Plate Tectonics Quiz

The Ring of Fire is located around which ocean?

• Pacific Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

Who is credited with developing the theory of plate tectonics?

• Charles Darwin

• Galileo Galilei

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

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Which layer of the Earth is broken into tectonic plates?

• Outer core

• Inner core

• Crust

• Mantle

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What geologic feature is often created at divergent plate boundaries?

• Trenches

• Rift valleys

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

What process drives the movement of tectonic plates?

• Solar flares

• Gravitational pull of the Moon

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Earth's rotation

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The Himalayas were formed as a result of which type of plate boundary?

• Subduction boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

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Which type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving apart?

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Subduction boundary

What is the supercontinent known as that existed millions of years ago before breaking apart?

• Rodinia

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

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What is the theory of plate tectonics explain the occurrence of volcanoes?

• Glacial movement

• The release of energy from the core

• Seafloor spreading

• Subduction of oceanic plates

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How does heat play a role in plate tectonics?

• By melting the Earth's core

• By causing hurricanes

• By stopping earthquakes

• By generating convection currents in the mantle

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