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Plate Tectonics

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A quiz for High School Earth Science

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1
Wegener could NOT prove Continental Drift because.
He was wrong about continents matching as puzzle pieces
He was wrong about Continental Drift
He could not explain HOW continents could move
He was wrong about fossil evidence
2
What is often created at Convergent Plate boundaries?
Rivers
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Oceanic trenches
The San Andreas Fault
3
The San Andreas Fault...
Makes volcanoes
Produces earthquakes
Is very short
Is located in Japan
4
For tectonic plates, convection currents within Earth's mantle...
Are very cold
Is what causes the plates to move
Is what causes the plates to stop
Come from outer space
5
1. Divergent Plate Boundaries can usually be found...
In the sky
In the center of a tectonic plate
On the tops of mountains
At the bottom of oceans
6
Pangea was...
A super huge heavy metal band
A super huge continent
A super huge tectonic plate
A super huge mountain
7
Earthquakes...
Usually happen at night
Usually happen during "earthquake weather"
Usually happen in the center of tectonic plates
Usually happen at tectonic plate boundaries
8
The San Andreas Fault separates which two tectonic plates?
North American and Pacific
African and Arabian
Antarctic and Nazca
Sierra Nevada and Himalayan