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Plate Tectonics Review Quiz
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Heat Transfered through empty space is called
convection
conduction
radiation
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The Earth's continents were once connected in one giant continent called
Pacifica
Pangaea
Eurasia
Indo-Australia
3
A divergent boundary is where the plates are
colliding together
moving apart
sliding past each other
4
The lithosphere is under the .....
Asthenosphere
Graham cracker crust
Ocean and Continental Crust
Core
5
Where does molten material rise from the mantle during sea floor spreading?
earthquakes
Mid ocean ridges
faults
Deep Ocean Trenches
6
Which type of evidence is Wegner NOT use to support his theory of Continetal Drift?
Climate Evidence
Fossil Evidence
Water Evidence
Landform Evidence
7
Which events occur at plate boundaries?
Volcanoes
Mountain Building
Earthquakes
All of These
8
What tool was used to map the Mid Ocean Ridge by Harry Hess in 1960?
underwater cameras
sonar
vision
echolocation
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The mid ocean ridge is which type of boundary?
irregular
divergent
convergent
transform
10
Where does subduction occur?
Canyons
Mountains
Mid Ocean RIdges
Deep Ocean Trenches
11
What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth starting from where we are on the surface?
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
outer core, mantle, inner core , crust
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
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A transform boundary is where the plates are
moving apart
sliding past each other
colliding together
13
Who was the scientist that developed the theory of Continental Drift?
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Jane Goodall
Albert Einstein
14
Mountain ranges form at which type of boundary?
divergent
convergent
irregular
transform
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The San Andreas fault in California is which type of boundary?
irregular
divergent
convergent
transform
16
Heat Transfered through the movement of a heated fluid is called
convection
conduction
radiation
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Why was Alfred Wegener's theory originally rejected by scientific peers?
He couldn't explain how the continents moved.
His theory didn't make any sense.
He had no evidence.
They already knew the continents could not move.
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The continents are moving away from each other as magma rises from mid-ocean ridges. This is...
sea floor spreading
sea floor rising
underwater volcanos
changing sea floor
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A convergent boundary is where the plates are
colliding together
sliding past each other
moving apart
20
Heat Transfered through direct contact is called
convection
radiation
conduction
21
Plate tectonics can also be the direct cause of forming
mountains
rivers
oceans
lakes
22
Which layer of the Earth is the hottest?
crust
core
mantle
23
The Plate move about 1 inch to 6 inches each year.
False
True
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Plate tectonics, or the movement of pieces of Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by
convection currents in the Earth's mantle
volcanoes
Earthquakes
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