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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Plate tectonics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which piece of evidence does NOT support the Continental Drift Theory?
A
Folded mountains occurred at both coast lines of South AMerica and Africa
B
The same fossils were found along the west coast of South America and the east coast of Africa.
C
Africa and South America fit together like a puzzle
D
Pottery found on both coast lines
2) What is the name of the continents when they were one land mass?
A
Kitandkaboodle
B
Gondwannaland
C
Pangea
D
Lurasia
3) The heat from the core rise to the top of the crust and causes the plates to move. What movement inside the earth causes the plates to move?
A
Conduction Current
B
Convection Current
C
Divergent Boundary
D
Radiation
4) What type of boundary do you have when the ocean floor dives under the continental plate?
A
transform
B
subduction, which is a type of convergent boundary.
C
divergent
D
volcanos
5) Where oceanic and continental plate collide, what type of landform can be found?
A
rivers
B
mid-ocean ridge
C
deltas
D
volcano
6) The top layer of the earth is called the
A
Core
B
Lithosphere
C
Asthenosphere
D
Mantle
7) What is the idea behind the Continental Drift Theory?
A
The continents were at one time one land mass and the continents slowly drifted apart
B
Convection currents in the earth move the plates
C
The ice age caused the continents to separate
D
The earth creates new rock and melts the old rock
8) What is the idea behind Sea floor spreading?
A
The continents were at one time one land mass and over time slowly drifted apart
B
Convection currents in the earth move the plates
C
Mountain ranges are created
D
The ice age caused the continents to start moving
9) If the plates are moving towards each other, what type of boundary do you have?
A
Transform
B
Divergent
C
Lithosphere
D
Convergent
10) What type of boundary do you have when the plates are moving away from each other?
A
Subduction
B
Convergent
C
Divergent
D
Transform
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