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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Covering types of plate tectonics and causes of plate tectonics.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Name 2 pieces of evidence that support the theory of continental drift.
A
Rocks –ages and kinds of rocks long the edge of one continent match those rocks along another continent and trees.
B
Fossil evidence – fossils of same species found on different continents, Mountain ranges –mountains on different continents
C
Magnetic fields change in subduction zones and oceans connect.
D
Continents seem to fit together and hot dogs.
2) Explain how convection currents move the tectonic plates like rafts.
A
The mantle rock heats up and rises. The mantle rock close to the surface cools and sinks. This is a convection cycle.
B
It's a scientific mystery.
C
Convection currents work by physically touching the hot mantle.
D
The plates move because it's too hot to stay in one place.
3) Which plate boundary produces mountain formation?
A
Divergent
B
Transform
C
Convergent with subduction (Continental vs. oceanic crust)
D
Convergent (continental vs. continental crust)
4) Explain how a boundary would form a mountain.
A
When two plates slide past one another.
B
When two continental plates collide called a convergent plate boundary.
C
When one plate moves underneath another.
D
When two plate move away from each other and magma leaks up and solidifies.
5) Which plate boundary can result in a ridge formation?
A
Convergent with subduction
B
Divergent
C
Transform
D
Convergent
6) Explain how a ridge formation is formed.
A
When two plates slide past one another.
B
When two continental plates collide called a convergent boundary.
C
When one plate moves underneath another.
D
The plates move apart and magma leaks up and hardens leaving behind a ridge valley.
7) Which plate boundary can result in volcanic activity?
A
Convergent with sublimation
B
Convergent with subduction
C
Transform
D
Convergent (continental vs. continental)
8) Explain how a plate boundary would cause volcanic activity.
A
The plates move apart and magma leaks up.
B
Plates move together, the denser oceanic crust slides underneath the continental. The crust melts into magma and pushes up.
C
When two continental plates collide and push rock upward.
D
When two plates slide past one another.
9) Which plate boundary can cause earthquakes?
A
Transform
B
Divergent
C
Convergent
D
Convergent with subduction
10) Explain how a plate boundary can cause an earthquake?
A
By moving apart from one another.
B
By one going underneath the other.
C
By sliding past one another.
D
By colliding into each other.
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