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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Plate tectonics and Continental Drift Game
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What kind of plate boundary is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
A
convergent
B
Rudolphian
C
divergent
D
transform
2) Where in the continental US do we see evidence of plate movement?
A
Florida
B
The West Coast
C
The North Pole
D
The East Coast
3) What is the name of the supercontinent that broke apart to form the continents we know today?
A
Kwanza
B
Pangaea
C
Laurasia
D
Gondwana
4) What layer of Earth spins to create the magnetic field?
A
the asthenosphere
B
the outer core
C
the inner core
D
the dreidel
5) Earth's convection cells occur in which layer?
A
asthenosphere
B
lithosphere
C
chocolat-o-sphere
D
stiffer mantle
6) Temperature increases as you go deeper into the ______________
A
oven
B
atmosphere
C
Earth
D
ocean
7) Transform boundaries are areas where __________________
A
tectonic plates come together
B
tectonic plates move apart
C
tectonic plates move past each other
D
dinner plates move past each other
8) Which of the following is NOT one of Wegner's pieces of evidence for Continental Drift?
A
similar gingerbread men found on different tables
B
similar mountains found on different sides of oceans
C
similar climate evidence found in places that have different climates today
D
similar fossils found on different continents
9) What is the coolest solid layer of Earth
A
the solid inner core
B
the crust
C
the frosting
D
the stiffer mantle
10) What are Earth's inner and outer core are made out of?
A
iron and nickel
B
silicon and oxygen
C
sugar and spice
D
quartz and potassium feldspar
11) What geologic feature is formed when 2 continental plates converge?
A
gingerbread houses
B
ridges
C
rock snow
D
mountains
12) What material comes out of the Earth at seafloor spreading centers?
A
java
B
water
C
frosting
D
lava
13) Earth's crust is made up of mostly
A
turkey and gravy
B
basalt and gabbro
C
oxygen and silica
D
iron and nickel
14) What are Earth's lithospheric plates made of?
A
the stiffer mantle and outer core
B
chocolate chip cookie dough
C
the crust and rigid mantle
D
the asthenosphere and stiff mantle
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