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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Results of plate movement, types of plate boundaries, evidence of plate tectonics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Alfred Wegener used which of the following to explain his theory of continental drift?
A
Satellite data
B
South American appears to fit together with Africa, like puzzle pieces.
C
magnetic reversal on the ocean floor
D
Sea floor spreading at the Mid Atlantic Ridge
2) Evidence that supports sea floor spreading includes which of the following?
A
The ocean floor is younger near the mid-ocean ridges and older near the continents.
B
Fossils found in South America match fossils found in Africa.
C
The South American continent appears to fit together with Africa, like puzzle pieces.
D
We can watch the tectonic plates move.
3) If you live on or near a tectonic plate boundary, you will more likely experience___.
A
longer school days
B
seismic activity (earthquakes)
C
erosion and deposition
D
sunny days with very little rain
4) Plate boundaries where tectonic plates are sliding past each other are known as ___.
A
transform boundaries
B
sliding boundaries
C
divergent boundaries
D
convergent boundaries
5) Plate boundaries where tectonic plates move away from each other are known as ___.
A
convergent boundaries
B
divergent boundaries
C
see-you-later boundaries
D
transform boundaries
6) Plate boundaries where tectonic plates move toward each other are known as ___.
A
convergent boundaries
B
transform boundaries
C
divergent boundaries
D
hi-there boundaries
7) Divergent boundaries between continental and continental plates form ___.
A
folded mountains
B
subduction zones with trenches and volcanic mountain ranges
C
rift valleys and fault block mountains
D
deserts
8) Convergent boundaries between oceanic and continental plates form ___.
A
deserts
B
folded mountains
C
subduction zones with trenches and volcanic mountain ranges
D
rift valleys and fault block mountains
9) Convergent boundaries between continental and continental plates form __
A
deserts
B
rift valleys and fault block mountains
C
folded mountains
D
subduction zones with trenches and volcanic mountain ranges
10) The tectonic plates move around due to which of the following?
A
heat from solar flares
B
convection currents in the crust
C
convection currents in the core
D
convection currents in the mantle
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