REVIEW 4

Question 1

31. Tectonic plates consist of…
    a. continental crust
    b. mesospheric crust
    c. both continental and oceanic crust
    d. oceanic crust

Answer 1

c. both continental and oceanic crust

Question 2

32. Rift Valley is a feature of what plate
    boundary?
    a. Obtrusive
    c. Divergent
    b. Transform
    d. Convergent

Answer 2

c. Divergent

Question 3

34. Which type of boundary is known for causing big earthquakes?
    a. Divergent
    c. convergent
    b. Transform
    d. subduction

Answer 3

b. Transform

Question 4

36. What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
    a. Volcano
    c. Mountain
    b. Rift
    d. Island Arc

Answer 4

c. Mountain

Question 5

37. The San Andreas Fault is a classic example of a ___ boundary.
    a. Convergent
    b. Transform
    c. divergent
    d. normal

Answer 5

b. Transform

Question 6

Why did the plate on the left subduct?
a. More dense
c. heavier
d. Made
b. Thinner of granite

Answer 6

a. More dense

Question 7

The Andes Mountains are formed by this
type of piate boundary
a. Convergent
b. Divergent
c. Transform
d. Fault line

Answer 7

a. Convergent

Question 8

40. The Himalayas in South Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?
    a. continental-oceanic convergent
    b. continental-continental convergent
    c. oceanic-oceanic convergent
    d. continental continental divergent

Answer 8

b. continental-continental convergent