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