Plate Tectonics Exam

 A mid-ocean ridge forms at a 

• colliding/convergent boundary
• spreading/divergent boundary. 
• sliding/ transform boundary.
• Deep-ocean trench 

 The place where two plates comes together represented by letter A in the diagram is known as 

• Transform Boundary 
• Divergent Boundary 
• Convergent Boundary 
• Rift Valley Boundary 

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

• Transform Boundary
• Convergent Boundary 
• Divergent Boundary
• Rift Valley Boundary 

What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and basin
• lower and upper
• thick and thin

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What drives tectonic plate movement? 

• gravity
• coriolis effect
• convection currents
• the earth's magnetic core

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Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

• volcanoes
• deep sea trenches
• underwater mountain ranges
• earthquakes

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What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• evidence from landforms
• evidence from fossils
• evidence from human remains
• evidence from climate

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart
• Come together
• Slide past each other
• subducting

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Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

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Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's

• Continental crust
• Oceanic crust
• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere