Sea-floor spreading/Plate Tectonics
Review
The transfer of heat by the direct
contact of particles of matter is
A.Pressure
B.Radiation
C.Conduction
D.Convection
The transfer of heat by the direct
contact of particles of matter is
C. Conduction
Subduction of the ocean floor
takes place at
A.The lower mantle
B.Mid-ocean ridges
C.Rift valleys
D.Trenches
Subduction of the ocean floor
takes place at
D. Trenches
The process/force that
powers plate tectonics is
A.Radiation
B.Convection
C.Conduction
D.Subduction
The process that powers
plate tectonics is
B. Convection
What boundary is
located at A?
A.Divergent
B. Convergent
C. Transform
D.Compression
C
What boundary is
located at A?
A. Divergent
If the boundary found at A was on land
between two continental plates, what
feature would form?
A.Mid-ocean ridge
B. Mountain
C. Rift Valley
D.Trench
C
If the boundary found at A was on
land between two continental plates,
what feature would form?
C. Rift Valley
C
What is the boundary at C?
A.Convergent
B.Divergent
C.Transform
D.Compression
C
What is the boundary at C?
A. Convergent
This diagram shows what kinds of plates
colliding/converging to form a
mountain?
A.Two oceanic
plates
B.One oceanic
plate and one
continental
plate
C.Two continental
plates
This diagram shows what kinds of
plates colliding/converging to form a
mountain?
C. Two continental plates
What type of fault is this?
A.Normal
B.Reverse
C.Strike-slip
D.Tension
What type of fault is this?
A. Normal
What type of STRESS is needed to
move the rock along this fault?
A.Tension
B. Compression
C. Shearing
D.Subduction
What type of STRESS is needed to
move the rock along this fault?
B. Compression