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Test Description: Plate tectonics and continental drift
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is subduction?
A
When a mid-ocean ridge forms.
B
When two plates collide and one is pulled down into the earth.
C
When an earthquake occures at a plate boundary.
D
When two continental crust collide and mountains form.
2) What type of boundary is found at the San Andreas Fault?
A
Divergent
B
Tensional
C
Transform
D
Convergant
3) Plants and trees roots helps to prevent __________ by holding the soil in place.
A
Condensation
B
Transpiration
C
Erosion
D
Deposition
4) Evidence that supported continental drift is:
A
Puzzle like fit of continents
B
Climate
C
All of these
D
Similar fossils on different continents
5) Why does the oceanic plate subduct when it collides with a continental plate?
A
The continental plate move is thinner
B
The oceanic plate is less dense
C
The continental plate moves faster
D
The oceanic plate is more dense
6) Which scientist developed the theory of plate tectonics?
A
Mendel
B
Wegner
C
Darwin
D
Sutton
7) What type of stress is found at convergent boundary?
A
Compression
B
Transform
C
Tension
D
Shearing
8) The Appalachains are an example of ________ mountains.
A
Fault-Block
B
Up-Warped
C
Syncline
D
Folded
9) The Hawaiian Islands were formed by a _____ .
A
Collision of 2 oceanic plates
B
mid-ocean ridge
C
Hot Spot
D
Collision of 2 continental plates
10) What type of boundary would you expect to see an ocean trench?
A
Divergent
B
Transform
C
Strike-Slip
D
Convergent
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