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Plate Tectonics Review Quiz
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1
Where does subduction occur?
Canyons
Deep Ocean Trenches
Mountains
Mid Ocean RIdges
2
Which events occur at plate boundaries?
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Mountain Building
All of These
3
What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth starting from where we are on the surface?
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
outer core, mantle, inner core , crust
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
4
The continents are moving away from each other as magma rises from mid-ocean ridges. This is...
changing sea floor
underwater volcanos
sea floor rising
sea floor spreading
5
Mountain ranges form at which type of boundary?
irregular
divergent
convergent
transform
6
Which type of evidence is Wegner NOT use to support his theory of Continetal Drift?
Climate Evidence
Landform Evidence
Fossil Evidence
Water Evidence
7
The San Andreas fault in California is which type of boundary?
divergent
transform
irregular
convergent
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A divergent boundary is where the plates are
sliding past each other
moving apart
colliding together
9
The Earth's continents were once connected in one giant continent called
Eurasia
Pacifica
Indo-Australia
Pangaea
10
A transform boundary is where the plates are
colliding together
moving apart
sliding past each other
11
Heat Transfered through empty space is called
conduction
radiation
convection
12
Who was the scientist that developed the theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Albert Einstein
Jane Goodall
13
Why was Alfred Wegener's theory originally rejected by scientific peers?
They already knew the continents could not move.
He had no evidence.
He couldn't explain how the continents moved.
His theory didn't make any sense.
14
Heat Transfered through the movement of a heated fluid is called
radiation
conduction
convection
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Heat Transfered through direct contact is called
convection
conduction
radiation
16
Which layer of the Earth is the hottest?
crust
mantle
core
17
Where does molten material rise from the mantle during sea floor spreading?
Mid ocean ridges
Deep Ocean Trenches
faults
earthquakes
18
Plate tectonics, or the movement of pieces of Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by
convection currents in the Earth's mantle
Earthquakes
volcanoes
Hot Spots
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A convergent boundary is where the plates are
colliding together
moving apart
sliding past each other
20
The mid ocean ridge is which type of boundary?
irregular
divergent
convergent
transform
21
Plate tectonics can also be the direct cause of forming
mountains
rivers
lakes
oceans
