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