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Plate Tectonics
Test Description: Plate Tectonics
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) When plates slide past each other, they create ________________________.
A
shear
2) When plates push together, they produce the force of ___________________.
A
fossils
B
shear
C
compression
D
tension
3) Wegener supported his theory with evidence from rocks and _____________________________.
A
shear
B
fossils
C
compression
D
continents
4) Alfred Wegener developed the theory of ________________________.
A
compression
B
continental drift
C
plate tectonics
D
continents
5) Later, scientists developed the theory of _______________________.
A
fossils
B
shear
C
plate tectonics
D
compression
6) Compression force can push the ground at the boundary of plates upward, forming ____________ mountains.
A
folded
B
tension
C
compression
D
shear
7) The theory of continental drift states that Earth’s ______________ were once one landmass.
A
plate tectonics
B
folded
C
fossils
D
continents
8) The model that states the Earth’s surface is composed of large rock plates that fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces is called ______________________________.
A
continental plates
B
continental tectonics
C
plate tectonics
D
drift tectonics
9) A scientist who studies Earth’s structure and history is called a(an) ____________________.
A
tectonogist
B
biologist
C
continentologist
D
geologist
10) The theory that states that the continents were once one landmass and that they drifted to their present positions over many years is called _____________________________.
A
drifting tectonics
B
continental plates
C
continental drift
D
driftonics
11) As hardened magma builds up on both sides of a plate boundary, a(an) _________________ forms at the center of a mid-ocean ridge.
A
rift valley
B
folded mountain
C
continental drift
D
fault block mountain
12) Shear forces at a fault can form ________________________________.
A
fault-block mountains
B
folded mountain
C
continental drift
D
rift valley
13) A highland in the middle of the oceans that runs parallel to the continents is called a(an) ____________________________.
A
mid-ocean ridge
B
rift valley
C
fault block mountains
D
folded mountains
14) The force of compression can form ______________________ at the point where two plates push together.
A
fault block mountains
B
rift valley
C
mid-ocean ridge
D
folded mountains
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