BYU Earth Science 1 Final Study Guide
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questions with correct answers
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The Caribbean plate is merging with which other plate to form
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the Caribbean Islands? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the North
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American Plate |\
Summarizes the plate tectonic theory - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Earth's crust is divided into moving pieces that collide with
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each other, creating mountain ranges, ocean ridges, and ocean
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trenches.
How do the magnetic patterns on the seafloor support the theory
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of tectonic plates? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The magnetic
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patterns on each side of the ocean ridge are symmetrical, which
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proves that the seafloor is spreading.
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What happens at a divergent plate boundary? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The plates separate from each other creating new
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crust in the process. |\ |\ |\
Why are mountain ranges created where two continental plates
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converge? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Neither plate is subducted;
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instead, both are lifted up forming a mountain range.
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Besides the discovery of coal in Greenland, what other evidence
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did Alfred Wegener have to prove his continental drift theory? -
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,CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔similar fossil records on different
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continents
Why does the ocean plate always subduct when it converges with
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a continent plate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔because the ocean
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crust is heavier than continent crust
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When an ocean plate and a continent plate converge, which plate
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subducts? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the ocean plate
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Which type of plate boundary forms new crust? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔divergent boundary |\ |\
Upon which layer of the earth do the plates rest and move? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔asthenosphere |\ |\
According to Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift, how
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were all of the continents originally arranged? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔All continents were part of a large mass of land he
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called Pangaea. |\
How would you explain the formation of the Hawaiian Islands in
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the middle of the Pacific Plate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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Hawaiian Islands are the tops of volcanic mountains formed by
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hot spots under the Pacific plate; as the plate moves, the hot
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spots create new islands.|\ |\ |\
, What geologic feature is created when an ocean plate converges
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with another ocean plate or a continent plate? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔trench |\
What type of plate boundaries creates continental mountain
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ranges? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔continent-continent convergent
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boundary
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Why didn't scientists believe Alfred Wegener's theory of
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continental drift? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Wegener had no |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
explanation for what made the continents drift |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Explain the formation of the Japanese Islands - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The islands are the result of a convergent boundary
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between the Pacific and the Eurasian Plates.
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In which direction is the continent of North America moving? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔toward the Pacific Ocean |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Which mountain range is being created by the convergence of
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the Nazca and South American plate? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Andes
The North American and Eurasian plates are diverging. What
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physical evidence proves this? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the mid-
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Atlantic ridge |\
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questions with correct answers
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The Caribbean plate is merging with which other plate to form
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the Caribbean Islands? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the North
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American Plate |\
Summarizes the plate tectonic theory - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Earth's crust is divided into moving pieces that collide with
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
each other, creating mountain ranges, ocean ridges, and ocean
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
trenches.
How do the magnetic patterns on the seafloor support the theory
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of tectonic plates? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The magnetic
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patterns on each side of the ocean ridge are symmetrical, which
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
proves that the seafloor is spreading.
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What happens at a divergent plate boundary? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The plates separate from each other creating new
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crust in the process. |\ |\ |\
Why are mountain ranges created where two continental plates
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converge? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Neither plate is subducted;
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instead, both are lifted up forming a mountain range.
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Besides the discovery of coal in Greenland, what other evidence
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did Alfred Wegener have to prove his continental drift theory? -
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,CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔similar fossil records on different
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continents
Why does the ocean plate always subduct when it converges with
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a continent plate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔because the ocean
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crust is heavier than continent crust
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When an ocean plate and a continent plate converge, which plate
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subducts? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the ocean plate
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Which type of plate boundary forms new crust? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔divergent boundary |\ |\
Upon which layer of the earth do the plates rest and move? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔asthenosphere |\ |\
According to Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift, how
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were all of the continents originally arranged? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔All continents were part of a large mass of land he
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called Pangaea. |\
How would you explain the formation of the Hawaiian Islands in
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the middle of the Pacific Plate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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Hawaiian Islands are the tops of volcanic mountains formed by
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
hot spots under the Pacific plate; as the plate moves, the hot
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
spots create new islands.|\ |\ |\
, What geologic feature is created when an ocean plate converges
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with another ocean plate or a continent plate? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔trench |\
What type of plate boundaries creates continental mountain
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ranges? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔continent-continent convergent
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boundary
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Why didn't scientists believe Alfred Wegener's theory of
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continental drift? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Wegener had no |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
explanation for what made the continents drift |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Explain the formation of the Japanese Islands - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The islands are the result of a convergent boundary
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between the Pacific and the Eurasian Plates.
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In which direction is the continent of North America moving? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔toward the Pacific Ocean |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Which mountain range is being created by the convergence of
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the Nazca and South American plate? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Andes
The North American and Eurasian plates are diverging. What
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
physical evidence proves this? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the mid-
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Atlantic ridge |\
