STUDY GUIDE PHYSICAL GEOLOGY-TEST 1-Most Questions will be from Ch 2
Plate Tectonic-Potential Chapter 1 Question Material will be reviewed in class
Matching: Q 1 to Q 5
Match the Layers of the Earth [a. Lithosphere; b. Asthenosphere; c. Mantle; d.
Outer Core and e. Inner Core with the properties/features listed below:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
This layer is made of densest material
This layer is made of “plates”
This layer can be compared to magma/lava
This layer has convection cells resulting from heat generated by outer core
This layer is generally considered to behave like a “plastic”
MATCHING: Q 6 to 10
Match the names of the geologists with their important contributions [a. Edward
Suess; b. Harry Hess; c. J Tuzo Wilson; d. Alfred Wegner; e. Vines & Mathews
6. First to identify the Hawaiin Hot Spot
7. Magnetic Reversals/Golden Spike
8. First to use the term Pangea
9. First to make use of the term “Gondwanaland”
10.First to explain the “continents drifting” using data collected from research
ship “Glomar Challenger”
MULTIPLE CHOICE/MATCHING COMBINATION: Q 11 to 15
Match the terms/names listed [a. Tethys; b. Mesosaurus; c. Gondwanaland; d.
Glossopteris; e. Panthallasa] with those given below:
11.Associated with Coal Beds of Gondwanaland
12.Name given to the Southern Landmass [supercontinent]
13.Oceanic body associated with Pangea
14.Name of the Fresh water reptile
15.Represented today by Mediterranean Sea
TRUE & FALSE : Q 16 to 35
16.Oldest “Continental rocks” would be older than the rocks collected from
ocean floors
17.The ocean Tethys occupied the area between Lauresia and Gondwana
18.Craton is described as made of Shield & Platform
19.Age of the youngest rocks from the oceanic crust are found along the
central portions of the mid-oceanic rifts
20.The feature Ridge/Rift (Mid Atlantic) represents plate movements that are
more rapid compared to the feature represented by the term “Rise”s (East
Pacific)
21.Rodinia is the name given to an older Supercontinent
22.Physical Geology includes study of both External (Weathering & Erosion)
and Internal (Plate Tectonics) Processes
23. The Red Sea is a Transform Plate Boundary
24.The NA Plate is at present moving in the SW direction
25.Tibet was a part of the Indian Plate when it collided with Asia
26.In the case of O-O Plate boundary, the results include Trench and
Mountains
27.Peru-Chile Trench and Andes Mountains are a result of interaction between
Nazca Plate and the SA Continent
28.Both Marianna Trench and Tonga Trench are located within the Pacific
Plate and are a result of O-O Boundary
29.The term “super-position” represents a technique for determining
“absolute” time
30.The “Indian Ocean” Rift/Ridge System separates the plate boundaries
between the Asian Plate & the Australian Plate
32.Appalachian Mountain Belt is geologically the same age as the Ural Mtns
33.All Plate Boundaries are “discrete” and separated along the Continent and
Ocean margins
34.East African rift Valley could be referred to as a “future site of an ocean”
35.Earthquakes & Volcanic Activity associated with Transform Boundary will
be stronger than those associated with the Divergent Boundary
Matching Multiple Choice [36 to 50]
Q 36 to 40
Identify the Plate Tectonic Features/Boundaries (A to E) with features listed in 36
to 40
A. Mediterranean Mountains
B.
C.
D.
E.
East African Rift Valley
Peru-Chile Trench
Himalayan Mountains
Indian (Indo-Australian) Rift System
36. Example of Stage 1 of Wilson’s Cycle
37. Example of O-C Convergent Boundary
38. Example of “Collision” Boundary”
39. Example of Divergent Plate Boundary
40. Example of a Future Mountain Chain
Q 41 to 45 [Multiple Choice]
41. The correct order of Earth’s Layers from Center outwards is:
a. Core, Inner Mantle, Outer Mantle, Crust
b. inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
c. inner core, crust, mantle, hydrosphere
d. core, crust, mantle, hydrosphere
42. ------------------- is often phrased as “the present is the key to the past”
a. catastrophism
b. uniformitarianism
c. ecospherism
d. exoschism
43. ----MOHO is the interior layer of the Earth at
a. core/mantle boundary
b. asthenosphere/lithosphere boundary
c. outer core/inner core boundary
d. continental/oceanic crustal boundary
44. craton can best be described by the term
a. an old mountain
b. an old ocean
c. shield
d. platform
e. both shield & platform
45. Active mountain belts are most likely to be found
a. throughout the continent
b. within the ocean
c. interior regions of the continent
d. along the margins of the continent
46. One of these terms is not part Continental Drift Hypothesis
a. Reverse magnetization
b. Pangea
c. Glaciation
d. Similarity of Coast Line
e. They all are part of Wegners Hypothesis
47. One of the terms below represents deep sea volcanoes with “flat tops”
a. ophiolite
b. volcanic arc
c. guyots
d. basalts
e. rodinia
48. This term represents a “super-continent”
49. This term represents a tectonic setting at convergent boundaries
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS [Do Any 5] Total Points 15
1. Explain the concept of WILSON’s CYCLE
2. Explain why Mt Everest continues to “rise” & Marianna trench continues to
“sink”. Use a sketch to help with the answer
3. Explain the difference between “Internal” & “External Processes”
4. What were the main objections against the acceptance of Continental Drift
and what finally led to its acceptance [extra points possible-bullet format
acceptable]
5. Explain why LA is likely to go into the ocean but not San Francisco
BONUS [Total points 8]
On the Map provided, show a general outline of any 3 Major Plate Boundaries
and any other 3;
Locate the following tectonic features on the World Map provided by either
Naming the location or identifying it with the numbers 1 to 7 [5 points]
1. San Andreas Fault
2. Nazca Plate
3. Caribbean Plate
4. Ural Mountains
5. Alp Mountains
6. East Pacific Rise
7. Aleutian Trench
8. Marianna trench
9. Mediterranean Mtns
10.Yellowstone Hot Spot