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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Plate tectonics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which piece of evidence does NOT support the Continental Drift Theory?
A
Pottery found on both coast lines
B
Africa and South America fit together like a puzzle
C
The same fossils were found along the west coast of South America and the east coast of Africa.
D
Folded mountains occurred at both coast lines of South AMerica and Africa
2) What is the name of the continents when they were one land mass?
A
Lurasia
B
Gondwannaland
C
Kitandkaboodle
D
Pangea
3) The heat from the core rise to the top of the crust and causes the plates to move. What movement inside the earth causes the plates to move?
A
Conduction Current
B
Convection Current
C
Radiation
D
Divergent Boundary
4) What type of boundary do you have when the ocean floor dives under the continental plate?
A
transform
B
divergent
C
volcanos
D
subduction, which is a type of convergent boundary.
5) Where oceanic and continental plate collide, what type of landform can be found?
A
volcano
B
deltas
C
mid-ocean ridge
D
rivers
6) The top layer of the earth is called the
A
Lithosphere
B
Asthenosphere
C
Mantle
D
Core
7) What is the idea behind the Continental Drift Theory?
A
Convection currents in the earth move the plates
B
The ice age caused the continents to separate
C
The earth creates new rock and melts the old rock
D
The continents were at one time one land mass and the continents slowly drifted apart
8) What is the idea behind Sea floor spreading?
A
The continents were at one time one land mass and over time slowly drifted apart
B
The ice age caused the continents to start moving
C
Mountain ranges are created
D
Convection currents in the earth move the plates
9) If the plates are moving towards each other, what type of boundary do you have?
A
Divergent
B
Convergent
C
Transform
D
Lithosphere
10) What type of boundary do you have when the plates are moving away from each other?
A
Convergent
B
Divergent
C
Transform
D
Subduction
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