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Plate Tectonic Quiz

Authored by Rachel DAusilio

Science

9th - 12th Grade

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Plate Tectonic Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of plate boundaries can lead to the formation of volcanoes?

Transform

Divergent

Convergent

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which best describes how plates are moving at a transform boundary?

Plates move past each other sideways

Plates move towards each other

Plates move away from each other

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following plate boundaries is involved in trench formation?

Convergent

Divergent

Transform

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following are pieces of evidence for continental drift theory?

Fossil species found across different continents

The continents roughly fit together like a puzzle

Magnetic striping on the ocean floor moving away from mid-ocean ridges

Shoreline erosion occurs everywhere on the planet

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of plate boundary is most likely to form a tsunami?

Convergent

Divergent

Transform

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

Pantry
Pangaea
Wegenerland
Eurasia

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was NOT used in support of the continental drift hypothesis?

matching fossils
Ancient climates
paleomagnetism
Matching rocks

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