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Tectonic Plates
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1
Transform bounders mean two plates rub against each other.
True
False
2
Which is denser: Oceanic crust or continental crust?
Oceanic crust
Continental Crust
3
What type of boundary is most likely to experience a earthquake?
Transformation
Divergent
Convergent
Subduction
4
Divergent boundaries cause what?
Mid. ocean ridges
Hydrothermal vents
All of the above
Rift valleys
5
Which type of boundary is most likely to experience a volcano?
Divergent and convergent plates
Convergent plates
None of the above
Divergent plates
6
Divergent boundaries means two plates come together.
False
True
7
The mid-Atlantic ridge is an example of what type of plate boundary?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Constructive
8
When did Alfred Wegner first propose the idea of continental drift?
1912
1900
1882
1932
9
Transform plate boundaries cause what: earthquakes, mountain ranges, trenches, or volcanoes?
Mountain ranges
Trenches
Earthquakes
Volcanos
10
One piece of evidence to support Alfred Wegners theory was how the separated continents reminded him of a puzzle.
False
True
11
What plate movement caused the Himalayan Mountains?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
None of the above
12
Convergent plate boundaries cause what?
Mountain ranges
Hurricanes
Rift valleys
Ocean ridges
13
Which of the following is a major tectonic plate?
Tectonic plate
Mississippi plate
Antarctic plate
Hawaiian plate
14
What is the ring of fire?
A chain of islands
A chain of volcanoes,
A chain of oceans
A chain of plates
15
Do convection currents cause continental drift?
True
False
16
The African Plate is a major tectonic plate.
False
True
17
Divergent boundaries create mid ocean ridges and rift valleys.
False
True
18
Does the ring of fire’s major plates include the pacific plate?
True
False
19
Similar to identical fossils were found oceans away.
False
True
20
Alfred Wegners theory about continental drift was believed by all?
True
False
21
What are 2 pieces of evidence that prove the theory of continental drift?
Rocks & fossils
Globes & Movies
Weather & Water patterns
Moon & Wave patterns
22
How are mountain formed?
When an ocean plate and continental plate collide
When continental plates collide
None of the above
When ocean plates collide
23
Shallow earthquakes are formed when boundaries transform and rub against each other.
False
True
24
Convergent boundaries means two plates coming together.
True
False
25
What is the idea of Continental drift?
The continents combined into one
One continent was separated from all the rest
Pangea was broken apart into separate continents
None of the above
26
How many different types of tectonic plate boundaries are there?
2
4
6
3
27
What are the 3 major types of plate boundaries?
Transform, convergent, divergent
Transform, Divergent, movement
Slide, divergent, merge
Sink, deep, ridge
28
What was the group of continents called before continental drift?
Pangea
Puzzle
Peices
None of the above
29
Sea floor spreading is caused from convergent plate boundaries?
False
True
30
Who was the theory of Continental Drift associated with?
Abraham Licoln
Alfred Wegener
Astronaut Armstrong
Albert Einstein,
