Plate Tectonics Test

Multiple Choice

What are the two types of crust?

• Ocean and basin

• Lower and upper

• Continental and oceanic

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What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

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This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

• New Madrid

• Denali Fault

• San Andreas Fault

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What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Slide/Transform

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This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates:

• Mantle convection currents
• Oceanic convection currents
• Solar convection currents

Multiple Choice

 A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is:

• a valley
• an ocean
• a canyon
• a volcano

Multiple Choice

Which section of Earth is the largest?

• The Mantle

• The Inner Core

• The Outer Core

• The Crust

Multiple Choice

What do we call it where you see the Oceanic Crust and Lithosphere going under the Continental Crust and Lithosphere?

• Subduction

• Sinking

• Reduction

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Which diagram shows what happened between the two plates as they moved away from each other?

• Diagram A: A new plate from underneath filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.

• Diagram B: Sand and dirt filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.

  Diagram B:, Sand and dirt filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.

• Diagram C: Ocean water filled in the gap that was created by the plates moving apart.

• Diagram D: Soft, solid rock from underneath the plates rose and hardened, adding solid rock to the edges of both plates.

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Fossil remains of Lystrosaurus (an extinct four-legged animal) have been discovered in India and South Africa. When they were living, all the Lystrosaurus lived together on land, and they could not swim. However, now there is an ocean between the Lystrosaurus fossils. What could explain how these fossils got so far apart?

• India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved far apart as soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates over millions of years.

• India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates floated away from each other across the ocean.

• India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates slowly moved apart as new plates from underneath got added between them over millions of years.

• India and South Africa are parts of different plates. The plates were sometimes pushed far apart by earthquakes, and soft, solid rock from underneath got added to the edges of the plates.

Multiple Choice

Patterns on this map tell us that . . .

• volcanic activity and earthquakes happened in the following order: volcanic activity, earthquake, volcanic activity, earthquake, and so on.

• volcanic activity and earthquakes happened in random locations all over the ma

• volcanic activity and earthquakes happened in similar areas.

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This is a map of the world’s earthquake epicenters.  What do you think causes earthquakes to continue to occur in these areas?

• They are along a mountain range

• They are along a plate boundary

• The earthquakes are caused by nearby volcanoes

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If Mr. Chavez were taking a 4 hour nap between two converging tectonic plates, by the time he woke up, what would have happened?

• He gets smashed!

• Nothing because it will take million of years for them to move enough to squish him

• The plates are moving away from each other so he would fall down in the mantle and burn till he's crsipy

• He would flex his muscles and push the plates apart! (of course)

Multiple Select

South America and Africa look to fit together like a puzzle.

• This does not support the theory of Pangaea

• This does support the theory of Pangaea

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Which oceanic plate in the above picture must be more dense?

• The plate on the left (the plate with the volcano on it)

• The plate on the right (without the volcano)

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Yellowstone National Park marks the location of a huge:

• Island Arc
• Divergent Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Hot Spot

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The ____________ is a belt of volcanoes around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.

• island arc
• Ring of Fire
• hot spot

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At transform boundaries, tectonic plates:

• move apart

• slide past each other

• collide

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At convergent boundaries, the tectonic plates:

• move apart

• slide past each other

• collide

Multiple Choice

Name this volcano:

• Shield

• CInder Cone

• Composite

Multiple Choice

Name this volcano:

• Shield

• CInder Cone

• Composite

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The fossil plant Glossopteris has been found in Africa, Australia, India, South America, and Antarctica. This evidence helps support the idea that:

• the continents have always been at the same locations they are now

• the continents have moved

• the continents were all once covered by ice

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Based on the current position of the continents, in what general direction did South America drift away from Pangaea?

• East

• West

• North

• South

Multiple Choice

Where is Earth's heat energy most concentrated?

• The mantle

• The core

• The crust

Multiple Choice

The San Andreas fault is an example of which kind of boundary?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

Multiple Choice

Three different types of tectonic plate boundaries are shown. Which diagram would show that earthquakes are often formed as a result of stress that builds at the edges of two plates?

• A

• B

• C

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Three different types of tectonic plate boundaries are shown below. Which diagram would show magma rising in between two plates and reaching the surface where it eventually cools to form new rock?

• A

• B

• C

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Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

• Pandora

• Gandowandaland

• Pangea

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What type of fossils were noticed by Wegener that were found on different continents?

• Leaves and flowers
• Plants and animals
• Dinosaurs and reptiles

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A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform
• Spreading

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Multiple Choice

Starting with the innermost part of the volcano, pick the correct order of the following items:

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• magma, lava, ash

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The cracks in Earth's crust are called ___________.

• tectonic plates
• faults
• magma

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A huge hole that is left behind when a volcano collapses is called a:

• Lake

• Caldera
• Vent

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What is the difference between magma and lava?

• Magma is outside of the volcano while lava is inside

• Magma and lava are on the inside

• Magma is in the volcano and lava is outside of the volcano