3.10.F - Lesson Review: Plate Tectonics

Question 1

Divergent boundaries are where two oceanic crusts __________.
are forming island arcs
are pulling apart from each other
are colliding with each other

Answer 1

are pulling apart from each other

Question 2

What is the hard, rigid, outer layer that floats on top of the asthenosphere?
Lithosphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere

Answer 2

Lithosphere

Question 3

What is the only type of plate inaction that can cause an earthquake to be 9.0 on the Richter Scale?
Convection
Seafloor spreading
Transform
Subduction

Answer 3

Subduction

Question 4

The Himalayan Mountains are formed by the ______________________l convergence, and they are still growing because the _____________ plate is still moving toward China.

Answer 4

Answer 1:
continental-continental
Answer 2:
Indian

Question 5

Mountains typically form at which boundary?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent

Answer 5

Convergent

Question 6

When the iron-bearing rocks align themselves with the South Pole, it is known as __________. (Choose the best answer)
paleomagnetism
reverse polarity
magnetic reversal

Answer 6

reverse polarity

Question 7

Name the plates and the type of boundary associated with the San Andreas Fault in California.
American plate, African plate, mid-Atlantic Ridge
Pacific plate, North American plate, transform boundary
American plate, African plate, divergent plate boundary

Answer 7

Pacific plate, North American plate, transform boundary

Question 8

What Bible verse(s) tell(s) that God gathered all the land together?
Genesis 1:9–10
Genesis 7:11
John 1:1–3
Hebrews 11:3

Answer 8

Genesis 1:9–10

Question 9

The Earth’s __________ is solid, made up mostly of iron. The Earth’s __________ is molten, made mostly of iron and nickel, which gives it its magnetism. The semi-solid ___________ is found underneath the solid lithosphere.

Answer 9

Inner core
outer core
asthenosphere

Question 10

Explain how the Flood changed the locations of the tectonic plates, using 5 to 6 sentences. Make sure to use your best grammar.

Answer 10

Your Answer:
In the Bible, it states many facts in Genesis on how we know the continents were originally all in one place. This is also commonly known as the Pangea. The reason the earth is not in this form anymore is because of Noah’s flood. The reason Noah’s flood caused this is due to how God put volcanoes on the Pangea to break apart the lands, which in return formed the plates. When the plates broke apart from each other, they were moved away by the currents that were in the mantle due to it being liquid which ended up moving the continents to where they are now.