New Quiz on Plate tectonic movment

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

• Pantry
• Pangaea
• Wegenerland
• Eurasia

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

• Pantry
• Pangaea
• Wegenerland
• Eurasia

What was the main reason Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis was rejected?

• He did not have any evidence
• His proposed mechanisms were physically impossible
• He did not propose any mechanisms.

The lithospheric plates move an average of ____.

• 5 inches/year
• 5 cm/year
• 3 cm/year
• 5 feet/year

What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producing
lithosphere?

• convergent 
• transform
• divergent

A divergent boundary at two oceanic plates can result in a ____.

• volcanic island arc
• continental volcanic arc
• earthquake
• ocean ridges (seafloor spreading)

This is an example of -

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

This is an example of -

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

What causes the tectonic plates to move?

• convection of magma
• the earth's magnetic field
• the earth spinning
• earth's gravitational pull

The movement of plates at a divergent boundary

• move towards each other
• slide past each other
• move up and down
• move away from each other