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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: This covers an introduction to plate tectonics.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift stated that...
A
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking.
B
the continents were once joined together in a supercontinent.
C
the continents do not move.
D
Earth's surface is made up of seven continents.
2) What is Pangaea?
A
The name of a German scientist
B
Another name for continental drift
C
The name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
D
The name of an ancient fossil
3) What is any trace of an organism preserved in rock?
A
fossil
B
landmass
C
continent
D
landform
4) What technology was used by geologists in the mid-1900s to map the ocean floor?
A
sonar
B
deep-sea diving
C
submarines
D
satellites
5) Where does molten material rise and erupt in sea-floor spreading?
A
Along mid-ocean ridges
B
Along the edges of continents
C
At the north and south poles
D
In deep-ocean trenches
6) Why is old oceanic crust more dense than new oceanic crust?
A
It is cooler
B
It is moving toward a deep-ocean trench
C
It is hotter
D
It is closer to a mid-ocean ridge.
7) What do geologists think causes the movement of Earth's plates?
A
convection currents in the mantle
B
Earth's magnetic field
C
earthquakes
D
conduction
8) What is the geological theory that Earth's lithosphere is broken into sections called plates which are in slow, constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle?
A
plate tectonics
B
sea-floor spreading
C
deep-ocean trenches
D
subduction
9) Where do two plates slide past each other in opposite directions?
A
rift valley
B
divergent boundary
C
convergent boundary
D
transform boundary
10) What feature can develop when two pieces of continental crust converge?
A
mid-ocean ridge
B
deep-ocean trench
C
rift valley
D
mountain range
11) What was the name of Alfred Wegener's hypothesis that the Earth's continents slowly move?
A
oceanic drift
B
continental drift
C
continental displacement
D
continental movement
12) What process continually adds new crust to the ocean floor on either side of a mid-ocean ridge?
A
earthquakes
B
subduction
C
volcanic eruptions
D
sea-floor spreading
13) Where does subduction occur?
A
Deep-ocean trenches
B
Mid-ocean ridges
C
Mountain ranges
D
Near the center of an ocean
14) What are the sections of Earth's lithosphere called?
A
Continental drift
B
Lithospheric pieces
C
Plates
D
Lithospheric sections
15) A divergent boundary on land results in a...
A
rift valley
B
mountain range
C
deep-ocean trench
D
mid-ocean ridge
16) When subduction occurs more rapidly than sea-floor spreading in an ocean, what happens to the ocean?
A
It shrinks.
B
It cools down.
C
It expands.
D
It heats up.
17) The newest oceanic crust is found...
A
far from mid-ocean ridges.
B
near mountain ranges.
C
close to mid-ocean ridges.
D
near deep-ocean trenches.
18) What forms the longest mountain chains on Earth?
A
The Himalayas
B
The Rockies
C
The Andes
D
mid-ocean ridges
19) What kind of boundary is characterized by plates slipping past each other in opposite directions?
A
Transform boundary
B
Convergent boundary
C
Divergent boundary
D
Rift valley
20) What process involves oceanic crust bending downward and being recycled into the mantle?
A
Earthquakes
B
Subduction
C
Volcanic eruptions
D
Sea-floor spreading
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