Plate Tectonics Quiz

Which illustration represents a Divergent boundary?

• A

• B

• C

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Which type of plate boundary does the Mid-Atlantic Ridge represent?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Subduction

What causes the movement of the continents (plates)?

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Earthquakes along transform boundaries

• Volcanic eruptions near subduction zones

• Cosmic rays from the sun

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Which of the following shows that the continents are moving and drifting apart?

• Same fossil evidence found on different continent

• Sonar mapping of the sea floor

• Sea-floor spreading at mid-ocean ridges

• All of the above

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Which diagram BEST represents a subduction zone?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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At point B on the diagram, sea-floor spreading is shown. What type of tectonic plate boundary is this?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transfer

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The most common cause of earthquakes is

• the sinking of the ocean floor

• movements in the Earth’s crust

• giant tidal waves called tsunamis

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What type of fossil evidence support Wegener’s Continental Drift Theory (Continents moving apart)?

• Fossils are all different on each continent

• Fossil evidence show that continents are not movin

• Same dinosaur’s fossils found on different continents

• Unrelated types of fossils found on far apart continent

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What can happen when two continents collide?

• Formation of mountains

• Formation of a mid-ocean ridge

• Formation of a divergent boundary

• Formation of sink holes

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Which diagram represents a divergent boundary?

• A

• B

• C

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