Plate Tectonics Check

Plate Tectonics Check

12th Grade

10 Qs

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Plate Tectonics Check

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Assessment

Quiz

Geography

12th Grade

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Tristian Dixon

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Name the scientist responsible for the continental drift hypothesis.

Alfred Wegener

Albert Einstein

Bill Nye

Neil Degrasse Tyson

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Match the following

Continental Continental Convergent

The plate boundary responsible for creating earthquakes in California

Continental Oceanic Convergent

The plate boundary responsible for creating Volcanoes

Divergent

The plate boundary responsible for creating Island Volcano Chains (Japan)

Transform

The plate boundary responsible for creating new seafloor

Oceanic Oceanic Convergent

The plate boundary responsible for creating Mountains

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

T or F: Lithospheric plates move on top of the Hotspot creating Volcanic Islands

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a compositional layer of earth?

Crust

Mantle

Core

Asthenosphere

5.

REORDER QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Reorder the following layers from surface (1), to core (5)

Mesosphere

Asthenosphere

Outer Core

Inner Core

Lithosphere

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following layers is responsible for all magnetic activity on earth

Inner Core

Outer Core

Lithosphere

Asthenosphere

7.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Match the following

Seafloor Spreading

The phenomena that creates new seafloor

Plate Tectonics

the constant circulation of magma, this circulation is similar to air mass circulation

Ridge Push

The hypothesis that the continents all once fit together in one Supercontinent

Mantle Convection

The theory that states that the earth is consistent of plates that are in constant motion

Continental Drift

occurs when new magma rises to the surface, “pushing” older crust to the side as it rises

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