Chapter 13 Test
Indicate True or False for each of the questions below.
1.
Earth’s moving
plates are actually pieces of the lithosphere.
2.
Over geologic
time, Earth’s magnetic north pole has become the magnetic
south pole and
vice versa.
3. Belts of earthquakes and volcanoes are found
at plate boundaries.
4.
If you were
exploring the deep ocean and saw a mountain range with a deep valley running
through it, you would be observing a collision boundary.
5.
The
Appalachian Mountains may have formed when North America, Africa, and parts of
6. When a continental plate converges with an
ocean plate, the ocean plate will
slide over the
continental plate.
7.
8. Thin-skinned
thrusting is the movement of horizontal sheets of rock inland
from continental
margins.
9. A terrane contains
fossils, which differ from those found in neighboring rock
formations.
Select the BEST answer for each question.
10. The number of
major plates in Earth’s surface is about
a. 4. c. 12.
b. 8. d. 16.
11. The plates on
Earth’s surface are
a.
moving apart. c. sliding past one another.
b.
moving together. d.
All of the above
12. What causes
lithospheric plates to move?
a.
Convection
currents in the c. Energy
produced at moving asthenosphere.
Boundaries.
b.
Convection
currents in the d. Energy from
Earth’s inner core.
continental
crust.
13. Certain rock
formations on the east coast of North America closely match formations on the
west coast of
a.
North America
and
b.
A mountain
range once extended across the northern
c.
North America
and
d.
North America
and
14. Volcanoes often
occur where
a. granite
is the common type of rock c.
lithospheric plates meet.
b. magnetic
fields are unstable d. the
asthenosphere is thin.
15.
a.
there is a
spreading center c. they
have opposite magnetic
between
them. polarities.
b.
they are on
the same lithospheric d. the
continental crust of Antarctica
plate.
is denser than that of Australia.
16. The coolest rocks
in the lithospheric plates are
a.
closest to
spreading centers. c. at
boundaries where plates are
sliding past one another.
b.
the farthest
from spreading centers. d. in the
volcano belts.
17. A mid-ocean ridge
occurs at a
a. collision boundary. c. sliding boundary.
b. diverging boundary. d. subduction boundary.
18. The San Andreas
Fault is a
a. collision boundary. c. sliding boundary.
b. diverging boundary. d. subduction boundary.
19. The oldest part
of the North America continent is the
a. San Andreas Fault. c. Appalachian Mountains.
b. Rocky Mountains. d. Canadian Shield.
20. As you travel
away from a craton, the rocks become
a.
older. c. more like the
lithosphere.
b.
younger. d. less distinct.
Write the missing word(s) from the word bank in the space
provided.
21. The study of the
formation and movement of Earth’s plates
is called _________________.
22. The crust and
upper part of the mantle together make up the ______________.
23. The part of the
Earth’s interior where convection currents are thought to occur
is the ___________________.
24. An earthquake
belt exists along the western coast of South America. This area
is most likely along a(n)
____________________.
25. Two lithospheric
plates move apart at a(n) ___________________ boundary.
26. The two types of
converging boundaries are collision boundaries and
__________________ boundaries.
27. The cores of
ancient continents are called ________________.
28. A large block of
lithospheric plate that has moved and attached to the edge of a continents is
called a(n) ____________________.
Lithosphere
Plate Boundary
Terrane
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Plate Tectonics
Asthenosphere
Diverging
Cratons
Thin-skinned thrusting