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1
What is the result of two plates moving together causing one plate to descend beneath the other
trench
volcano
subduction
ridge
2
Which of the following types of plate boundaries would produce the most significant earthquake?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Subduction
3
Judging from the diagram, where are most ocean trenches located?
at the center of oceanic plates
beneath very wide mountain ranges
at the boundary between two plates
at the center of continental plates
4
Which of the following results when two continental plates slide past each other?
subduction zone
volcanic island
earthquake
mountain
5
What kind of plate boundary moves in opposite directions and creates valleys?
transform boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
6
Which of the following types of boundaries results in the creation of ocean trenches?
Divergent
Subduction
Transform
Convergent
7
How long did it take for the tectonic plates to change the number of continents on Earth.
thousands of years.
decades
millions of years
centuries
8
The movements of Earth's plates can move thousands of kilometers across the Earth's surface
occur due to human activity.
occur gradually over millions of years.
occur in one sudden movement.
do not change the Earth's surface at all.
9
Most tectonic plates move at rates of
meters per year.
meters per second.
centimeters per year.
centimeters per second.
10
What evidence supports that all of today's continents were once part of a single continent?
Today's continents fit together like a puzzle
Different continents have similar types of rocks.
Similiar fossils have been found on different continents.
all of these
11
Which of the following types of boundaries is where a “new” seafloor is produced?
Transform
Divergent
Subduction
Convergent
12
7. Which of following continents match up with South America to prove the continental puzzle?
North America
Australia
Europe
Africa
13
Pangaea, in the continental drift hypothesis, can also be referred to as a ___.
plate
geosphere
subduction
supercontinent
14
Earth's tectonic plates
are constantly in motion
move only up and down.
do not move
move only once
15
Which of the following types of boundaries results in the creation of mountain ranges?
Subduction
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
16
Continental-continental collision will most likely produce a ____.
rift valley/mid-ocean ridge
new ocean
new continent
mountain
17
What was the name of the scientist that developed the Theory of Continental Drift?
Robert Hooke
Alfred Wegener
Gregor Mendel
Antonie Leewenhoek
