: new lithosphere is forming 21. Whenever a slab of oceanic lithosphere converges with a slab of continental lithosphere __________. + Correct: the oceanic lithosphere descends into the asthenosphere 22. According to the theory of plate tectonics, plates interact mainly ________ __. + Correct: along plate boundaries 23. When an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge, a(n) __________ is formed along a subduction zone. + Correct: oceanic trench 24. What is the main factor that triggers the formation of magma when a cold sl ab of oceanic lithosphere is subducted? + Correct: the subducting slab supplies water to a wedge of hot mantle rock ther eby lowering its melting temperature 25. At divergent plate boundaries, two plates __________. + Correct: move apart 26. Most volcanic island arcs are located near __________. + Correct: a deep-oceanic trench 27. When two oceanic plates converge, and one plate descends to form a trench, material from the melting plate often forms a(n) __________ at the surface. + Correct: volcanic island arc 28. The Aleutian Islands, Tonga Islands, and Japan are examples of __________. + Correct: volcanic island arcs 29. At convergent plate boundaries __________. + Correct: old lithosphere is being destroyed 30. Convergent plate margins occur where two plates are moving toward one anoth er and the movement is accommodated by: + Correct: one plate descending beneath the other.