Quiz about Plate Tectonics Review

Question 1

What type of boundary is pictured?

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divergent, rift valley

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divergent, sea floor spreading

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convergent, mid- ocean ridge

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convergent, rift valley

Question 2

What type of convergent boundary is pictured?

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convergent- continental & continental

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convergent- oceanic & continental

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convergent- subduction zone

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convergent- sea floor spreading

Question 3

Identify this geologic feature

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sea floor spreading from divergent boundary

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rift valley from convergent boundary

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subduction zone from convergent boundary

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crust destroyed from transform boundary

Question 4

Which letter represents the asthenosphere/mantle?

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C

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A

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B

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D

Question 5

Which of the following creates new crust?

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Option A is correct

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B.

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C.

Question 6

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by this type of plate boundary.

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divergent

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convergent

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transform

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subduction

Question 7

What drives tectonic plate movement?

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convection currents

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gravity

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coriolis effect

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the earth's magnetic core

Question 8

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

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at plate boundaries

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in oceans

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in the middle of continents

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in the middle of plates

Question 9

When one plate slides underneath another, it ____ and the magma _____.

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melts; rises

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hardens; sinks

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melts; sinks

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hardens; rises

Question 10

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

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oceanic

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continental

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neither

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both

Question 11

Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.

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convergent

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divergent

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transform

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transformer

Question 12

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,

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the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

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Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

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the continents DO NOT move

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Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

Question 13

Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...

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Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents

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it did not agree with their current theory

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Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago

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Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis

Question 14

In Seafloor Spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts or flows out

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along mid-ocean ridges

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along the edges of all the continents

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in the deep ocean trenches

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in the north and south poles

Question 15

The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of

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plate tectonics

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subduction

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evolution

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seafloor spreading

Question 16

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as

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subduction

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convection

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continental drift

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conduction

Question 17

A place where two plates slide past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a

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transform boundary

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divergent boundary

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convergent boundary

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rift valley

Question 18

A rift valley forms at a

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divergent plate boundary

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convergent plate boundary

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transform boundary

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deep ocean trench

Question 19

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

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Alfred Wegener

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Harry Hess

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Galileo

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Newton

Question 20

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

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

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Africa has always been near the equator

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The continents have not moved

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sea floor spreading

Question 21

According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

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South America and Africa were once connected together.

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Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

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Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

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Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

Question 22

The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.

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crust

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mantle

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core

Question 23

What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

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the mantle

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the crust

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the outer core

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the inner core

Question 24

What is the inner core made of?

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solid iron

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steel

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liquid iron

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aluminum

Question 25

Why is the inner core solid?

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the pressure

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its unknown

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what it's made of

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it is colder than the outer core

Question 26

What layer is a semisolid and acts like a plastic?

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Asthenosphere

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Lithosphere

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Mantle

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crust

Question 27

Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?

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lithosphere

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outer core

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inner core

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asthenosphere

Question 28

Which of the following DOES NOT describe the crust of the earth?

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it is thickest and least dense under the ocean

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it is thickest and least dense under the continents

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the continental crust is made up of mostly granite

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the oceanic crust is made up of mostly basalt

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