Plate Tectonics Test

In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature most often forms?

• an ocean

• a volcano

• a river valley

• a mountain chain

Which of the following is the most likely cause of earthquakes?

• shifting rock layers

• crashing meteorites

• rotation of the core

• magnetic force

The first person to introduce the idea of the continents moving around the surface of Earth was

• Neils Bohr

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Alfred Wegener

Tectonic plates:

• move slowly

• sometimes press against or pull away from each other

• sometimes scrape against each other

• all of the choices above

What types of boundaries do these pictures represent? (Top to bottom)

• Divergent, convergent, transform

• Transform, divergent, convergent

• Divergent, transform, convergent

Which of the following correctly describes how the two plates are moving?

• One plate is sinking under the other.

• They are moving toward each other.

• They are moving away from each other.

At what type of boundary do plates slide past each other ?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

At what type of boundary do plates move away from each other?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

At what type of boundary do plates collide?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

What type of landform occurs at a divergent boundary separating 2 plates of oceanic crust?

• mountains

• mid-ocean ridge

• tsunami