Plate Tectonic Test (Browdy)

Which of the following is used as evidence of seafloor spreading?

• fossil evidence

• climate clues

• rock clues

• divergent boundaries 

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The process occurring in the mantle that is thought to be the force behind plate tectonics is an example of a(n)

• plate boundary

• divergent boundary

• normal fault

• convection current

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What type of boundary create mountains?

• tension boundary

• convergent boundary

• horizontal boundary

• convection current

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What is the name of the giant supercontinent in the illustration?

• Eurasia

• North America Plate

• Pangaea

• Pandora

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Which scientist is credited with the continental drift hypothesis?

• Tuzo Wilson

• Alfred Wegner

• Harry Hess

• Jason Morgan

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Which term refers to the rigid layer of Earth that is about 100 km thick and generally less dense than the material below it?

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• plate

• core

What type of plate boundary has plates sliding past each other?

• convergent boundaries

• divergent boundaries

• subduction zones

• transform boundaries

What type of plate boundary is most likely to occur at point A in the diagram?

• transform

• divergent

• reverse

• convergent

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Which of the following can be explained at Point B in the diagram?

• Plates move apart and volcanoes form

• Plates move past each other sideways

• Plates are not moving

• Plates move toward each other and volcanoes from

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What effect might tectonic plate movement have on the size of an ocean basin?

• An ocean basin becomes larger when new crust is created at transform boundaries.

• An ocean basin becomes larger when new crust is created at convergent boundaries.

• There is no effect on the size of an ocean basin because it is below sea level.

• There is no effect on the size of an ocean basin because crust is created at divergent boundaries and destroyed at subduction zones.

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