Continental Drift Quiz

Mountains on the Earth's surface form in random locations, with no relation to Earth's plates.

• True

• False

What did scientist Alfred Wegener call the large super continent that once existed?

• Pangea

• Panamerica

• Eurasia

• Ring of Fire

Which of these pieces of evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?

• fossils from different continents

• subduction zones

• divergent boundaries

• seafloor spreading

Which of these is NOT used as evidence that Earth's surface consists of plates that are in continuous motion?

• Mountains

• Volcanos

• earthquakes

• blizzards

The rocky outer layer of the Earth is called the ____________.

• hydrosphere

• lithosphere

• atmosphere

• mantle

Seafloor spreading explains why ___________.

• materials circulate within the Earth's mantle

• the oldest part of the ocean floor is found farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

• one portion of the Earth's crust dives beneath another portion

• the ocean has high and low tides.

The Ring of Fire refers to ____________.

• an active erupting volcano

• the volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean

• the land once known as Pangea

• the ocean has high and low tides

Scientist think that tectonic plates can move when __________.

• high tide occurs

• materials circulate in the Earth's mantle

• magma is released from the mid-ocean ridge

• the lithosphere begins to melt

A transform boundary exist where one of the Earth's plates _____________.

• moves away form another plate?

• slides past another plate.

• crashes into another plate

• dives beneath another plate

Energy release durning an Earthquake creates ______________.

• a seismic wave

• an eruption of molten lava

• an overheated inner core

• a mid-ocean ridge