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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Plate tectonics, continental drift, boundaries, geologic events
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the name of the plate where Australia is found?
A
African
B
Pacific
C
Indo-Australian
D
North American
2) What is the name of the plate you live on?
A
Eurasian
B
South American
C
Texas
D
North American
3) Where would you need to fly to land on the Eurasian plate?
A
South America
B
India
C
Egypt
D
Europe
4) Which model describes the way mountains are formed?
A
sand piling up in a sand box
B
When two cars run into each other
C
hard candy dissolving in your mouth
D
a baking soda/vinegar reaction
5) Where can most volcanoes be found?
A
in the middle of a tectonic plate
B
In the ocean
C
On a continent
D
Along plate boundaries
6) When two plates rub next to each other and suddenly release that causes...
A
Tornadoes
B
Hurricanes
C
Earthquakes
D
Volcanoes
7) Why is baking soda/vinegar NOT a good model for volcanoes
A
It does not include details of why an eruption happens
B
Studying volcanoes at all is too unsafe.
C
It is small enough to show the formation of lava
D
volcanoes are too random to model
8) Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
A
Sigmund Freud
B
Alfred Wegner
C
Thomas Edison
D
Mrs. McDaniel
9) Divergent plates make...
A
Volcanoes
B
Mountains
C
Ocean Basins
D
Earthquakes
10) Why do the plates move?
A
The ocean tides push them along
B
The wind pushes them
C
Convection currents in the asthenosphere
D
The rotation of the Earth
11) Convergent boundaries cause...
A
Ocean Basins/Sea floor spreading
B
Mountains
C
Volcanoes
D
Earthquakes
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