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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Plate Tectonics Review Game
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What does Pangaea mean?
A
It is the name of an extinct volcano.
B
It is a huge disruption of the Earth's atmospheric circulation.
C
It is the name of an ancient super-continent.
D
It is the French word for volcano.
2) What type of plate boundary has plates sliding past each other?
A
convergent boundaries
B
subduction zones
C
transform boundaries
D
divergent boundaries
3) When 2 continental plates collide which landform is created?
A
mountains
B
volcano
C
deep-ocean trench
D
island
4) Where is oceanic crust destroyed?
A
deep-ocean trenches
B
mid-ocean ridges
C
transform plate boundaries
D
divergent plate boundaries
5) Which of the following is not considered a result of the movement of tectonic plates?
A
mountain ranges
B
Earthquakes
C
volcanoes
D
hurricanes
6) Of the following statements, which best supports the continent drift theory?
A
Fossils of the same species have been found in both South America and Africa.
B
Igneous rock are found on all continents.
C
Fossils of sames species have been found in Africa and Canada
D
Early humans migrated to North America over a land bridge from eastern Asia.
7) The Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean is 36,160 feet below sea level. This deep-oceanic trench is caused by
A
the collapse of an empty magma chamber in a large volcano.
B
two tectonic plates colliding and one plunging below the other.
C
swift ocean currents eroding away the ocean floor.
D
excessive boat traffic disrupting the normal sedimentation process
8) When the sea floor spreads apart, volcanoes and ridges are formed because
A
as the plates pull apart, magma moves to the surface, building ridges.
B
sediments are deposited where the floor spreads, building ridges.
C
underwater earthquakes lift the sea floor into long ridges.
D
the weight of ocean water pushes down on the surrounding sea floor, pushing up ridges.
9) What process occurs when two plates run together, and one plate slips beneath the other?
A
subduction
B
transformation
C
divergence
D
convection
10) Sediment close to the mid-ocean ridge is ____ than sediment farther away.
A
younger
B
smaller
C
older
D
bigger
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