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(Stnd 19) Study Guide-Tectonic Plate Movement


Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
 

 1. 
Examine the following diagram.
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Multi-Select Question
Which of the following choices best describes this diagram?
(Select 2 of the 5 answer choices)
 a.
This is a convergent boundary where two tectonic plates are colliding with each other.
 b.
This diagram shows one tectonic plate subducting beneath another tectonic plate.
 c.
It shows two tectonic plates coming in contact, and it is a transform boundary.
 d.
This diagram is showing seafloor spreading with new crust being formed.
 e.
It shows two tectonic plates coming in contact, and it is a divergent boundary.
 

 2. 
Examine the diagram below of fossil bands found across the continents.
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Multi-Select Question
The diagram above shows how fossils of certain extinct species are located in areas across multiple continents. How does this support the theory of plate tectonics?
(Select 2 of the 5 answer choices)
 a.
The variety of species demonstrates that the Earth has a high level of biodiversity.
 b.
The location of these species shows that these continents were once connected.
 c.
This fossil evidence supports the claim that extinct species moved the continents.
 d.
This diagram proves that heat from the core melted the crust to form the continents
 e.
Since these continents are separated today, they must have been moved apart.
 

 3. 
Examine the diagrams shown below.
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Multi-Select Question
The seam or edge where two plates come in close contact with each together is known as a...?
(Select 3 of the 5 answer choices)
 a.
continental boundary
 b.
convergent boundary
 c.
divergent boundary
 d.
transform boundary
 e.
mountain range
 

 4. 
Early proponents of continental drift/plate tectonics started by examining the shape of the continents as seen below is this diagram
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Multi-Select Question
In his book The Origin of Continents and Oceans published in 1915, Alfred Wegener presented his ideas about the theory of plate tectonics.
What evidence was discovered which supported Wegner’s claims that the continents were once joined together in one giant land mass which broke apart as the continents were moved to their present day locations?
(Select 3 of the 5 answer choices)
 a.
Sonar imagery revealed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge formed due to seafloor spreading.
 b.
They observed that South American and Africa fit together like pieces of a puzzle.
 c.
Fossil evidence was located that revealed that the continents were once connected.
 d.
Fossils of extinct plants and animals were discovered on the African continent.
 e.
Experiments revealed that nuclear fusion is the source of solar radiation on the Earth.
 

 

 5. 
Examine the following diagram.
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When an oceanic plate collides with and sinks beneath a continental plate this is known as...?
a.
conduction.
b.
subduction.
 

 6. 
Examine the following diagram.
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Select the answer choice that best describes this diagram.
a.
It shows two tectonic plates coming in contact, and it is a divergent boundary.
b.
It shows two tectonic plates coming in contact, and it is a transform boundary.
 

 7. 
Examine the following diagrams.
Diagram A
Diagram B
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Which of these diagrams best supports the claim that convection currents rise up from the mantle and push apart tectonic plates in a process called seafloor spreading?
a.
Diagram B shows seafloor spreading at a transform boundary due to convection
b.
Diagram B shows seafloor spreading at a divergent boundary due to convection
 

 8. 
Examine the following diagram.
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Pick the answer choice below that most accurately describes this diagram.
a.
In this divergent boundary, new crust is being formed during seafloor spreading.
b.
It shows two tectonic plates coming in contact, and it is a convergent boundary.
 

 9. 
Examine the following diagram that shows convection currents in the mantle.
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How is it possible for rising heat from the Earth’s core to move solid rock in the astenosphere upwards?
a.
Seafloor spreading has been observed the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
b.
The heat makes the asthenosphere ductile and viscous and convection currents make it flow upwards towards the lithosphere.
 

 10. 
Seafloor spreading at divergent boundaries occurs...?
a.
...only in the Pacific Ocean.
b.
...in all of Earth’s oceans.
 



 
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