55) The East Africa Rift Valleys are an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental transform
B) a continental-continental convergent
C) a continental-continental divergent
D) an oceanic-continental 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
56) The Red Sea is an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental-continental convergent
B) a continental-continental divergent
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
57) The Gulf of California is an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental-continental convergent
B) a continental-continental divergent
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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58) The Peru Chile Trench is an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental-continental convergent
B) a continental-continental divergent
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
59) The Andes Mountains are an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental transform
B) a continental-continental convergent
C) a continental-continental divergent
D) an oceanic-continental convergent
E) an oceanic-oceanic convergent
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
60) The Mariana Trench is an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental transform
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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61) The Aleutian Islands are an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental-continental convergent
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
62) The Himalaya Mountains are an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental transform
B) a continental-continental convergent
C) a continental-continental divergent
D) an oceanic-continental convergent
E) an oceanic-oceanic convergent
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
63) The Alps are an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental transform
B) a continental-continental convergent
C) a continental-continental divergent
D) an oceanic-continental convergent
E) an oceanic-oceanic convergent
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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64) The Mendocino Fault is an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental transform
B) a continental-continental convergent
C) an oceanic transform
D) an oceanic-continental convergent
E) an oceanic-oceanic convergent
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
65) The Eltanin Fault is an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental transform
B) a continental-continental convergent
C) an oceanic transform
D) an oceanic-continental convergent
E) an oceanic-oceanic convergent
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
66) The San Andreas Fault is an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental transform
B) a continental-continental convergent
C) an oceanic transform
D) an oceanic-continental convergent
E) an oceanic-oceanic convergent
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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67) The Alpine Fault of New Zealand is an example of ________ plate boundary.
A) a continental transform
B) a continental-continental convergent
C) a continental-continental divergent
D) an oceanic-continental convergent
E) an oceanic-oceanic convergent
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
68) The gently sloping and fast-spreading parts of the mid-ocean ridge are called ________.
A) guyots
B) nemataths
C) oceanic ridges
D) oceanic rises
E) volcanic arcs
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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
69) The steeply-sloping and slower-spreading parts of the mid-ocean ridge are called ________.
A) guyots
B) nemataths
C) oceanic ridges
D) oceanic rises
E) ultra-slow spreading centers
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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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70) Earth’s mantle is exposed on the ocean floor in great slabs of rock between widely-spaced
volcanoes in ________.
A) deep-ocean trenches
B) oceanic ridges
C) oceanic rises
D) ultra-slow spreading centers
E) volcanic arcs
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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
71) To find the largest area of the ocean with the oldest ocean crust, you should go to the
________.
A) eastern Pacific
B) northern Atlantic
C) southern Ocean near Australia
D) western Pacific
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
72) Chains of extinct volcanoes that are progressively older as one travels away from a hotspot
are called ________.
A) nemataths
B) oceanic ridges
C) oceanic rises
D) ultra-slow spreading centers
E) volcanic arcs
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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
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73) Underwater volcanic peaks that resemble volcanoes on land except that they are flat on top
are called ________.
A) guyots
B) oceanic ridges
C) oceanic rises
D) ultra-slow spreading centers
E) volcanic arcs
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
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
74) The Himalaya Mountains are an example of the ________ stage of the Wilson Cycle.
A) declining
B) juvenile
C) mature
D) suturing
E) terminal
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
75) Plate convergence begins during which stage of the Wilson Cycle?
A) Declining
B) Juvenile
C) Mature
D) Suturing
E) Terminal
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
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76) Which of the following is an example of the embryonic stage of the Wilson Cycle?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) East Africa
C) Mediterranean Sea
D) Pacific Ocean
E) Red Sea
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
77) The Pacific Ocean is an example of the ________ stage of the Wilson Cycle.
A) declining
B) juvenile
C) mature
D) suturing
E) terminal
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
78) Ocean basins with continental margins are representative of the ________ stage of the
Wilson Cycle.
A) declining
B) juvenile
C) mature
D) suturing
E) terminal
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
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79) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The next reversal of
Earth’s magnetic poles is thought to be overdue BECAUSE the last major reversal occurred
780,000 years ago.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
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
80) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The rate of sea floor
spreading appears to be greatest in the Pacific Ocean BECAUSE the radiometric age bands in the
Pacific Ocean are narrower than those found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
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
81) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Seismologists prefer the
well-known Richter scale over the moment magnitude scale BECAUSE the Richter scale is
better for larger-magnitude earthquakes.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
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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82) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Andesitic volcanic
eruptions are usually less explosive and destructive than basaltic eruptions BECAUSE andesite
magma is more viscous than basalt magma and contains a higher gas content.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
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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