Quiz #4

5 September 2011

S.I. Session 4 Quiz

This quiz covers material from the lecture on Friday, September 2^nd.

Part a) Match the term to its definition:

TERMS:

a) Albert Einstein                             b) Ring of Fire                                    c) Alfred Hitchcock

d) Iceland                                            e) Transform Boundary                 f)Convergent Boundary

g)Continental rift zones                                h)Alfred Wegener                           i) Tectonic Plates

DEFINITIONS:

1)__Thisis where two plates come together and either ocean lithosphere is recycled or                 continental crust is deformed.

                2)__The global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes roughly forms this pattern.

3)__These move about as fast as your fingernails grow.

4)__This man first proposed continental drift in 1915.

5)__This is where two plates come together and slide horizontally along one another.

6) __ These are characterized by parallel rift valleys, volcanoes, and earthquakes.

Part b) Match these plate boundary names with their descriptions:

BOUNDARY NAMES:

a)      Oceanic Spreading Center                                    d)   Continent-Continent Convergence

b)      Oceanic-Continental Convergence                   e)   Continental Rift Zone

c)       Transform Boundary                                              f)    Ocean-Ocean Convergence

DESCRIPTIONS:

1)      __ Rifting and spreading along a mid ocean ridge creates new oceanic lithosphere.

2)      __ One plate is subducted under another and a deep sea trench and a volcanic island are formed.

3)      __ Oceanic Lithosphere is subducted and a volcanic mountain belt is formed at the continental margin.

4)      __ Plates slip horizontally past one another, mid ocean ridges are often offset by these.

5)      __ The crust crumples and thickens creating high mountains and a wide plateau.

6)      __ These plate boundaries are characterized by parallel rift valleys, volcanoes, and earthquakes.

Part c) True or False:

                Mark T (true) or F (false) in the blank provided:

                                1)__The Red Sea is a continental Rift Zone.

2)__The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a rift valley with minor earthquakes.

                                3)__The earth is 4.56 billion years old.

4)__Iceland is a convergent plate boundary on the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

5)__Tectonic plates move about 3 miles annually.

6)__Alfred Wegeners theory of continental drift was immediately accepted as true in the scientific community.

7) __ The Andes Mountains are formed as a result of continent-continent collision and the Himalayas are formed as a result of ocean-continent collision.

8) __ The Philippine islands formed as a result of ocean-ocean collision.