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1
Which of the following Fold Mountain ranges are found in the southern hemisphere?
The Alps
The Andes
The Rockies
The Himalayas
2
What theory did Wegner come up with?
Continental Brift Theory
Plate Tectonic Theory
Continental Drift Theory
Theory of Relativity
3
What is the name given to the rigid upper mantle and crust?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Mantle
Crust
4
Basic volcanoes are more likely to be found where?
Subduction zones
Transform Margins
Constructive plate margins
Hot spots
5
What is the Benioff zone?
zone of earthquakes at a constructive plate margin
The crater of a volcano
zone of earthquakes along San Andreas Fault
zone of earthquakes at a convergent subduction margin
6
The West Indies are an example of which landform?
island arc
mid-ocean ridge
fold mountains
ocean trench
7
Ocean trenches form at which type of plate margin?
convergent subduction
convergent collision
divergent
continental rift zone
8
Which of the initial pieces of evidence were used to support continental drift theory?
Palaeomagnetism
Paleontology
Seafloor spreading
Geological patterns
9
What are transform faults?
parallel cracks to the plate margin
robots in disguise
perpendicular cracks across plate margin
ridges that cut across a plate margin at right angles
10
Which is the most recent geological era?
Pleistocene
Carboniferous
Precambrian
Jurassic
11
How many years ago was planet Earth formed?
3000 years ago
4.6 billion years ago
2.5 billion years ago
460 billion years ago
12
Which of the following is not a trait of Oceanic crust
Thicker
Basaltic
Denser
Sima
13
Convection currents occur in which layer of the Earth?
asthenosphere
inner core
lithosphere
crust
14
Where in the world is Surtsey?
Greenland
Hawaii
Italy
Iceland
15
The Mid Atlantic Ridge is an example of which sort of plate margin?
convergent subduction
hotspot
continental rift zone
divergent oceanic
16
What is a brachiopod?
marine fossil
plant
fossilised reptile
Permian fossil
17
What is the outer core predominantly made of?
Iron
Granite
Nickel
Marble
18
In which geological era was Pangaea in existence?
Permian
Devonian
Jurassic
Milocene
19
What profession did Alfred Wegner have?
Astrologist
Astronomer
Meterologist
Physicist
20
Describe the movement of a convergent plate
towards each other
away from each other
back to front
side by side
