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Plate Tectonics Review
Test Description: Plate Tectonics Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The densest layers of the Earth are located where?
A
Crust
B
Inner core
C
Lower mantle
D
Outer core
2) Who came up with the idea of continental drift?
A
Wilson
B
Wissman
C
Wegener
D
Hess
3) The idea that the continents were once joined together then moved apart is called...
A
Continental drift
B
Plate tectonics
C
Seafloor spreading
D
Convection currents
4) At what type of boundary do tectonic plates come together?
A
Transform
B
Divergent
C
Convergent
5) What idea did Alfred Wegener come up with?
A
Continental drift
B
Magnetic reversals
C
Plate tectonics
D
Seafloor spreading
6) What causes tectonic plates to move?
A
Seismic waves from earthquakes
B
Volcanos
C
Convection currents in the mantle
D
Earth’s magnetic field
7) At what boundary would you find volcanos?
A
Transform
B
Convergent (continent to continent)
C
Convergent (ocean to continent)
D
Divergent
8) Which of Earth's layer is made of molten metal?
A
Upper mantle
B
Lower mantle
C
Inner core
D
Outer core
9) What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his hypothesis?
A
Seafloor age
B
fossils
C
Seismic waves from earthquakes
D
Magnetic reversals
10) At what type of boundary do tectonic plates slide/scrape past eachother?
A
Divergent
B
Convergent (ocean to continent)
C
Transform
D
Convergent (continent to continent)
11) What sublayer of the upper mantle includes the crust?
A
Lower mantle
B
Outer core
C
Lithosphere
D
Asthenosphere
12) What is one piece of evidence for sea-floor spreading?
A
Difference in past climate
B
Matching geology
C
Age of the seafloor
D
Same fossils found on different continents
13) At what boundary do tectonic plates divide apart?
A
Convergent (ocean to continent)
B
Convergent (continent to contitnent)
C
Divergent
D
Transform
14) Who came up with the idea of seafloor spreading?
A
Hess
B
Wegener
C
Wissman
D
Wilson
15) Which of Earth's layers is composed of solid metal?
A
Inner core
B
Outer core
C
Lower mantle
D
Upper mantle
16) The mid-ocean ridge is what type of tectonic plate boundary?
A
Convergent (ocean to continent)
B
Transform
C
Convergent (continent to continent)
D
Divergent
17) At what type of boundaries do massive mountains form?
A
Transform
B
Convergent (ocean to continent)
C
Convergent (continent to continent)
D
Divergent
18) Hot fluid is...
A
less dense so it sinks
B
less dense so it rises
C
more dense so it sinks
D
more dense so it rises
19) The process that continually adds new meterial to the ocean floor pushing the older material away from the mid-ocean ridge.
A
Seafloor spreading
B
Convection currents
C
Plate tectonics
D
Continental drift
20) What caused Earth to separate into different layers?
A
The sun
B
Density
C
Plate tectonics
D
Earthquakes
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