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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Chapter 4 of Inside the restless earth
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What does the theory of continental drift explain?
A
how volcanoes formed
B
Why continents move
C
the layers of the Earth
D
how oceans formed
2) What happens at mid-ocean ridges?
A
strike-slip faults
B
sea-floor spreading
C
earthquakes
D
magnetic reversals
3) Which of the following is associated with transform boundaries?
A
earthquakes
B
magnetic reversals
C
slab pull
D
sea-floor spreading
4) What do scientists use the global positioning system for?
A
to measure tectonic plate motion
B
to locate fossils
C
to make images of tectonic plates
D
to measure the Earth's thickness
5) What is compression?
A
stress releasing an object
B
stress breaking an object
C
stress squeezing an object
D
stress pulling an object
6) What is tension
A
stress releasing an object
B
stress breaking an object
C
stress squeezing an object
D
stress pulling an object
7) What is the idea that all continents were part of one big landmass?
A
continental drift
B
oceanic theory
C
continental theory
D
oceanic drift
8) What is it called when Earth's magnetic poles change places?
A
sea-floor spreading
B
continental drift
C
magnetic reversal
D
strike-slip fault
9) What can tectonic plates form when they converge?
A
mountains
B
strike-slip fault
C
asthenosphere
D
mid-ocean ridges
10) surface of a broken rock layer
A
seismic wave
B
fault
C
fold
D
asthenosphere
11) bending of a rock layer
A
fault
B
fold
C
asthenosphere
12) help to measure the thickness of the Earth
A
sea-floor spreading
B
fault
C
seismic wave
D
fold
13) a layer of flowing rock
A
fault
B
fold
C
seismic wave
D
asthenosphere
14) the outside layer of the Earth
A
crust
B
Pangaea
C
tectonic plates
D
inner core
15) Earth's liquid layer
A
Pangaea
B
crust
C
apple core
D
inner core
16) The last supercontinent
A
crust
B
outer core
C
Pangaea
D
inner core
17) pieces of the lithosphere
A
core
B
crust
C
tectonic plates
18) When tension breaks a rock layer it makes a _____________________ fault.
A
reverse
B
divergent
C
normal
19) Tectonic plates move together to form a _______________________ boundary.
A
sea-floor spreading
B
reverse
C
magnetic reversals
D
convergent
20) When compression breaks a rock layer it makes a __________________ fault.
A
sea-floor spreading
B
divergent
C
normal
D
reverse
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