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Plate Tectonics Review (1st Half)
Test Description: Review for Plate Tectonics Unit
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the name of the hypothesis that states that continents are slowly moving?
A
Geology
B
Continental Drift
C
Pangaea
D
Plate Tectonics
2) Who was the scientist that created the continental drift hypothesis?
A
Harry Hess
B
James Hutton
C
Alfred Wegener
D
Charles F. Richter
3) What was the name of the supercontinent that linked all of the current continents together?
A
Pangaea
B
Pangaea Ultima
C
Laurasia
D
Gondwana
4) What does Pangaea mean?
A
all land
B
continental drift
C
big landmass
D
one planet
5) Why were land animal fossils good evidence to prove continental drift?
A
land animals could not swim across oceans to get to separate continents
B
land animals would have the patience to stay on continents while they moved
6) Why was evidence of glaciers in warm continents good evidence to prove continental drift?
A
it proved that continents like Africa and Australia were in a different, colder location at one point
B
it proved that climate change was not happening
7) Why were matching rock types found on the coasts of South America and Africa good evidence to prove continental drift?
A
the rocks must have been created at a trench
B
If the landmasses were connected, they would have the same types of rock that were the same age
8) What happens to magma that rises up through cracks in the seafloor?
A
it erodes
B
it brings continents back together
C
it becomes part of a continent
D
it cools and turns into new seafloor
9) What is found at mid ocean ridges?
A
volcanic island arcs
B
newest rocks on the ocean floor
C
deep sea trenches
D
oldest rocks on the ocean floor
10) As seafloors spread, what happens to older rock on the ocean floor?
A
it melts
B
it gets pushed away from the mid ocean ridge
C
it rises above sea level
D
it loses its magnetism
11) The area where two tectonic plates meet is called a:
A
continental shelf
B
valley
C
ocean basin
D
plate boundary
12) Tectonic plates move:
A
1 mile to 12 miles per year
B
1 kilometer to 12 kilometers per year
C
very quickly
D
1 cm to 12 cm per year
13) Two plates that area moving away from each other are:
A
convergent
B
divergent
C
transform
14) Two plates that are moving toward each other are:
A
transform
B
convergent
C
divergent
15) Two plates that are sliding against each other are
A
convergent
B
transform
C
divergent
16) If one plate sinks under another at a convergent boundary, this is called:
A
trenching
B
collision
C
subduction
D
division
17) Why does one plate sink under another plate at some convergent boundaries?
A
the sinking plate is more dense than the other plate
B
the sinking plate is less dense than the other plate
18) Mid-Ocean Ridges are created by:
A
transform boundaries
B
convergent boundaries where collision happens
C
convergent boundaries where subduction happens
D
divergent boundaries
19) Ocean Trenches are created by:
A
transform boundaries
B
convergent boundaries where subduction happens
C
divergent boundaries
D
convergent boundaries where collision happens
20) Folded mountains are created by:
A
divergent boundaries
B
transform boundaries
C
convergent boundaries where collision happens
D
convergent boundaries where subduction happens
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