* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to ea...

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes place when and where it does is called the theory of “plate tectonics”. The theory holds that the outer shell of the earth is divided into many different rigid sections of rock, called plates. These plates are not static, they are in continuous motion over a layer of partly melted rock. While their movement may appear insignificant, at only several inches per year, it is not. Indeed, the collisions between plates caused by this almost imperceptible movement can have catastrophic consequences. Volcanic activity and earthquakes are concentrated near the boundaries of these giant, moving plates.

The majority of volcanoes are formed at te point where two plates collide. One of the plates is forced underneath the other. As the plate sinks, the earth’s heat and the friction of the movement cause a portion of the sinking plate to melt. This melted portion of plate is called magma, and when it reaches the earth’s surface it becomes a volcano. Volcanoes can also be created when two plates begin to diverge. Then, magma from below the earth’s crust moves up to fill the void between the two plates. Large quantities of lava spill out from the void. Volcanoes of this type usually are found not on land, but on the ocean floor. In extreme instances this can lead to the formation of gigantic, sunken mountain ranges like Mid-Atlantic Ridge that spans nearly the entire length of the Atlantic Ocean. The theory of plate tectonics also explains why some volcanic activity takes place so far from any known plate boundaries. Basically, these volcanoes are the result of huge column of magma, or plumes, that rise up and break through the surface of the earth.

The Ring of Fire is_________.

A. The Mid - Atlantic Ocean

B. The place where the highest concentration of volcanoes is found.

C. An island in the Pacific Ocean

D. Hawaii

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Dương Hoàn Anh

5 tháng 9 2018

Câu đề bài: Vành đai lửa Thái Bình Dương là ______.

Đáp án B. Nơi tập trung nhiều núi lửa nhất

Các đáp án còn lại:

A. Miền trung - Đại Tây Dương

C. Một hòn đảo của Thái Bình Dương

D. Hawaii

Thông tin trong bài:

Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fỉre, that encircles the Paciftc Ocean.

—» Hầu hết các núi lửa được tìm thấy dọc theo một vành đai tưởng tượng, được gọi là Vành đai lửa, bao quanh Thái Bình Dương.

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50. Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

22 tháng 11 2017

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes place when and where it does is called the theory of “plate tectonics”. The theory holds that the outer shell of the earth is divided into many different rigid sections of rock, called plates. These plates are not static, they are in continuous motion over a layer of partly melted rock. While their movement may appear insignificant, at only several inches per year, it is not. Indeed, the collisions between plates caused by this almost imperceptible movement can have catastrophic consequences. Volcanic activity and earthquakes are concentrated near the boundaries of these giant, moving plates.

The majority of volcanoes are formed at te point where two plates collide. One of the plates is forced underneath the other. As the plate sinks, the earth’s heat and the friction of the movement cause a portion of the sinking plate to melt. This melted portion of plate is called magma, and when it reaches the earth’s surface it becomes a volcano. Volcanoes can also be created when two plates begin to diverge. Then, magma from below the earth’s crust moves up to fill the void between the two plates. Large quantities of lava spill out from the void. Volcanoes of this type usually are found not on land, but on the ocean floor. In extreme instances this can lead to the formation of gigantic, sunken mountain ranges like Mid-Atlantic Ridge that spans nearly the entire length of the Atlantic Ocean. The theory of plate tectonics also explains why some volcanic activity takes place so far from any known plate boundaries. Basically, these volcanoes are the result of huge column of magma, or plumes, that rise up and break through the surface of the earth.

It can be inferred from the passage that the theory of plate tectonics is_______.

A. Unable to explain European volcanoes.

B. Better suited to explaining volcanic activity than that of earthquakes

C. Widely accepted

D. Used to predict the exact timing of earthquakes

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Dương Hoàn Anh

22 tháng 11 2017

Câu đề bài: Ta có thể suy ra từ đoạn văn rằng học thuyết về kiến tạo mang là ______.

Đáp án C: được chấp nhận rộng rãi

Các đáp án còn lại:

A. Không thể giải thích các núi lửa ở Châu Âu.

B. phù hợp hơn để giải thích hoạt động núi lửa hơn so với động đất

D. Được sử dụng để dự đoán thời gian chính xác của trận động đất

Thông tin trong bài: Ta thấy trong bài có nhắc nhiều đến “theory”, áp dụng nó vào giải thích nhiều hiện tượng chung, nên nó được nhiều người chấp nhận.

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50. Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

27 tháng 5 2018

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes place when and where it does is called the theory of “plate tectonics”. The theory holds that the outer shell of the earth is divided into many different rigid sections of rock, called plates. These plates are not static, they are in continuous motion over a layer of partly melted rock. While their movement may appear insignificant, at only several inches per year, it is not. Indeed, the collisions between plates caused by this almost imperceptible movement can have catastrophic consequences. Volcanic activity and earthquakes are concentrated near the boundaries of these giant, moving plates.

The majority of volcanoes are formed at te point where two plates collide. One of the plates is forced underneath the other. As the plate sinks, the earth’s heat and the friction of the movement cause a portion of the sinking plate to melt. This melted portion of plate is called magma, and when it reaches the earth’s surface it becomes a volcano. Volcanoes can also be created when two plates begin to diverge. Then, magma from below the earth’s crust moves up to fill the void between the two plates. Large quantities of lava spill out from the void. Volcanoes of this type usually are found not on land, but on the ocean floor. In extreme instances this can lead to the formation of gigantic, sunken mountain ranges like Mid-Atlantic Ridge that spans nearly the entire length of the Atlantic Ocean. The theory of plate tectonics also explains why some volcanic activity takes place so far from any known plate boundaries. Basically, these volcanoes are the result of huge column of magma, or plumes, that rise up and break through the surface of the earth.

Which of the following is true about volcanoes formed at the point at which two plates diverged?

A. Most volcanoes are formed in this way

B. Plate tectonic theory is not able to explain it

C. The Mid- Atlantic Ridge is an example of this

D. They do not involve magma

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Dương Hoàn Anh

27 tháng 5 2018

Chọn B Câu đề bài: Điều nào sau đây nói đúng về núi lửa hình thành tại điểm mà tại đó hai mảng kiến tạo phân kỳ?

Đáp án C: Dãy núi trung du Đại Tây dương là một ví dụ tiêu biểu

Các đáp án còn lại:

A. Hầu hết các núi lửa hình thành theo cách này

B. Học thuyết kiến tạo mảng không thể giải thích được

D. Chúng không bao gồm đá nóng chảy

Thông tin trong bài:

Volcanoes can also be created when two plates begin to diverge. Then, magmafram below the earth’s crust moves up to fill the void between the two plates. Large quantities of lava spill out fiom the void. Volcanoes of this type usually are found not on land. but on the ocean floor. In extreme instances this can lead to the formation of gigantic, sunken mountain ranges like Mid- Atlantic Ridge that spans nearly the entire length of the Atlantic Ocean.

Núi lửa cũng có thể được tạo ra khi hai mảng kiến tạo bắt đầu phân kì. Sau đó, magma từ bên dưới lớp vỏ trái đất di chuyển lên để lấp đầy khoảng trống giữa hai mảng. Một lượng lớn dung nham tràn ra từ khoảng trống. Các loại núi lửa thuộc loại này thường không được tìm thấy trên đất liền, mà ở thềm đại dương. Trong những trường hợp cùng cực, điều này có thể dẫn đến sự hình thành các dãy núi khổng lồ, trũng như Mid-Atlantic Ridge (dãy núi trung du Đại Tây dương) trải dài gần như toàn bộ chiều dài của Đại Tây Dương.

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50. Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

21 tháng 3 2017

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes place when and where it does is called the theory of “plate tectonics”. The theory holds that the outer shell of the earth is divided into many different rigid sections of rock, called plates. These plates are not static, they are in continuous motion over a layer of partly melted rock. While their movement may appear insignificant, at only several inches per year, it is not. Indeed, the collisions between plates caused by this almost imperceptible movement can have catastrophic consequences. Volcanic activity and earthquakes are concentrated near the boundaries of these giant, moving plates.

The majority of volcanoes are formed at te point where two plates collide. One of the plates is forced underneath the other. As the plate sinks, the earth’s heat and the friction of the movement cause a portion of the sinking plate to melt. This melted portion of plate is called magma, and when it reaches the earth’s surface it becomes a volcano. Volcanoes can also be created when two plates begin to diverge. Then, magma from below the earth’s crust moves up to fill the void between the two plates. Large quantities of lava spill out from the void. Volcanoes of this type usually are found not on land, but on the ocean floor. In extreme instances this can lead to the formation of gigantic, sunken mountain ranges like Mid-Atlantic Ridge that spans nearly the entire length of the Atlantic Ocean. The theory of plate tectonics also explains why some volcanic activity takes place so far from any known plate boundaries. Basically, these volcanoes are the result of huge column of magma, or plumes, that rise up and break through the surface of the earth.

The word “imperceptible" is closest in meaning to____________.

A. dangerous

B. invisible

C. furious

D. geographic

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Dương Hoàn Anh

21 tháng 3 2017

Câu đề bài: Từ "imperceptible" gần nghĩa nhất với ___________.

Imperceptible (adj): không thể trông thấy

Đáp án B: vô hình

Các đáp án còn lại:

A. nguy hiểm C. giận dữ D. địa lí

Thông tin trong bài:

lndeed. the collisions between plates caused by this almost imperceptiblel movement can have catastrophie consequenees.

Thực tế thì, sự va chạm giữa các mảng kiến tạo gây ra bởi chuyển động hầu như vô hình này có thể có những hệ quả thảm khốc.

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50. Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

5 tháng 6 2018

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes place when and where it does is called the theory of “plate tectonics”. The theory holds that the outer shell of the earth is divided into many different rigid sections of rock, called plates. These plates are not static, they are in continuous motion over a layer of partly melted rock. While their movement may appear insignificant, at only several inches per year, it is not. Indeed, the collisions between plates caused by this almost imperceptible movement can have catastrophic consequences. Volcanic activity and earthquakes are concentrated near the boundaries of these giant, moving plates.

The majority of volcanoes are formed at te point where two plates collide. One of the plates is forced underneath the other. As the plate sinks, the earth’s heat and the friction of the movement cause a portion of the sinking plate to melt. This melted portion of plate is called magma, and when it reaches the earth’s surface it becomes a volcano. Volcanoes can also be created when two plates begin to diverge. Then, magma from below the earth’s crust moves up to fill the void between the two plates. Large quantities of lava spill out from the void. Volcanoes of this type usually are found not on land, but on the ocean floor. In extreme instances this can lead to the formation of gigantic, sunken mountain ranges like Mid-Atlantic Ridge that spans nearly the entire length of the Atlantic Ocean. The theory of plate tectonics also explains why some volcanic activity takes place so far from any known plate boundaries. Basically, these volcanoes are the result of huge column of magma, or plumes, that rise up and break through the surface of the earth.

The word “static” is closest in meaning to_________.

A. rock

B. well- defined

C. observable

D. unmovable

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Dương Hoàn Anh

5 tháng 6 2018

Câu đề bài: Từ “static ” gần nghĩa nhất với___________.

Static (adj): tĩnh, không chuyển động

Đáp án D: không di chuyển

Các đáp án còn lại:

A. đá

B. rành mạch

C. có thể quan sát được

Thông tin trong bài:

The theory holds that the outer shell of the earth is divided into many different rigid sections of rock, called plates. These plates are not static, they are in continuous motion over a layer of partly melted rock.

—» Học thuyết cho rằng vỏ ngoài của Trái đất được chia thành nhiều phần đá rắn khác nhau được gọi là các mảng kiến tạo.

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50. Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

23 tháng 2 2017

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes place when and where it does is called the theory of “plate tectonics”. The theory holds that the outer shell of the earth is divided into many different rigid sections of rock, called plates. These plates are not static, they are in continuous motion over a layer of partly melted rock. While their movement may appear insignificant, at only several inches per year, it is not. Indeed, the collisions between plates caused by this almost imperceptible movement can have catastrophic consequences. Volcanic activity and earthquakes are concentrated near the boundaries of these giant, moving plates.

The majority of volcanoes are formed at te point where two plates collide. One of the plates is forced underneath the other. As the plate sinks, the earth’s heat and the friction of the movement cause a portion of the sinking plate to melt. This melted portion of plate is called magma, and when it reaches the earth’s surface it becomes a volcano. Volcanoes can also be created when two plates begin to diverge. Then, magma from below the earth’s crust moves up to fill the void between the two plates. Large quantities of lava spill out from the void. Volcanoes of this type usually are found not on land, but on the ocean floor. In extreme instances this can lead to the formation of gigantic, sunken mountain ranges like Mid-Atlantic Ridge that spans nearly the entire length of the Atlantic Ocean. The theory of plate tectonics also explains why some volcanic activity takes place so far from any known plate boundaries. Basically, these volcanoes are the result of huge column of magma, or plumes, that rise up and break through the surface of the earth.

It can be inferred from the passage that____________.

A. Plates are very unlikely to move a kilometer in a year

B. Most earthquakes may be prevented

C. The Mid- Atlantic Ridge is visible from land

D. The plates will eventually stop moving

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Dương Hoàn Anh

23 tháng 2 2017

Câu đề bài: Có thể suy ra từ đoạn văn rằng___________.

Đáp án A: Các mảng kiến tạo rất khó di chuyển được đến một cây số trong một năm

Các đáp án còn lại:

B. Hầu hết động đất có thể ngăn chặn

C. Dãy núi trung du Đại Tây dương có thể được nhìn thấy từ đất liền

D. Các mảng kiến tạo cuối cùng sẽ ngừng di chuyển

Thông tin trong bài:

While their movement may appear insignificant, at only several inches per year, it is not.

—» Trong khi chuyển động của phiến đá có thể có vẻ không đáng kể, chỉ với vài inch mỗi năm, nhưng thực sự không phải vậy.

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50. Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

12 tháng 3 2019

* Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

Most volcanoes are found along an imaginary belt, called the Ring of Fire, that encircles the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanic activity takes place in many far-flung regions of the world such as Hawaii, Iceland, Europe, and even the floor of the earth’s oceans. The leading theory as to why volcanic activity, as well as earthquakes, takes place when and where it does is called the theory of “plate tectonics”. The theory holds that the outer shell of the earth is divided into many different rigid sections of rock, called plates. These plates are not static, they are in continuous motion over a layer of partly melted rock. While their movement may appear insignificant, at only several inches per year, it is not. Indeed, the collisions between plates caused by this almost imperceptible movement can have catastrophic consequences. Volcanic activity and earthquakes are concentrated near the boundaries of these giant, moving plates.

The majority of volcanoes are formed at te point where two plates collide. One of the plates is forced underneath the other. As the plate sinks, the earth’s heat and the friction of the movement cause a portion of the sinking plate to melt. This melted portion of plate is called magma, and when it reaches the earth’s surface it becomes a volcano. Volcanoes can also be created when two plates begin to diverge. Then, magma from below the earth’s crust moves up to fill the void between the two plates. Large quantities of lava spill out from the void. Volcanoes of this type usually are found not on land, but on the ocean floor. In extreme instances this can lead to the formation of gigantic, sunken mountain ranges like Mid-Atlantic Ridge that spans nearly the entire length of the Atlantic Ocean. The theory of plate tectonics also explains why some volcanic activity takes place so far from any known plate boundaries. Basically, these volcanoes are the result of huge column of magma, or plumes, that rise up and break through the surface of the earth.

The most appropriate title for this passage is__________.

A. Volcanic Activity in the Ring of Fire

B. A Theory of Volcano Formation

C. The problems with Plate Tectonic Theory

D. The Role of Magma in Plate Tectonics.

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Dương Hoàn Anh

12 tháng 3 2019

Câu đề bài: Tiêu đề thích hợp nhất cho bài văn này là___________

Đáp án B: Học thuyết hình thành núi lửa

Các đáp án còn lại:

A. Hoạt động của núi lửa trong vành đai lửa Thái Bình Dưomg

C. Các vấn đề với học thuyết kiến tạo mảng

D. Vai trò của mắc ma (đá nóng chảy) trong các mảng kiến tạo.

—» Cả bài đọc nhắc nhiều đến “theory” - học thuyết có liên quan đến các mảnh kiến tạo gây ra động đất hay núi lửa.

Read the following passage andmark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correctanswerto each ofthe questions from 36to 41.The Ring of Fire is an enormous chain of volcanoes all around the Pacific Ocean. The ring goes from New Zealand up to Asia and across the ocean to Alaska. From Alaska, the ring continues southward along the coast of both North and South America. More than seventy-five percent of the world's volcanoes are located in this ring. Scientists are...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

2 tháng 7 2018

Read the following passage andmark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correctanswerto each ofthe questions from 36to 41.

The Ring of Fire is an enormous chain of volcanoes all around the Pacific Ocean. The ring goes from New Zealand up to Asia and across the ocean to Alaska. From Alaska, the ring continues southward along the coast of both North and South America. More than seventy-five percent of the world's volcanoes are located in this ring. Scientists are interested in studying the Ring of Fire because they can observe plate tectonics at work there. In 1912, a German scientist, Alfred Wegener, came up with the first theory of land movement. Wegener said continents are made up of lighter rocks resting on heavier material. Similar to the way large things move while floating on water, Wegener suggested that the positions of the continents were not fixed, but that they moved slightly. Later, scientists discovered most of Wegener's ideas were right on the mark. They then developed the theory called plate tectonics. According to plate tectonics, the surface of the Earth consists of a number of enormous plates or sections of rock, each about eighty kilometers thick. The plates float and slowly move at speeds between one to ten centimeters every year. That is about the rate your fingernails grow! Within the Ring of Fire, new material for the Earth's plates is constantly being created as hot liquid rock called magma flows from the center of the Earth up to the ocean floor. All the existing plates on the Earth's surface have to move slightly to make room for the new material. As plates move both away from and toward each other, they run into each other. When they hit each other, one plate might move under another. This process is called subduction. Subduction frequently causes earthquakes. It may also result in the bottom plate melting due to the extreme temperatures under the top plate. The magma created in this process can rise to the Earth's surface and come out through volcanoes, as can be seen along the Ring of Fire.

What is NOT a result of shifting tectonic plates?

A. Earthquakes

B. Extreme temperatures inside the Earth

C. Volcanoes

D. Subduction

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Dương Hoàn Anh

2 tháng 7 2018

Đáp án B

Cái nào không phải là kết quả của sự dịch chuyển những mảng kiến tạo?

A. Động đất

B. Nhiệt độ khắc nghiệt bên trong trái đất.

C. Núi lửa

D. Sự dịch chuyển mảng kiến tạo dưới mảng khác

Dẫn chứng: Subduction frequently causes earthquakes. It may also result in the bottom plate melting due to the extreme temperatures under the top plate. The magma created in this process can rise to the Earth's surface and come out through volcanoes, as can be seen along the Ring of Fire

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 43.The hard, rigid plates that form the outermost portion of the Earth are about 100 kilometers thick. These plates include both the Earth's crust and the upper mantle. The rocks of the crust are composed mostly of minerals with light elements, like aluminum and sodium, while the mantle contains some heavier elements, like iron and magnesium....

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

24 tháng 7 2019

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 43.

The hard, rigid plates that form the outermost portion of the Earth are about 100 kilometers thick. These plates include both the Earth's crust and the upper mantle. The rocks of the crust are composed mostly of minerals with light elements, like aluminum and sodium, while the mantle contains some heavier elements, like iron and magnesium. Together, the crust and upper mantle that form the surface plates are called the lithosphere. This rigid layer floats on the denser material of the lower mantle the way a wooden raft floats on a pond. The plates are supported by a weak, plastic layer of the lower mantle called the asthenosphere. Also like a raft on a pond, the lithospheric plates are carried along by slow currents in this more fluid layer beneath them.

With an understanding of plate tectonics, geologists have put together a new history for the Earth's surface. About 200 million years ago, the plates at the Earth's surface formed a “supercontinent” called Pangaea. When this supercontinent started to tear apart because of plate movement, Pangaea first broke into two large continental masses with a newly formed sea that grew between the land areas as the depression filled with water. The southern one — which included the modern continents of South America, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica — is called Gondwanaland. The northern one — with North America, Europe, and Asia — is called Laurasia. North America tore away from Europe about 180 million years ago, forming the northern Atlantic Ocean. Some of the lithospheric plates carry ocean floor and others carry land masses or a combination of the two types. The movement of the lithospheric plates is responsible for earthquakes, volcanoes, and the Earth's largest mountain ranges. Current understanding of the interaction between different plates explains why these occur where they do. For example, the edge of the Pacific Ocean has been called the “Ring of Fire” because so many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes happen there. Before the 1960's, geologists could not explain why active volcanoes and strong earthquakes were concentrated in that region. The theory of plate tectonics gave them an answer.

Which of the following can be inferred about the theory of plate tectonics?

A. It is no longer of great interest to geologists

B. It was first proposed in the 1960's

C. It fails to explain why earthquakes occur

D. It refutes the theory of the existence of a supercontinent

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Dương Hoàn Anh

24 tháng 7 2019

Đáp án B

Thông tin: Before the 1960's, geologists could not explain why active volcanoes and strong earthquakes were concentrated in that region. The theory of plate tectonics gave them an answer.

Dịch nghĩa: Trước những năm 1960, các nhà địa chất không thể giải thích tại sao núi lửa đang hoạt động và động đất mạnh đã được tập trung ở khu vực đó. Lý thuyết kiến tạo mảng đã cho họ một câu trả lời.

Như vậy, có thể suy ra rằng chỉ từ những năm 1960 trở đi mới có lý thuyết kiến tạo mảng. Phương án B. It was first proposed in the 1960's = Nó lần đầu được đưa ra trong những năm 1960, là phương án chính xác nhất.

A. It is no longer of great interest to geologists = Nó không còn tạo hứng thú lớn cho các nhà địa chất.

Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.

C. It fails to explain why earthquakes occur = Nó thất bại trong việc giải thích tại sao động đất xảy ra.

The movement of the lithospheric plates is responsible for earthquakes, volcanoes, and the Earth's largest mountain ranges. = Sự di chuyển của các mảng thạch quyển chịu trách nhiệm cho những trận động đất, núi lửa, và các dãy núi lớn nhất của Trái Đất.

Như vậy lý thuyết đó đã thành công khi giải thích hoạt động của núi lửa chứ không phải thất bại.

D. It refutes the theory of the existence of a supercontinent = Nó bác bỏ các lý thuyết về sự tồn tại của một siêu lục địa.

Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.