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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Continental Drift, Sea Floor Spreading, and Plate Tectonics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Plates slide past each other at _______________ boundaries.
A
Subduction
B
Transform
C
Convergent
D
Divergent
2) The Glomar Challenger is famous for_______________.
A
Discovering a new continent
B
Mapping the ocean floor
C
Finding samples of similar plants on different continents
D
Gathering rock samples around the ocean
3) The name of Wegener's super continent
A
USA
B
Pangaea
C
continental drift
D
Wegonia
4) Plates move apart at______________boundaries
A
Subduction
B
Transform
C
Divergent
D
Convergent
5) The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations_______
A
Polarity
B
Plate Tectonics
C
Seafloor Spreading
D
Continental Drift
6) The result of the Indo-Australian plate colliding with the Eurasian plate.
A
Rocky Mountains
B
Appalachian Mnts.
C
Himalayas
D
Alps
7) Plates of the lithosphere float on the______________.
A
Atmosphere
B
Crust
C
Asthenoshere
D
Core
8) The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's_________________.
A
Atmosphere
B
Lithosphere
C
Hydrosphere
D
Crust
9) The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located _______________________.
A
under the mountains
B
near New York
C
near the Mid-ocean ridge
D
near the continents
10) When two plates move together____________________ boundary.
A
Transform
B
Convergent
C
Divergent
D
Subduction
11) Fossil plant that helps support the theory of continental drift.
A
Mesosaurus
B
Glomar Challenger
C
Glossopteris
D
Pangaega
12) What drives continental movement?
A
A giant troll on a bike.
B
Convection Currents
C
Vertical Currents
D
Horizontal Currents
13) _______________________ is an example of a transform boundary
A
Mid- Ocean Ridge
B
San Andreas Fault
C
Himalaya Mnts.
D
Appalachian Mnts.
14) Two oceanic plates colliding will create_________________.
A
Mountains
B
rift valley
C
Hot Spot
D
Subduction Zone
15) Theory of Plate Tectonics
A
Hess
B
Wilson
C
Parr
D
Wegener
16) Theory of Sea Floor Spreading
A
Parr
B
Wilson
C
Hess
D
Wegner
17) Theory of Continental Drift
A
Hess
B
Wilson
C
Wegener
D
Parr
18) Active volcanoes are most likely to form where______
A
2 continental plates collide
B
were oceanic and continental plates collide
C
2 continental plates transform
D
there is a pimple
19) Over millions of years the mid ocean ridge will
A
stay the same
B
change direction
C
stop spreading
D
continue spreading
20) In the next million years the Atlantic ocean will
A
get smaller
B
get bigger
C
get colder
D
get cleaner
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