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