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8th Grade Science
Plate Tectonics
and Topography
Review
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A: B: Australia Wegner
C: D: Pangaea None of these
#1 Scientists believe that the land
masses of Earth were once
joined together as one
supercontinent called_______.
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C. Pangaea
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A: B: Plate Tectonics Convergent Tectonics
C: D: Divergent Tectonics Pangaea Tectonics
#2
The gradual drifting
apart of land masses
over time is caused by
_____ ________.
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A. plate tectonics
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A: B: Plate Tectonics Convergent Tectonics
C: D: Divergent Tectonics Pangaea Tectonics
#3
The folding and faulting
of rocks at plate
boundaries is caused by
______ _______.
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A. plate tectonics
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A: B: Continents fitting
together like a puzzle.
Matching fossils found
in opposite sides of
oceans.
C: D: Matching mountains
structures found in
opposite sides of oceans.
All of these
#4
Which of the following
support/s the concept
of
Plate Tectonics? Watch short Plate Tectonics video
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D. All of these
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A: B: Convergent Transform
C: D: Divergent Continental
#5
The type of plate
boundary that occurs
where
rocks on opposite sides
of the fault move in
opposite directions.
Plate Boundaries
http://geology.com/nsta/
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B. Transform
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A: B: Transform Seafloor
C: D: Divergent Convergent
#6 What type of
boundary is
formed when two
tectonic plates are
pushed together?
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D. Convergent
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A: B: Transform Seafloor
C: D: Divergent Convergent
#7
What type of boundary
is formed when two
plates are moving
apart?
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C. Divergent
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A: B: Transform Seafloor
C: D: Divergent Convergent
#8
What type of
boundary is formed
when two plates
grind past each
other?
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A. Transform
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A: B: Mid-ocean ridge mantle
C: D: Rift valley plates
#9
As a result of sea floor
spreading, magma moves
toward the
__________, cools and forms
new ocean floor and ridges.
Watch short Sea-Floor Spreading video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrXAGY1dmEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrXAGY1dmEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrXAGY1dmE
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A. Mid-ocean ridge
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A: B: Maui volcanoes San Andreas Fault
C: D: Mid-Atlantic Ridge None of these
#10 An example of a Mid-
Ocean Ridge is the
_____ _______ ______.
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B. Mid-Atlantic
Ridge
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A: B: Divergent
Convergent
C: D: Subduction None of these
#11
The land forms in
these two
diagrams are
formed by the
movement of two
________ plates.
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A. Divergent
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A: B: divergent boundaries plate boundaries
C: D: transform boundaries None of these
#12
Faults and volcanoes
found at tectonic
______ ________.
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B. plate boundaries
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A: B: Divergent Convergent
C: D: Transform None of these
#13
This diagram is
an example of
what type of
boundary?
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A. Divergent
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A: B: Wind River
C: D: Earthquake None of these
#14
What force
caused the erosion
of the Grand
Canyon?
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B. River
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A: B: Contour line Contour interval
C: D: Interval line None of these
#15
Lines connecting
lines of equal
elevation on a
Topographic map
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A. Contour line
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A: B: Contour line Contour interval
C: D: Interval line None of these
#16
The distance
between each
contour line on a
contour map
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B. Contour interval
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A: B: steep slopes gentle slopes
C: D: no slops vertical slopes
#17
Contour line
that are far
apart
show
____________.
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B. gentle slopes
(Gradually rising
elevation)
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A: B: steep slopes (areas) gentle slopes (areas)
C: D: no slops vertical slopes
#18
Contour line
that are close
together
show
____________.
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A. steep slopes
(areas)
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