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Test Description: Plate tectonics and continental drift
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is subduction?
A
When a mid-ocean ridge forms.
B
When two continental crust collide and mountains form.
C
When two plates collide and one is pulled down into the earth.
D
When an earthquake occures at a plate boundary.
2) What type of boundary is found at the San Andreas Fault?
A
Tensional
B
Convergant
C
Transform
D
Divergent
3) Plants and trees roots helps to prevent __________ by holding the soil in place.
A
Condensation
B
Erosion
C
Transpiration
D
Deposition
4) Evidence that supported continental drift is:
A
Similar fossils on different continents
B
Climate
C
All of these
D
Puzzle like fit of continents
5) Why does the oceanic plate subduct when it collides with a continental plate?
A
The continental plate move is thinner
B
The oceanic plate is more dense
C
The continental plate moves faster
D
The oceanic plate is less dense
6) Which scientist developed the theory of plate tectonics?
A
Sutton
B
Wegner
C
Mendel
D
Darwin
7) What type of stress is found at convergent boundary?
A
Transform
B
Shearing
C
Tension
D
Compression
8) The Appalachains are an example of ________ mountains.
A
Up-Warped
B
Fault-Block
C
Syncline
D
Folded
9) The Hawaiian Islands were formed by a _____ .
A
Collision of 2 oceanic plates
B
Hot Spot
C
mid-ocean ridge
D
Collision of 2 continental plates
10) What type of boundary would you expect to see an ocean trench?
A
Convergent
B
Transform
C
Strike-Slip
D
Divergent
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