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Plate Tectonics Review Quiz
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1
Who was the scientist that developed the theory of Continental Drift?
Albert Einstein
Jane Goodall
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
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A convergent boundary is where the plates are
sliding past each other
moving apart
colliding together
3
A divergent boundary is where the plates are
colliding together
sliding past each other
moving apart
4
Which type of evidence is Wegner NOT use to support his theory of Continetal Drift?
Fossil Evidence
Water Evidence
Landform Evidence
Climate Evidence
5
Which events occur at plate boundaries?
Mountain Building
Earthquakes
All of These
Volcanoes
6
Mountain ranges form at which type of boundary?
transform
convergent
divergent
irregular
7
The continents are moving away from each other as magma rises from mid-ocean ridges. This is...
underwater volcanos
changing sea floor
sea floor rising
sea floor spreading
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A transform boundary is where the plates are
sliding past each other
colliding together
moving apart
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Why was Alfred Wegener's theory originally rejected by scientific peers?
He had no evidence.
He couldn't explain how the continents moved.
His theory didn't make any sense.
They already knew the continents could not move.
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The mid ocean ridge is which type of boundary?
transform
irregular
convergent
divergent
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Plate tectonics can also be the direct cause of forming
mountains
lakes
oceans
rivers
12
Heat Transfered through the movement of a heated fluid is called
convection
radiation
conduction
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Where does subduction occur?
Deep Ocean Trenches
Canyons
Mountains
Mid Ocean RIdges
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The San Andreas fault in California is which type of boundary?
divergent
convergent
irregular
transform
15
The Earth's continents were once connected in one giant continent called
Pacifica
Eurasia
Indo-Australia
Pangaea
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Which layer of the Earth is the hottest?
core
mantle
crust
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What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth starting from where we are on the surface?
outer core, mantle, inner core , crust
inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
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Plate tectonics, or the movement of pieces of Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by
volcanoes
Hot Spots
convection currents in the Earth's mantle
Earthquakes
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Where does molten material rise from the mantle during sea floor spreading?
Deep Ocean Trenches
Mid ocean ridges
faults
earthquakes
