1. Chapter 7 Review Game Plate tectonics
Hosted By
Mrs. Gorglione

2. Question 1
Question: 1. What does the theory of continental drift explain? a. the layers of the Earth b. why continents move c. how volcanoes formed d. how oceans formed
Answer: B. why continents move

3. Question 2
Question: What happens at mid-ocean ridges? a. strike-slip faults b. magnetic reversal c. sea-floor spreading d. earthquakes
Answer: C. sea-floor spreading

4. Question 3
Question: Which of the following is associated with transform boundaries? a. slab pull b. magnetic reversal c. sea-floor spreading d. earthquakes
Answer: D. earthquakes

5. Question 4
Question: What do scientists use the global positioning system for? a. to measure tectonic plate motion b. to measure the Earth’s thickness c. to make images of tectonic plates d. to locate fossils
Answer: A. to measure tectonic plate motion

6. Question 5
Question: What is compression? TECs4 a. stress squeezing an object b. stress pulling an object c. stress breaking an object d. stress releasing an object
Answer: A. stress squeezing an object

7. Question 6
Question: What is tension? a. stress squeezing an object b. stress pulling an object c. stress breaking an object d. stress releasing an object
Answer: B. stress pulling an object

8. Question 7
Question: What is the idea that all continents were part of one big landmass? a. oceanic drift b. continental drift c. oceanic theory d. continental theory
Answer: B. Continental Drift

9. Question 8 a. a strike-slip fault b. magnetic reversal
Question: What is it called when Earth’s magnetic poles change places?
a. a strike-slip fault
b. magnetic reversal
c. sea-floor spreading
d. continental drift
Answer: B. magnetic reversal

10. Question 9 a. mid-ocean ridges b. mountains c. sea floor
Question: What can tectonic plates form when they converge?
a. mid-ocean ridges
b. mountains
c. sea floor
d. asthenosphere
Answer: b. mountains

11. Question 10 d. seismic waves Question: surface of a broken rock layer
a. asthenosphere
b. fault
c. fold
d. seismic waves
Answer: B. Fault

12. Question 11 d. seismic waves Question: bending of a rock layer
a. asthenosphere
b. fault
c. fold
d. seismic waves
Answer: C. fold

13. Question 12 d. seismic waves
Question: help to measure the thickness of the Earth
a. asthenosphere
b. fault
c. fold
d. seismic waves
Answer: D. seismic waves

14. Question 13 d. seismic waves Question: a layer of flowing rock
a. asthenosphere
b. fault
c. fold
d. seismic waves
Answer: A. asthenosphere

15. Question 14 b. Pangaea c. tectonic plates d. inner core
Question: the outside layer of the Earth
a. crust
b. Pangaea
c. tectonic plates
d. inner core
Answer: A. Crust

16. Question 15 Question: Earth’s liquid layer a. crust
b. Pangaea
c. tectonic plates
d. inner core
Answer: D. inner core

17. Question 16 b. Pangaea c. tectonic plates d. inner core
Question: the last supercontinent
a. crust
b. Pangaea
c. tectonic plates
d. inner core
Answer: B. Pangaea

18. Question 17 Question: pieces of the lithosphere a. crust
b. Pangaea
c. tectonic plates
d. inner core
Answer: C. tectonic plates

19. Question 18 A. normal B. reverse C. sea-floor spreading D. divergent
Question: When tension breaks a rock layer it makes a
_________________________fault.
A. normal
B. reverse
C. sea-floor spreading
D. divergent
E. convergent
F. magnetic reversals
Answer: A. Normal

20. Question 19 A. normal B. reverse C. sea-floor spreading D. divergent
Question: Tectonic plates move together to form a _______________ boundary.
A. normal
B. reverse
C. sea-floor spreading
D. divergent
E. convergent
F. magnetic reversals
Answer: E. Convergent

21. Question 20 A. normal B. reverse C. sea-floor spreading D. divergent
Question: When compression breaks a rock layer it makes a _______________fault.
A. normal
B. reverse
C. sea-floor spreading
D. divergent
E. convergent
F. magnetic reversals
Answer: B. reverse

22. Question 21 A. normal B. reverse C. sea-floor spreading D. divergent
Question: Magnetic minerals prove Earth has had
_________________________.
A. normal
B. reverse
C. sea-floor spreading
D. divergent
E. convergent
F. magnetic reversals
Answer: F. Magnetic Reversals

23. Question 22 A. normal B. reverse C. sea-floor spreading D. divergent
Question: New crust in the ocean is a sign of ___________.
A. normal
B. reverse
C. sea-floor spreading
D. divergent
E. convergent
F. magnetic reversals
Answer: C. sea-floor spreading

24. Question 23 A. normal B. reverse C. sea-floor spreading D. divergent
Question: Tectonic plates move apart to form a
_________________ boundary.
A. normal
B. reverse
C. sea-floor spreading
D. divergent
E. convergent
F. magnetic reversals
Answer: d. Divergent