Plate Tectonics Content Reading quiz

What is the mechanism that explains how continents could move around Earth’s surface?

• Mantle convection

• Tectonic plate collisions

• Volcanic eruptions

• Seafloor spreading

What portion of the Earth makes up the 'plates' in plate tectonics?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Outer core

What technology was used to locate earthquake epicenters and outline the tectonic plates?

• Satellites

• Radar systems

• Seismographs

• Sonar devices

At which type of plate boundary do two plates move away from each other?

• Subduction zone

• Divergent plate boundary

• Transform plate boundary

• Convergent plate boundary

What type of geologic activity is common at a convergent plate boundary ?

• Mountain building

• Volcanic eruptions

• All of the above

• Earthquakes

What is the geologic origin of the Cascade Range in the Pacific Northwest?

• Subduction of oceanic plate beneath continental plate

• Transform plate boundary

• Divergent plate boundary

• Continental-continental convergence

What type of plate boundary creates a volcanic island arc and many earthquakes?

• Transform plate boundary

• Divergent plate boundary

• Continent-continent convergence

• Ocean-ocean convergence

What is the result of continent-continent convergence?

• Transform faults

• Ocean formation

• Volcanic eruptions

• Mountain ranges

What type of motion is produced by seafloor spreading?

• Vertical motion

• Torsional motion

• Rotational motion

• Horizontal motion

What is responsible for most of the Earth’s geologic features?

• Cosmic radiation

• Plate interactions

• Atmospheric processes

• Biological activities