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Plate Tectonic Quiz
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Let's See How Much You Know About Plate Tectonic Plates!
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1
The subduction zone at a convergent is a place where ______crust is recycled?
Old
New
mountain
all of the above
2
convection currents are in the mantle layer of the earth are caused by heat from which layer?
Mountain
Core
Mid ocean ridge
Mountain
3
The San Andres Fault in California is a?
Convergent plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
4
what was the scientist named that came up with continental drift?
Thomas jefferson
Alfred weener
Albert einstein
Alfred Wegner
5
What's A weak spot in crust where molten material rises is called a ?
pangea
ring of fire
Hot spot
mid ocean ridge
6
What supports the Continental Drift Theory?
All of the above
Similar rock structures found on different continents
Fossils of animals found on continents separated by oceans
A puzzle-like fit of all the continents
7
what was pangea named?
andy's mountain
himalayans
transform boundary
super continent
8
what all makes up a convergent boundary?
volcanoes
sea floor spreading
all of the above
tsunami
9
What Is this Image Called?
Ring Of Fire
Andy's Mountain
Mid ocean ridge
Himalyans
10
What does a divergent boundary form?
all of the above
fault line,earth quake tsunami
Sea floor spreading,mid ocean ridge,rift valley
subduction zone,volcanoes,mountains
11
which boundary has crust that is created nor destroyed?
pangea
convergent
transform
divergent
12
what crustial feature does a transform boundary form?
Fault line,earth quake,tsunami
None of the above
Mid ocean ridge rift valley,sea floor spreading
subduction zone,volcanoes, mountains
13
What's a transform boundary?
when The plate's join
when The Plate's Slide
when the plate's fall apart
Andy's mountain
14
What 2 types of plates are interacting in the picture below?
Oceanic/Oceanic
Oceanic/Continental
Oceanic/Continental
15
What all makes up a transform boundary?
Fault line
All of the above
Two objects sliding against each other
Earth quakes
16
What crustial feature does a convergent boundary form?
All of The above
sea floor spreading,mid ocean ridge,rift valley
Fault line,earthquake,tsunami
Subduction zone,volcanoes,mountains
17
When plates are sliding past each other which one forms?
fault
volcano
valley
ridge
18
What are the 3 boundaries called?
Convergent
All of the above
Transform
Divergent
19
What's a convergent boundary?
Two plate's that move away?
Two plate's that join each other?
A fault line
Himalayans
20
What Is a Divergent boundary?
Two Plates move apart from each other
Andys mountain
Himalayans
where two plate's join each other
21
The Mid ocean ridge is a place where _______crust is formed
mid ocean ridge
New
mountain
old
22
What land features are created from the picture below?
Trench
Subduction Zone
Mountain range
All of the above
23
what were 3 pieces of evidence that supported continental drift
landforms
All of the above
fossil
climate
24
How can Earth's plates move?
They only can move toward each other.
They only converge or diverge.
They only collide or slide along each other.
They can collide, pull apart, or slide against each other.
25
what's density?
How compact a substance is
How small it is
None of the above
How big it is
26
What do scientists believe is the force behind the Plate Tectonics Theory?
Gravity slab pull
The Sun's gravity
The movement of the planets
Convection currents
27
When mountains form, what type of boundary is causing the compression to build the mountains?
divergent
transform
none of the above
convergent
28
where Is Andy's Mountain located?
divergent boundary
South american plate
Convergent boundary
North american plate
29
The East African Rift is an example of?
An ocean-convergent boundary
A continent-continent convergent boundary
An ocean-ocean convergent boundary
A divergent plate boundary
30
What kind of movement created the Himalaya Mountains?
Erosion
Transform boundaries
Convergent boundary the Indian plate/ the Eurasian Plate
Divergent boundaries
