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Plate Tectonics Review Quiz
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A convergent boundary is where the plates are
moving apart
sliding past each other
colliding together
2
The continents are moving away from each other as magma rises from mid-ocean ridges. This is...
sea floor spreading
sea floor rising
changing sea floor
underwater volcanos
3
The Earth's continents were once connected in one giant continent called
Pangaea
Eurasia
Indo-Australia
Pacifica
4
Where does molten material rise from the mantle during sea floor spreading?
faults
Mid ocean ridges
Deep Ocean Trenches
earthquakes
5
Heat Transfered through the movement of a heated fluid is called
convection
conduction
radiation
6
A divergent boundary is where the plates are
colliding together
moving apart
sliding past each other
7
Which type of evidence is Wegner NOT use to support his theory of Continetal Drift?
Fossil Evidence
Climate Evidence
Landform Evidence
Water Evidence
8
Plate tectonics can also be the direct cause of forming
rivers
oceans
lakes
mountains
9
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
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
10
Which layer of the Earth is the hottest?
core
mantle
crust
11
What tool was used to map the Mid Ocean Ridge by Harry Hess in 1960?
echolocation
underwater cameras
vision
sonar
12
Mountain ranges form at which type of boundary?
irregular
transform
divergent
convergent
13
Where does subduction occur?
Canyons
Mid Ocean RIdges
Deep Ocean Trenches
Mountains
14
Who was the scientist that developed the theory of Continental Drift?
Jane Goodall
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Albert Einstein
15
A transform boundary is where the plates are
moving apart
colliding together
sliding past each other
16
Plate tectonics, or the movement of pieces of Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by
Earthquakes
convection currents in the Earth's mantle
volcanoes
Hot Spots
17
Heat Transfered through direct contact is called
convection
conduction
radiation
18
The mid ocean ridge is which type of boundary?
convergent
transform
irregular
divergent
19
Heat Transfered through empty space is called
convection
conduction
radiation
20
Why was Alfred Wegener's theory originally rejected by scientific peers?
He couldn't explain how the continents moved.
They already knew the continents could not move.
He had no evidence.
His theory didn't make any sense.
21
Which events occur at plate boundaries?
All of These
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Mountain Building
22
The San Andreas fault in California is which type of boundary?
transform
convergent
irregular
divergent
