Exam 2: Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor

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.

Discuss changes in the lithosphere that occur between a ridge and a trench.

The Hawaiian Islands are located where the Pacific plate is:

Deep focus earthquakes are often associated with deep-sea trenches.

Fossils found in sediments can be used to:

Deep-sea trenches are found at convergent plate boundaries.

volcanoes

Earthquakes are common along fracture zones.

Iceland is geologically active because it sits above a hotspot and is located along the mid-Atlantic ridge.

Paleomagnetism confirms that at particular times in the geologic past Earth has had more than one magnetic north pole.

oceanic trench

Climate distribution on Earth is primarily controlled by:

The magnetic north pole has remained very close to the geographic North Pole through all of geologic time.

Fast-moving spreading ridges tend to be more gently sloped than slow-moving ridges.

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.

mountains

Which of the following is characteristic of oceanic-continental convergent plate boundaries?

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.

Fossils of ancient polar plants are currently found near the equator because the:

At divergent plate boundaries, only shallow focus earthquakes can be found.