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