Plate Tectonics Revolution Quiz

Who proposed the idea of continental drift and the supercontinent Pangaea?

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Marie Tharp

• Bruce Heezen

What evidence did Fred Vine and Drummond Matthews use to support the theory of seafloor spreading?

• Fossil distribution

• Trends of mountain ranges

• Rock types

• Magnetic barcode in rocks

What is the name of the boundary where plates are moving away from each other?

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Subduction zone

Which region is known for having approximately 75% of all volcanoes and 90% of earthquakes?

• Arctic Ocean

• Pacific Ring of Fire

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault an example of?

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Subduction zone

What is the process where the oceanic crust is consumed into the mantle at a subduction zone?

• Plate collision

• Continental drift

• Seafloor spreading

• Subduction

What is the name of the thick slab of Pacific ocean floor that is being pushed under the edge of a different slab of Earth’s crust?

• Ring of Fire

• Peru Chile Trench

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• East Pacific Rise

What do scientists want to know about the outer shell of the Earth?

• Why it is cracking apart

• Why it is shrinking

• Why it is expanding

• Why it is solidifying