Plate Tectonics Test

Plate Tectonics Test

9th - 12th Grade

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40 Qs

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Plate Tectonics Test

Plate Tectonics Test

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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What is the thinnest layer of the earth’s composition?

mantle
inner core
crust
outer core

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature
mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents
all of the above

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Convection occurs in the _________________ and causes the plates to move.

crust

core

mantle

molten

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The theory that pieces of the Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle is called:

Radiation
Plate Tectonics
Pangea
Continental Divide

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ________.

divergent boundary
convergent boundary
transform fault
subduction zone

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

In his theory of continental drift, Alfred Wegener proposed that ________.

the continents were once joined together in one land mass

the continents are all moving together and will soon collide

the continents are floating around on a large ocean

Earth is expanding

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Continental drift is the idea that

continents move over time

some continents subduct under others

Earth's magnetic pole has reversed

earthquakes occur at plate boundaries

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