What is the San Andreas Fault?

A Transform Boundary that often causes earthquakes

What happens when hot magma reaches the ocean surface?

It cools on the ocean floor to form new earth

Why do Tectonic Plates move?

Because of Convection Currents moving the Lithosphere

When does Subduction happen?

When 1 Continental and 1 Oceanic Plate collide

If animal fossils are found on various continents around the world, what could that mean?

They all started in the same place, which then separated

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge exists in the middle of Iceland. What is happening to it as a result?

The island is growing as more crust material is produced

What is a Fault Line?

Where Transform Boundaries exist

How are massive mountain ranges usually formed?

Converging (come together) plates

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The Earth and Tectonic Plates

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A science Quiz to revise topics of layers of the Earth and tectonic plate movement and types.

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1
What is the mantle mainly made of?
Iron and nickel
Radioactive Metal
Solid Rock
Oxides
2
What are the edges of Tectonic Plates called?
Borders
Interaction Lines
Boundaries
Border Lines
3
What is the San Andreas Fault?
A Converging Boundary that produces massive mountain ranges
A Transform Boundary that often causes earthquakes
A deep ocean trench that is constantly producing lava
A line of volcanoes that erupt frequently in San Andreas
4
What is the name of this process?
Convergent Boundaries
Subduction
Divergent Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
5
What happens when hot magma reaches the ocean surface?
It cools on the ocean floor to form new earth
It separates into rocks that float around the ocean
It goes back down into the Earth's core
It burns freely through the ocean, killing all it touches
6
Why do Tectonic Plates move?
Because of Convection Currents moving the Lithosphere
Because of Earth's gravity pulling them apart
Because new earth formation pulls them apart
Because global warming affects movement
7
What is the movement of heat in circles beneath the Earth called?
Convection Currents
Subduction
Heat Circles
Heat Currents
8
What happens when Transform Boundaries interact with each other?
Mountains are formed
Earthquakes occur
Volcanoes are formed
Mid-Ocean Ridges are formed
9
If there is a rift in the ocean floor, will the rock closest to the rift be oldest or youngest?
Oldest
Youngest
Impossible to tell
Same age
10
How did Alfred Wegener die?
Fell into a volcano
Got caught in a blizzard
Fell into a ravine and drowned
Got ran over by a Landrover
11
What is the name of this process?
Divergent Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
Subduction
Convergent Boundaries
12
What is the movement of the continents called?
Seafloor Spreading
Earth Drift
Continental Tectonics
Continental Drift
13
When does Subduction happen?
When 1 Continental and 1 Oceanic Plate collide
When 2 Continental Plates collide
When 2 Oceanic Plates collide
When 1 Continental Plate is subtracted from another Plate
14
Continental Crusts can collide with Oceanic Crusts. What is NOT produced as a result of this?
Earthquakes
Ocean trenches
Mountains
Volcanoes
15
What is an underwater mountain range called?
An Ocean Rift
An Ocean Ridge
An Ocean Chasm
An Underwater Ridge
16
What was the original name of the landmass before it divided into continents?
Pangenae
Pangaea
Panga
Earthpangae
17
Who came up with the original theory of Plate Tectonics?
Alan Wegan
Alvin Curtis
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Alvis
18
How were the Himalayas and Mt Everest formed?
Converging Plates
Diverging Plates
Transform Plates
Subduction Processes
19
If animal fossils are found on various continents around the world, what could that mean?
They developed wings to fly to other places, then lost them
Prehistoric humans took them on rafts to different islands
They all started in the same place, which then separated
They travelled across the ocean to live someplace else
20
When Tectonic Plates move away from each other, they are called-
Converging Plates
Diverging Plates
Emerging Plates
Transforming Plates
21
The thickest layer of the Earth is the...
Lithosphere
Mantle
Inner Core
Asthenosphere
22
How many Tectonic Plates are there in the world?
4
7
6
8
23
Earth travels back into the mantle to be destroyed. Where does this occur?
In Ocean Trenches
In Ocean Subduction Zones
In Ocean Rifts
In Ocean Fault Lines
24
The formation of new crust in the bottom of the ocean is called-
Convection Currents
Seafoor Spreading
Mid-Ocean Ridge
New Ocean Formation
25
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge exists in the middle of Iceland. What is happening to it as a result?
The island experiences violent and frequent earthquakes
The island is being torn in two by Continental Drift
The island is shrinking as earth sinks into the ocean
The island is growing as more crust material is produced
26
The study of Tectonic Plates is called...
Tectonic Plate Science
Continental Plate Science
Plates Geology
Plate Tectonics
27
What layer of the Earth contains the Tectonic Plates?
Lithosphere
Crust
Mantle
Asthenosphere
28
What is a Fault Line?
Where Diverging Boundaries exist
Where Transform Boundaries exist
Where Converging Boundaries exist
Where Subduction exists
29
What is the inner core almost as hot as?
The hottest oven in the world
The centre of the sun
The surface of the sun
Heat from the atomic bomb
30
How are massive mountain ranges usually formed?
Diverging (pull-apart) plates
Converging (come together) plates
Deep Ocean Ridge plates
Transform (slide against) plates
31
What is the name of this process?
Convergent Boundaries
Divergent Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
Subduction

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