Plate Tectonics Review

Which geologic event indicates a convergent boundary?

• mountains

• sea floor spreading

• rift valleys

• mid ocean ridge

Which plate boundary is two plates separating or spreading apart?

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

• oceanic

Which statement best describes plate movement?

• The plates are constantly moving.

• The plates moved for millions of years but have now stopped.

• The plates stayed in one place for millions of years but are moving now.

• There is no evidence that the plates ever moved.

The shifting of plates and release of energy results in .......

• earthquakes

• mountain building

• volcanoes

• trenches

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together or collide is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

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

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 200-300 million years ago.

• Pangea

• Gondwanda

• Laurasia

• Neverland

The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...

• Pangea
• Plate Tectonics
• Natural Selection
• Gravity

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Mountains are created when....

• Two continental plates collide
• Two oceanic plates pull apart
• An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
• Two continental plates pull apart

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