Plate Tectonics and Climate Review Unit Test

Which process has ocean floor sinking into the mantle at a deep-ocean trench?

• Subduction

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Volcanism

Which of this evidence does NOT support the hypothesis of continental drift?

• Tree rings

• Fossils

• Mountains and Coal Beds

• Glaciers

The geological theory that says that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is

• Plate tectonics

• Continental drift

• Rock cycle

• Seafloor spreading

What do most geologists think causes the movement of Earth's plates?

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Solar radiation

• Planetary alignment

• Magnetic field shifts

The area around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's volcanoes are and earthquakes happen is

• The Ring of Fire

• The Circle of Life

• The Zone of Turbulence

• The Belt of Destruction

Who was the first person to hypothesize that a single continent existed about 300 million years ago and has since drifted apart?

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• Marie Curie

• Charles Darwin

What causes sea level rise?

• Melting sea ice and volcanic eruptions

• Thermal expansion and asteroid impacts

• Tectonic plate movements and solar flares

• Melting land ice and thermal expansion

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?

• Pangaea

• Atlantis

• Lemuria

• Gondwana

Climates are classified using

• Precipitation and temperature

• Wind speed and humidity

• Altitude and longitude

• Vegetation and soil type

When two plates slip past each other moving in opposite directions that is a

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Subduction zone