Plate Tectonic Quiz review

What is the Mid ocean ridge?

• a continental mountain range

• a valley system in the middle of the ocean

• an underwater mountain range

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Which scientist proposed the theory of sea-floor spreading?

• Isaac Newton

• Rube Goldberg

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

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Where does sea-floor spreading occur?

• mantle

• mid-ocean ridges

• subduction zones

• deep-ocean trenches

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The OLDEST seafloor is located? 

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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New crust is always formed at the...

• mid-ocean ridge
• deep-ocean trench
• asthenosphere

Which of the following evidences supports the sea floor spreading theory?

• strange pillow shaped rocks formed from cooled molten material

• ocean rocks organized in magnetized stripes

• the further the rocks are from the ridge the older they are

• all of these

What is a tectonic plate?

• A piece of the Earth's crust
• A piece of Earth's mantle
• A piece of Earth's core
• A piece of Earth's Moon

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What is the driving force behind the movement of the tectonic plates?

• Gravity

• Convection

• Wave motion

• Seismic activity

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At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way? 

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

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Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Reform

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