Quiz about Chapter 5 Plate Tectonics Review

Question 1

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle

Answer

Energy from the Sun

Answer

Magnetic Pole Reversal

Answer

Faults in Mountain Ranges

Question 2

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Plate

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Question 3

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

Answer

Volcano Eruption

Answer

Tornado

Answer

Mountain Building

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?

Accepted Answer

Sand Erosion

Answer

Fossils

Answer

Mountains

Answer

Glaciers

Question 5

Deep Ocean Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

Answer

Plate

Answer

Divergent

Question 6

Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Question 7

Where would the oldest rock be found?

Accepted Answer

O

Answer

L

Answer

M

Answer

N

Question 8

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

Answer

New crust is underwater where it sinks

Answer

New crust breaks more easily than old crust

Question 9

Mountains are created when....

Accepted Answer

Two continental plates collide

Answer

Two oceanic plates pull apart

Answer

An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

Answer

Two continental plates pull apart

Question 10

Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ______ is formed.

Accepted Answer

Volcano

Answer

Mountain

Answer

Island Arc

Answer

Rift

Question 11

What does the theory of continental drift state?

Accepted Answer

The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

Answer

Continents are stationary and do not move

Answer

The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

Answer

none of the above

Question 12

What type of boundary creates an island arc?

Accepted Answer

convergent ocean ocean

Answer

convergent ocean continental

Answer

convergent continental continental

Answer

divergent

Question 13

What type of boundary creates new seafloor?

Accepted Answer

divergent

Answer

convergent ocean ocean

Answer

convergent ocean continental

Answer

convergent continental continental

Question 14

What type of boundary creates a volcano?

Accepted Answer

convergent ocean continental

Answer

Transform

Answer

convergent continental continental

Answer

divergent

Question 15

Plates of the lithosphere float on the ____.

Accepted Answer

asthenosphere

Answer

crust

Answer

core

Answer

atmosphere

Question 16

What geologic feature is most likely to form at a divergent boundary?

Accepted Answer

rift valley

Answer

delta

Answer

trench

Answer

plateau

Question 17

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

Accepted Answer

at plate boundaries

Answer

in oceans

Answer

in the middle of continents

Answer

in the middle of plates

Question 18

What forms at a subduction zone?

Accepted Answer

Trench

Accepted Answer

Volcano

Answer

Rift Valley

Answer

Uplifted Mountains

Question 19

This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

Accepted Answer

Inner Core

Answer

Outer Core

Answer

Mantle

Answer

Crust

Question 20

Who suggested the Continental Drift theory?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Answer

Aldrin Weiner

Answer

George Williams

Answer

Dr Drift

Question 21

This fault boundary has two plates moving past each other.

Accepted Answer

transform

Answer

divergent

Answer

convergent

Question 22

This fault boundary is has two plate moving away from each other.

Accepted Answer

divergent

Answer

convergent

Answer

transform

Question 23

The crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle form the part of Earth called the ______________.

Accepted Answer

lithosphere

Answer

mid-ocean ridge

Answer

rift

Answer

core

Question 24

_______________ is a chain of mountains that runs about 41,600 miles through the world's oceans.

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Rift

Answer

Valley

Answer

Rocky Mountains

Question 25

The lithosphere moves only a few _______ a year.

Accepted Answer

centimeters

Answer

feet

Answer

yards

Answer

miles

Question 26

____________ is the theory that the lithosphere is divided into plates that are always moving.

Accepted Answer

Plate tectonics

Answer

Mid-Ocean ridge

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Fault

Question 27

_____________ is the process, which takes place along the mid-ocean ridge, in which liquid rock rises and becomes solid as two tectonic plates move farther apart.

Accepted Answer

sea-floor spreading

Answer

mid-ocean ridge

Answer

rift

Answer

transform fault

Question 28

The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ___________ fault.

Accepted Answer

transform

Answer

divergent

Answer

convergent

Answer

rift

Question 29

What is one clue/evidence that scientists have used to conclude that the continents once were together?

Accepted Answer

fossils

Answer

water levels

Answer

elevation above sea level

Question 30

What type of plate is thicker?  Continental or Oceanic

Accepted Answer

continental

Answer

oceanic

Question 31

Which of the following did not support Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift?

Accepted Answer

magnetic striping on the ocean floor

Answer

identical fossils on continents

Answer

mountain ranges

Answer

coastlines fit like a puzzle

Question 32

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

Accepted Answer

Tectonic plates on the crust move.

Answer

The mantle increases in size.

Answer

Pressure in the crust increases.

Answer

Pressure in the crust decreases.

Question 33

Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's

Accepted Answer

Mantle/Asthenosphere

Answer

Continental crust

Answer

Oceanic crust

Answer

Lithosphere

Question 34

Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle?

Accepted Answer

the core

Answer

The sun

Answer

The crust

Answer

the mantle

Question 35

What does the theory of continental drift state?

Accepted Answer

The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

Answer

Continents are stationary and do not move

Answer

The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

Answer

none of the above

Question 36

Oceanic crust is

Accepted Answer

Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust

Answer

Younger and less dense than continental crust

Answer

Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust

Answer

Bigger and younger than continental crust

Question 37

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Answer

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

Answer

glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature

Answer

mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents

Question 38

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

Accepted Answer

South America and Africa

Answer

Africa and North America

Answer

South America and Europe

Answer

Antartica and Africa

Question 39

Why did no one believe Wegener's theory?

Accepted Answer

He could not explain HOW the continents moved.

Answer

He didn't have any evidence to support his idea.

Answer

His evidence was not supporting the hypothesis.

Answer

He didn't use the right technology to gather data.

Question 40

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Answer

Harry Hess

Answer

Alfredo Sauce

Answer

Alfred the Butler

Question 41

Was continental drift accepted in Wegener's lifetime?

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

Yes

Answer

Yes, but only by his mother.

Answer

No, but scientists told him to never give up.

Question 42

What year did Alfred Wegener create his theory?

Accepted Answer

1912

Answer

1960

Answer

1945

Answer

1512

Question 43

What does Pangaea  mean?

Accepted Answer

all earth

Answer

together

Answer

all over Marlboro

Answer

all around the world

Question 44

Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic

Answer

Indian

Answer

Dead Sea

Answer

Artic

Question 45

Created by a divergent boundary.

Accepted Answer

Mid Atlantic ridge

Answer

Rocky Mountains

Answer

Mariana Trench

Question 46

Name the boundary

Accepted Answer

convergent boundary

Answer

divergent boundary

Answer

transform boundary

Answer

sergent boundary

Question 47

Name the boundary

Accepted Answer

divergent boundary

Answer

convergent boundary

Answer

transform boundary

Answer

sergent boundary

Question 48

During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...

Accepted Answer

at the mid ocean ridges

Answer

along the continents

Answer

deep ocean trenches

Answer

at north and south poles

Question 49

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

Accepted Answer

subduction zone

Answer

submarine zone

Answer

divergence zone

Answer

lower zone

Question 50

Mountains form from ...

Accepted Answer

collision of plates

Answer

plates sliding past one another

Answer

plates moving away from each other

Question 51

Earth's plates are...

Accepted Answer

constantly moving and changing the face of the earth

Answer

Never moves

Answer

Moves seldom and very fast

Answer

Moves when it feels like it

Question 52

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?

Accepted Answer

Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate

Answer

Africa has always been near the equator

Answer

The continents have not moved

Answer

sea floor spreading

Question 53

What specific technology did Wegener use in his study?

Accepted Answer

Maps

Answer

GPS

Answer

Sonar

Answer

Radar

Question 54

Wegener's theory was rejected due to his lack of evidence.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 55

Who hypothesized that the plates were spreading?

Accepted Answer

Harry Hess

Answer

Harry Ness

Answer

Alfred Wegener

Answer

Alfred Wagner

Question 56

What is the driving force of the movement of plates?

Accepted Answer

Convection

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Question 57

Igneous rock at the center of the mid- ocean ridge is younger than the rock that is being recycled at the ends.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 58

Alfred Wegener hypothesized that plates drifted apart over millions of years.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 59

Is the sea floor old or young, compared with the rest of the earth's crust?

Accepted Answer

young

Answer

old

Question 60

What is this a picture of?

Accepted Answer

pangea

Answer

plate tectonics

Answer

continental drift

Answer

glacier scaring

Question 61

What is the force that moves the continents?

Accepted Answer

Convection

Answer

Conduction

Answer

Radiation

Answer

Conveyor belts

Question 62

The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

Accepted Answer

ring of fire

Answer

death ring

Answer

fire zone

Answer

zone of fire

Question 63

In this experiment, the WARM red dye and the COLD blue dye was placed in the water at the same time. The warm red dye rose to the top while the cold blue dye sank to the bottom.

Accepted Answer

convection

Answer

conduction

Answer

radiation

Question 64

The type of heat transfer that happens through direct contact of molecules or particles with each other is ___________________.

Accepted Answer

Conduction

Answer

Convection

Answer

Radiation

Answer

insulation.

Chapter 5 Plate Tectonics Review

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Discover more resources for Science