GEO EXAM 5 (copy)

1) Which of the following plate boundaries does not produce volcanoes?

Divergent

Convergent

Normal

Transform - correct

2) MOR is a common acronym in geology used to represent what type of feature? 

Mid-ocean ridge - correct

Mantle-ocean rift

Mountain-ocean rift

Mid-ophiolite ridge

3) Lithosphere is destroyed in which of the following tectonic settings?

Continental rifts

Hot spot volcanic chains

Subduction zones - correct

Right-lateral strike-slip faults

4) Where are the majority of Earth's transform boundaries?

Connecting segments of mid-ocean ridges - correct

Connecting subduction zones along continental margins

In the Mediterranean 

In Southern California

5) In a volcanic chain of islands formed by a hotspot, the oldest volcanoes are found closest to the hotspot.

True

False - correct

6) The Himalayas are a famous example of a continental collision (continent-continent convergent boundary).  Which of the following is also an example of a continent-continent collision? 

The Andes

The Alps - correct

The Cascades

The Carlsberg Ridge

7) When an oceanic plate converges (collides) with another oceanic plate or continental plate, which plate will preferentially subduct?

The denser, younger plate

The less dense, older plate

The less dense, younger plate

The denser, older plate - correct

8)Tristan da Cunha is an example of a hotspot volcano.

true - correct

false

9) In which of the following tectonic settings might you expect to see a volcanic island arc?

Ocean-ocean convergent boundary - correct

Hotspot

Transform boundary

Continent-continent convergent boundary

10) Plate Tectonics is the theory that Earth's lithosphere is broken up into plates that move over the asthenosphere relative to one another.  Which of the following best describes the layers of the Earth that make up the tectonic plates?

The crust and the uppermost mantle - correct

The continental and oceanic crust

Just the continental crust

The crust and the entire mantle