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Earth Science 101 Practice Test: Plate Tectonics
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Earth Science 101 Practice Test: Plate Tectonics
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1. Mount St. Helens and the other Cascade volcanoes are ________.
2. In the early part of the twentieth century, ________ argued forcefully for continental drift.
3. ________ first related the symmetrical magnetic patterns in seafloor basalts to seafloor spreading at a mid-ocean ridge.
4. ________ was an ancient reptile that lived in South America and Africa during the late Paleozoic.
5. Which of the following statements apply to the asthenosphere, but not the lithosphere?
6. Which one of the following is an important fundamental assumption underlying the plate tectonic theory?
7. Deep ocean trenches are surficial evidence for ________.
8. Which one of the following is an important fundamental assumption underlying the plate tectonic theory?
9. Linear, magnetic patterns associated with mid-ocean ridges are configured as ________.
10. New oceanic crust and lithosphere are formed at ________.
11. A typical rate of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean is ________.
12. Cooler, older, oceanic lithosphere sinks into the mantle at ________.
13. ________ was an ancient reptile that lived in South America and Africa during the late Paleozoic.
14. The former late Paleozoic supercontinent is known as ________.
15. Mount St. Helens and the other Cascade volcanoes are ________.
16. The former late Paleozoic supercontinent is known as ________.
17. Which of the following statements apply to the asthenosphere, but not the lithosphere?
18. All of the following are evidence supporting the theory of plate tectonics except for ________.
19. The volcanoes and deep valleys of east Africa are related to a ________.
20. The volcanoes and deep valleys of east Africa are related to a ________.
21. The temperature below which magnetic material can retain a permanent magnetization is called the ________.
22. New oceanic crust and lithosphere are formed at ________.
23. The temperature below which magnetic material can retain a permanent magnetization is called the ________.
24. The ________ is an example of an active, continent-continent collision.
25. The modern-day Red Sea is explained by plate tectonics theory because it is ________.

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