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Inside Earth Chaper 1
Test Description: Drifting Continents, Seafloor Spreading and Tectonic Plates
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What was an example of the evidence in Sea-Floor Spreading?
A
fossils
B
glacial evidence
C
mountain ranges
D
molten lava
2) Which of the following is NOT an example of evidence for Sea-Floor Spreading?
A
drilling samples that showed the age of the rocks
B
molten lava
C
magnetic stripes
D
glacial evidence
3) Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?
A
Isaac Newton
B
Alfred Wegener
C
Albert Einstein
D
Harry Hess
4) Subduction usually occurs at the
A
boutdary of a continental and continental plate
B
boundary of an oceanica and an oceanic plate
C
boundary of an oceanic and a continental plate
D
on a plate of fried chicken :)
5) The Great Rift Valley in Africa is a great example of what type of boundary?
A
mid ocean ridge
B
divergent
C
transform
D
convergent
6) A mountain feature like the Himalayan Mountains occurs at what type of boundary?
A
convergent
B
divergent
C
volcano
D
transform
7) A feature such as the Marianas Trench is a result of subduction at a
A
volcanic boundary
B
convergent boundary where one plate subducts under another
C
divergent boundary
D
transform boundary
8) At a subduction zone,
A
the more dense continental plate goes under the less dense oceanic plate.
B
the more dense oceanic plate goes under the less dense continental plate.
C
the plates form underwater mountains.
D
the plates form rift valleys.
9) At a transform boundary, what is most likely to occur?
A
an earthquake
B
a new mountain
C
rift valley
D
a volcano
10) Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by
A
subduction
B
convection currents in the asthenosphere
C
Earth's magnetic field
D
gravity
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