Plate Tectonics Pre-test
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
at plate boundaries
in oceans
I don't know
in the middle of plates
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.
convergent
divergent
transform
I don't know
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This land form can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
trench
mid-ocean ridge
folded mountains
I don't know
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,
Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
the continents DO NOT move
I don't know
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is Pangaea?
the name of a German scientist
the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
I don't know
the name of an ancient fossil
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
evidence from landforms
evidence from fossils
evidence from human remains
evidence from climate
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as
convection
continental drift
subduction
I don't know
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