Plate Tectonics Test

The last super continent was given the name

• gondwanaland

• eurasia

• pangaea

• panamerica

the scientist who first created the continental drift hypothesis was named

• einstein

• newton

• wegener

• degrasse tyson

The Islands of Hawaii are formed from a(n)

• oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary

• oceanic-continental convergent boundary

• mantle plume

• divergent plate boundary

Which of the following boundaries could also be called a "subduction zone"

• continental-continental convergent

• Oceanic-oceanic convergent

• divergent

• transform

Which of the following mountains were formed from a continental-continental convergent boundary?

• Andes Mountains

• Cascade Mountains

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Himalaya Mountains

Which of the following landforms were formed from a divergent plate boundary? (mark all that apply)

• Sea of Cortez (mexico)

• Red Sea (Arabian Peninsula)

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

Which ocean is surrounded by convergent boundaries forming the "ring of fire"

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Arctic

• Pacific

Which of the following island chains were formed from oceanic-oceanic convergent boundaries? (mark all that apply)

• Indonesia

• the Phillipines

• Japan

• Hawaii

The volcanic mountains in the Pacific Northwest of the United States are part of the

• Cascade Mountains

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

Which of the following Oceans formed from a divergent plate boundary that pushed apart continents?

• Arctic

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Indian