Ch. 9 Plate Tectonics

Question 1

The San Andrea’s fault is an example of which type of boundary?

Answer 1

Transform

Question 2

Glacier grooves are an example of which type of clue?

Answer 2

Climate

Question 3

This land form formation occurs at a divergent continental / continental boundary

Answer 3

Rift Valley

Question 4

Which of the following helped prove continental drift?

1. earthquakes
2. the lithosphere
3. earth’s spinning inner core

4.magnetic signatures on seafloor

Answer 4

Magnetic signatures on seafloor

Question 5

What are midocean ridges?

1.The great plains

2.mountain ranges on land

3.ocean waves

4.mountain ranges on ocean floor

Answer 5

Mountain ranges on ocean floor

Question 6

Real life example of Divergent

Answer 6

The East African Rift

Question 7

Real life example of Transform

Answer 7

The San Andrea Fault

Question 8

Real life example of Convergent

Answer 8

The Rocky Mountains