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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Plate tectonics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What does Pangaea mean?
A
It is the name of an extinct volcano.
B
It is the French word for volcano.
C
It is the name of an ancient supercontinent.
D
It is a huge disruption of the Earth's atmospheric circulation.
2) What type of plate boundary has plates sliding past each other?
A
convergent boundaries
B
divergent boundaries
C
transform boundaries
D
subduction zones
3) When 2 continental plates collide which landform is created?
A
mountain
B
trench
C
volcano
D
island
4) Where is oceanic crust destroyed?
A
divergent plate boundaries
B
trenches
C
transform plate boundaries
D
mid-ocean ridges
5) Which of the following is not considered a result of the movement of tectonic plates?
A
increased volcanic activity
B
mountain ranges
C
karst topography
D
earthquakes
6) Of the following statements, which best supports the continent drift theory?
A
Fossils of the same species of extinct land plants have been found in both South America and Africa.
B
Early humans migrated to North America over a land bridge from eastern Asia.
C
Igneous rock are found on all continents.
D
All oceans are salty.
7) The edges of moving crustal plates are often defined by
A
Earth's largest rivers
B
intercontinental plains
C
ocean basins
D
frequent seismic activity
8) All of the following support the theory of continental drift except that
A
the North Pole and Antarctica are covered with ice.
B
mountain ranges in South America and Africa line up.
C
there are similar fossils on different continents.
D
the continents seem to fit together like pieces of a puzzle.
9) The Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean is 36,160 feet below sea level. This deep oceanic trench is caused by
A
swift ocean currents eroding away the ocean floor.
B
two tectonic plates colliding and one plunging below the other.
C
excessive boat traffic disrupting the normal sedimentation process.
D
the collapse of an empty magma chamber in a large volcano.
10) When the sea floor spreads apart, volcanoes and ridges are formed because
A
sediments are deposited where the floor spreads, building ridges.
B
as the plates pull apart, magma moves to the surface, building ridges.
C
ocean water pushes down on the surrounding sea floor, pushing up ridges.
D
underwater earthquakes lift the sea floor into long ridges.
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