Theory of Plate Tectonics

Question 1

Which continent did Australia separate from 85 million years ago?

Accepted Answer

Antartica

Question 2

Why would a volcano form in the middle of a plate?

Accepted Answer

Hot spot

Question 3

Which Hawaiian island is active?

Accepted Answer

Loihi

Question 4

Why does Iceland have volcanoes

Accepted Answer

Hot spot

Question 5

Select the type of plate boundary where you expect to find a volcano

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Question 6

Tsunami's are earthquakes that occur at which plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Question 7

Select the materials found at volcanic eruptions

Accepted Answer

Lava, solid rock (scoria), Gas, Ash

Question 8

Using the map find a Convergent plate boundary

Accepted Answer

South American and Nazca

Question 9

Where are the greatest number of volcanoes found?

Accepted Answer

Pacific plate

Question 10

Which 2 elements are found in the Earths core?

Accepted Answer

Nickel, Iron

Question 11

What process in the Asthenosphere controls plate movement

Accepted Answer

Convection

Question 12

Fold Mountains are created at what plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Question 13

Which Hawaiian island is the oldest

Accepted Answer

Kauai

Question 14

Which is Not evidence of sea floor spreading

Accepted Answer

Fossils

Question 15

Which is a characteristic of the Asthenosphere?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents

Question 16

Alfred Wegner developed which theory?

Accepted Answer

Continental Drift

Question 17

At which boundary do earthquakes occur?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 18

Using the map identify a divergent plate boundary

Accepted Answer

Eurasian plate and North American

Question 19

Name the plate boundary shown

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 20

Which layer of the earth is semisolid rock?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Questions 20