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Plate Tectonics Review
Test Description: Review for plate tectonics assessment.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is Pangaea?
A
B. the name of the scientist who first discovered plate tectonics
B
C. the name of the ancient supercontinent
C
D. a type of thick, sticky lava
D
A. the process by which tectonic plates move around the Earth
2) How has Earth changed over time?
A
A. It has not changed.
B
D. The Earth's orbit has changed with Jupiter.
C
C. All of the animals have become extinct.
D
B. The continents have moved.
3) Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into pieces called __________.
A
D. faults
B
A. continents
C
C. tectonic plates
D
B. basins
4) Which statement summarizes the theory of plate tectonics?
A
B. All of the continents were once joined together into a single supercontinent.
B
A. Only the continents move, traveling slowly over and through Earth’s crust.
C
D. Earth’s crust is made of pieces that move slowly over, against, and apart from each other.
D
C. The continents are fixed and have always been located in their present positions.
5) The movement of tectonic plates is believed to be caused by __________.
A
C. the rotation of Earth
B
A. convection currents in the mantle
C
B. Earth's magnetic field
D
D. the gravitational pull of the moon
6) Which of the following is not evidence used to support the theory of plate tectonics?
A
C. the shapes of the continents
B
A. the locations of earthquakes and volcanoes
C
D. the locations of fossils of land animals
D
B. the locations of impact craters
7) Most life and water are found on the thinnest layer of the lithosphere called the ______.
A
B. crust
B
D. mantle
C
C. core
D
A. plate
8) The molten layers of the lithosphere are the ____________ and _________.
A
D. mantle, outer core
B
B. crust, mantle
C
C. inner core, outer core
D
A. mantle, inner core
9) Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
A
C. along the equator
B
A. in the centers of continents
C
B. along the edges of tectonic plates
D
D. in the polar regions
10) Many earthquakes occur in California because ________.
A
A. California is sinking into the ocean
B
D. California is hit by many meteorites
C
C. a tectonic plate boundary runs through California
D
B. California has many volcanoes
11) Why would it be more likely that you would see lava as opposed to magma?
A
D. Magma is much darker in color than lava so it is harder to see.
B
C. Magma can only be found and seen at the bottom of the ocean.
C
B. Magma is much hotter than lava so you cannot see it as well.
D
A. Lava is the term for magma after it has flowed out of the ground.
12) What causes rock to change into magma?
A
D. cooling and hardening
B
B. weathering of the rock
C
C. erosion from rain and wind
D
A. extreme heat below Earth's surface
13) Which of the following features is found along divergent plate boundaries?
A
C. island arcs
B
B. ocean trenches
C
A. folded mountains
D
D. mid-ocean ridges
14) The process by which tectonic plates move apart at mid-ocean ridges is called ________.
A
C. reverse faulting
B
D. isostatic rebound
C
A. sea floor spreading
D
B. subduction
15) At transform boundaries, tectonic plates _______.
A
A. move apart
B
D. do not move
C
B. slide past each other
D
C. collide
16) Convergent plate boundaries ________.
A
D. do not move
B
B. slide past each other
C
collide
D
A. pull apart
17) Which of the following features is created when tectonic plates collide?
A
C. sinkholes
B
D. folded mountains
C
B. mesas
D
A. buttes
18) Which of the following is a true statement about the rock cycle?
A
D. Sedimentary rock can revert to metamorphic rock but never to igneous rock.
B
B. The formation of rock within the cycle ends after metamorphic rocks form.
C
C. Weathering occurs in igneous rocks but never in sedimentary or metamorphic.
D
A. Heat, pressure, cooling, weathering, erosion, and deposition change rock.
19) What type rock is formed from magma?
A
D. igneous
B
A. metamorphic
C
C. weathered
D
B. sedimentary
20) Metamorphic rock is produced when _________.
A
D. tectonic plates diverge
B
C. basalt forms in the ocean
C
B. rock material is subjected to heat and pressure
D
A. magma cools inside the crust
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