25) The study of historical changes of continental shapes and positions is called ________.
A) paleomagnetism
B) paleoclimatology
C) sedimentology
D) paleogeography
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 2.5 How Has Earth Changed in the Past, and How Will It Look in the Future?
Essent’l Concept: 2.5 Describe how Earth has changed in the past and predict how it will look
in the future
26) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Alfred Wegener
B) Harry Hess
C) Drummond Matthews
D) Frederick Vine
E) Stanley Miller
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.1 What Evidence Supports Continental Drift?
Essent’l Concept: 2.1 Evaluate the evidence that supports continental drift
27) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Gondwanaland
B) Panamerica
C) Pangaea
D) Panthalassia
E) Tethys Sea
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.1 What Evidence Supports Continental Drift?
Essent’l Concept: 2.1 Evaluate the evidence that supports continental drift
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28) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Ice age
B) Paleomagnetism
C) Seafloor spreading
D) Age of the ocean floor
E) Distribution of earthquakes
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.2 What Evidence Supports Plate Tectonics?
Essent’l Concept: 2.2 Summarize the evidence that supports plate tectonics
Global Sci Out: 7
29) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Divergent plate boundary
B) Oceanic-continental convergence
C) Oceanic-oceanic convergence
D) Transform plate boundary
E) Hot spot
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
30) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Rift valley
B) Oceanic trench
C) Rifting
D) Seafloor spreading
E) Divergent plate boundary
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
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31) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Hydrothermal vents
B) Island arc
C) Mountains
D) Oceanic trench
E) Volcanoes
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
32) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Convergent plate boundary
B) Volcanic arc
C) Island arc
D) Rift valley
E) Continental arc
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
33) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Transform fault
B) San Andreas Fault
C) Oceanic transform fault
D) North Anatolian Fault
E) Mariana Trench
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
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34) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Aleutian Islands
B) Andes Mountains
C) Hawaiian Islands
D) Japan
E) Mariana Trench
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
35) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Aleutian Islands
B) Canary Islands
C) Galapagos Islands
D) Azores
E) Iceland
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.4 Testing the Model: What Are Some Applications of Plate Tectonics?
Essent’l Concept: 2.4 Show how plate tectonics can be used as a working model
36) Alfred Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis received much hostile criticism and ridicule
from the scientific community because of which of the following?
A) His correlation of fossils was false; they were different species.
B) The mechanism he proposed for the movement of the continents.
C) There is no evidence of past glacial activity in areas that are now tropical.
D) There was no correlation of rocks found in adjacent positions on matching continents
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 2.1 What Evidence Supports Continental Drift?
Essent’l Concept: 2.1 Evaluate the evidence that supports continental drift
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37) Which of the following fossils was used as data to help reconstruct Pangea because it was a
reptile found in South America and Africa?
A) Lepidodendron
B) Archaeopteris
C) Glossopteris
D) Mesosauras
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 2.1 What Evidence Supports Continental Drift?
Essent’l Concept: 2.1 Evaluate the evidence that supports continental drift
38) Harry Hess suggested which of the following?
A) Guyots formed at deep depths and migrated to shallow water.
B) The continents plowed through oceanic lithosphere on their own power.
C) The oceans are much older than the continents.
D) The volcanic mid-ocean ridges were formed due to sea floor spreading.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 2.2 What Evidence Supports Plate Tectonics?
Essent’l Concept: 2.2 Summarize the evidence that supports plate tectonics
Global Sci Out: 7
39) Tectonic plates move about as fast as ________.
A) a child crawls
B) a river flows
C) a snail crawls
D) grass grows in the summer
E) your fingernails grow
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 2.2 What Evidence Supports Plate Tectonics?
Essent’l Concept: 2.2 Summarize the evidence that supports plate tectonics
Global Sci Out: 7
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40) Which of the following rocks is the most reliable one used to collect information about
Earth’s magnetic field where and when the rock originated?
A) Basalt
B) Granite
C) Limestone
D) Sandstone
E) Schist
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 2.2 What Evidence Supports Plate Tectonics?
Essent’l Concept: 2.2 Summarize the evidence that supports plate tectonics
Global Sci Out: 7
41) Which of the following is the most convincing piece of evidence set forth to support the
concept of sea floor spreading?
A) The correlation of rocks found in adjacent positions on matching continents.
B) The mid-ocean ridge is entirely volcanic in origin.
C) The mid-ocean ridge rises more than 2.5 kilometers above the surrounding deep-ocean floor.
D) The oceanic pattern of alternating reversals of Earth’s magnetic field.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 2.2 What Evidence Supports Plate Tectonics?
Essent’l Concept: 2.2 Summarize the evidence that supports plate tectonics
Global Sci Out: 7
42) The sea floor of which of the following oceans has the simplest and most symmetric pattern
of age distribution?
A) The Arctic Ocean
B) The Atlantic Ocean
C) The Indian Ocean
D) The Pacific Ocean
E) The Southern Ocean
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 2.2 What Evidence Supports Plate Tectonics?
Essent’l Concept: 2.2 Summarize the evidence that supports plate tectonics
Global Sci Out: 7
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43) Based on the Theory of Plate Tectonics, you would expect to find ________ heat flow at the
mid-ocean ridge and ________ heat flow at subduction zones when compared to other parts of
the crust.
A) decreased; decreased
B) decreased; increased
C) increased; decreased
D) increased; increased
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.2 What Evidence Supports Plate Tectonics?
Essent’l Concept: 2.2 Summarize the evidence that supports plate tectonics
Global Sci Out: 7
44) Most large earthquakes occur along which of the following?
A) Faults on land
B) Mid-ocean ridges
C) Ocean trenches
D) Other faults in the sea floor
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.2 What Evidence Supports Plate Tectonics?
Essent’l Concept: 2.2 Summarize the evidence that supports plate tectonics
Global Sci Out: 7
45) The tectonic forces called slab pull and slab suction may act in unison at which type of plate
boundary?
A) Convergent
B) Divergent
C) Intraplate
D) Transform
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.2 What Evidence Supports Plate Tectonics?
Essent’l Concept: 2.2 Summarize the evidence that supports plate tectonics
Global Sci Out: 7
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46) Which of the following is an example of an oceanic-oceanic divergent plate boundary?
A) Aleutian Islands
B) East Pacific Rise
C) Mendocino Fault
D) Red Sea
E) San Andreas Fault
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
47) Which of the following is an example of a continental-continental divergent plate boundary?
A) Andes Mountains
B) Himalaya Mountains
C) Mendocino Fault
D) Red Sea
E) San Andreas Fault
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
48) Which of the following is an example of an oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary?
A) Aleutian Islands
B) East Pacific Rise
C) Mendocino Fault
D) Red Sea
E) San Andreas Fault
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
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49) Which of the following is an example of an oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary?
A) Aleutian Islands
B) Andes Mountains
C) Himalaya Mountains
D) Mendocino Fault
E) San Andreas Fault
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
50) Which of the following is an example of a continental-continental convergent plate
boundary?
A) Aleutian Islands
B) Andes Mountains
C) Himalaya Mountains
D) Mendocino Fault
E) San Andreas Fault
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
51) Which of the following is an example of an oceanic transform plate boundary?
A) Aleutian Islands
B) East Pacific Rise
C) Mendocino Fault
D) Red Sea
E) San Andreas Fault
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
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52) Which of the following is an example of a continental transform plate boundary?
A) Aleutian Islands
B) Andes Mountains
C) Himalaya Mountains
D) Mendocino Fault
E) San Andreas Fault
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
53) The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental-continental divergent
B) an oceanic transform
C) an oceanic-continental convergent
D) an oceanic-oceanic convergent
E) an oceanic-oceanic divergent
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
54) The East Pacific Rise is an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental-continental divergent
B) an oceanic transform
C) an oceanic-continental convergent
D) an oceanic-oceanic convergent
E) an oceanic-oceanic divergent
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries?
Essent’l Concept: 2.3 Discuss the origin and characteristics of features that occur at plate
boundaries
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