Plate Tectonics Review Question Preview (ID: 55135)


This Review Quiz Include Questions About The Plate Tectonics Theory, Layers Of The Earth, And Types Of Plate Boundaries. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Which among the following type of plate boundaries results to Mountain formation?
a) Convergent Boundary
b) Divergent Boundary
c) Transform Boundary
d) All of these

Which among the following type of plate boundaries results to the formation of the Mid-Ocean ridge?
a) Convergent Boundary
b) Divergent Boundary
c) Transform Boundary
d) All of these

Which among the following type of plate boundaries results to the formation of the San Andreas Fault?
a) Convergent Boundary
b) Divergent Boundary
c) Transform Boundary
d) All of these

What is the other term for Lithosphere?
a) Asthenosphere
b) Convection Current
c) Mantle
d) Tectonic plate

Who are the two notable scientists that help develop the Plate Tectonics Theory?
a) Alfred Wegener and Charles Darwin
b) Harry Hess and Albert Einstein
c) Alfred Wegener and Harry Hess
d) Harry Hess and Isaac Newton

What do you call the solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere?
a) Asthenospehere
b) Lithosphere
c) Mantle
d) Crust

The process which a heavier tectonic plate sinks or move under another plate.
a) Convection
b) Subduction
c) Uplift
d) None of these.

What do you call the process or driving force that makes plates move?
a) Convection
b) Subduction
c) Uplift
d) None of these

Transform plate boundaries create strong _____.
a) earthquakes
b) faults
c) mountains
d) volcanoes

Volcanic arcs are formed along which type of plate boundary?
a) Convergent Boundary
b) Divergent Boundary
c) Transform Boundary
d) All of these

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