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Determine whether each of the statements below is true or false.

1
The oldest rocks on Earth are found in ocean basins.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
2
Glaciers covered parts of Africa, Australia, South America, India, and Antarctica about 230 million years ago.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
3
Wegener's evidence for continental drift was readily accepted by the scientific community.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
4
Benioff Zones are associated with continent-continent convergent margins.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
5
Ocean-ocean convergent boundaries are also sites of subduction.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6
Explosive volcanic eruptions are associated with mid-ocean ridge volcanism.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7
Subduction can be observed with the process of sea-floor spreading at mid-ocean ridges.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
8
The direction of motion of a plate cannot change over time.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
9
Earthquakes and volcanic activity are most commonly associated with plate boundaries.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
10
Apparent polar wandering was really caused by the movement of plates, not the poles.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
11
Africa and South America were once joined together.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12
There have been a number of supercontinents during Earth's history.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
13
Divergent plate boundaries form where there is upwelling from the asthenosphere.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
14
Active continental margins form near mid-ocean ridges.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
15
Large magnitude earthquakes emanate from subduction zones.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
16
Deep focus earthquakes occur at divergent plate boundaries.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
17
Plate tectonic processes are responsible for the development of major mountain belts.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
18
Plate tectonic processes are influenced by processes deep inside Earth.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
19
Plate tectonics theory unifies much of the information presented in your textbook.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
20
The San Andreas Fault is a transform fault.
A)True
B)False





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