
Plate Tectonics Check

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Geography
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12th Grade
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Tristian Dixon
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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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