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A plate tectonics review Quiz!
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1
Does this type of boundary have a subduction zone?
No
Yes
2
What is the term for a long, elongated depression in the seafloor?
Trench
Ridge
Current
Magnet
3
Where do we find the youngest part of the ocean floor?
Near deep sea trenches
Near ocean ridges
Under the continents
Near rift valleys
4
What was the name of the fern that Wegener used to support his idea of continental drift?
Lystrosaurus
Mesosaurus
Glossopteris
Fontanasaurus
5
If this type of boundary was under the ocean - what process would be occurring?
Seafloor spreading
Tsunami
Time travel
Magnetic reversal
6
Compared to crust at ocean ridges, crust at deep sea trenches is?
Same thickness
Same age
Old
Young
7
What resource did Wegener find in Antarctica that indicated it once had a temperate climate?
Oil
Geothermal energy
Natural Gas
Coal
8
Which of the following is an event you would expect to occur at this boundary?
Earthquake
Tornado
Meteor strike
Volcanic eruption
9
Why did early mapmakers think the continents may have moved?
Plate boundary locations
Fossil evidence
Matching coastlines
Climate data
10
What is the name for a long, narrow depression in the continental crust?
Rift valley
Ocean ridge
Mountain range
Ocean trench
11
Why was Wegener's theory of continental drift not accepted when it was first proposed?
Could not explain how or why the continents move
Magnetic data did not support it
There were no mantle currents at that time
Sonar data did not support it
12
What type of boundary is shown in the picture?
Continental-Continental Convergent
Oceanic- Continental Convergent
Transform
Divergent
13
What type of boundary is shown?
Divergent
Oceanic - continental convergent
Oceanic-oceanic convergent
Transform
14
If two continental plates converge a subduction zone forms.
True
False
15
What is the theory that states the Earth's crust and upper mantle is broken into pieces?
Continental Drift
Convection
Seafloor Spreading
Plate Tectonics
16
What type of boundary is shown?
Divergent
Transform
Continental-continental convergent
Oceanic-oceanic convergent
17
The downward part of a convection current is associated with this type of plate boundary.
convergent
divergent
transform
18
Early mapmakers thought the coastline of Africa matched that of:
North America
South America
Asia
Europe
19
What is the vocabulary term for a deep, underwater mountain chain?
Deep sea trench
Ocean ridge
Himalayas
Rift valley
20
The upward part of a convection current is associated with this type of plate boundary.
convergent
divergent
transform
21
Which of the following results from two continents colliding?
Rift valley
Mountain range
Volcanic arc
22
What geologic feature would you expect to find at this boundary?
Ocean trench
Island arc
Mountain range
Volcanic mountain range
23
What type of mountains form at this boundary?
Tropical
Non volcanic
Volcanic
Glacial
24
New seafloor is made at ocean ridges and destroyed at ocean trenches.
False
True
25
In which direction do convection currents always transfer energy?
From cool to hot
From ocean to ocean
From hot to cold
From continent to continent
26
What is created during the process of seafloor spreading?
Magnetic reversals
New continental crust
New species of marine life
New ocean crust
27
What type of boundary is shown?
Continental-oceanic convergent
Oceanic-oceanic convergent
Continental-continental convergent
Divergent
28
A rift valley is found where two ocean plates are moving away from each other.
False
True
29
According to the theory of plate tectonics plates can do the following EXCEPT:
Move towards each other
Move away from each other
Slide past each other
Stay stationary and never move
30
In which layer of the Earth do the convection currents occur?
Crust
Mantle
Outer core
Inner core
31
What was the name of Wegener's supercontinent that was made up of all of the continents combined?
Tethys
Gondwanda
Laurasia
Pangaea
32
What type of boundary is shown?
Oceanic-continental convergent
Divergent
Transform
Oceanic-oceanic convergent
33
Which convergent boundary does not have a subduction zone?
Oceanic-continental
Continental-continental
Oceanic-oceanic
They all have subduction zones.
34
Which of the following happens at an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary?
Old crust is subducted
Old crust is fractured along a fault
New crust is created
An ocean ridge forms
35
How much do the plates move each year?
Plates never move.
A few meters
A few centimeters
A few kilometers
36
If this type of boundary was under water - what feature would we expect to see there?
Island arc
Fault line
Ocean trench
Ocean ridge
37
What mechanism is believed to move the plates?
Magnetism
Gravity
Magic
Convection
38
Which of the following features can be found along a divergent boundary?
Volcanic mountain range
Island arc
Deep sea trenches
Ocean ridges
39
Crust is neither created or destroyed at which of the following boundaries?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
40
Which of the following features will not occur at this boundary?
Ocean ridge
Ocean trench
Island arc
Subduction
