Evolution Of India S Geological Structure Quiz 1 (25 MCQs)

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1. A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions

2. Boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

3. Tectonic plate that includes the continents of Europe and Asia as well as several suboceanic basins

4. The distance that rock travels along a fault is called _____

5. Most earthquakes:

6. What type of stress pushes the rock in two opposite directions?

7. As a rule, _____ rocks are laid down horizontally.

8. The formation of new ocean crust as a result of magma pushing upward and outward from Earth's mantle to the surface.

9. Tectonic plate that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust .

10. A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other

11. What type of stress creates folds?

12. Transform boundary

13. Section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, driven by convection currents in the mantle.

14. What type of stress pulls on the crust, stretching the rock?

15. What type of stress squeezes the rock until it folds or breaks?

16. Tectonic plate that includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust.

17. Tectonic plate that includes the continental crust of South America and the oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

18. The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations

19. A fracture with no movement on either side is a _____

20. Tectonic plate that is composed entirely of oceanic crust and lies beneath the Pacific Ocean .

21. A change to the structure of the earth by tectonic activities

22. The classic location to see "layer cake geology" is:

23. Tectonic plate that includes the continental crust of India and Australia and the surrounding oceanic crust.

24. The angle of a fault relative to horizontal is called _____

25. The place where two tectonic plates meet