Earth's Plates Quiz

What is the mid-ocean ridge?

• A deep valley in the ocean

• A giant continuous mountain range on the ocean floor

• A flat plain on the ocean floor

• A series of underwater volcanoes

What process causes magma to form at deep-ocean trenches?

• Rising sea levels

• Sinking slabs of ocean floor

• Erosion by ocean currents

• Wind patterns

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What can form when two tectonic plates move away from each other?

• Mountains

• Volcanoes

• Deserts

• Forests

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 280-245 million years ago?

• Gondwana

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Atlantis

What forms when two continental plates collide (come together)?

• Mountains

• Volcanoes

• Trenches

• Islands

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What evidence helps us understand the current positions of continents?

• Fossils and rocks

• Ocean currents

• Weather patterns

• Animal migration

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In the FIRST box (box on the LEFT), the plates are moving towards each other and creating a

• mid-ocean ridge

• ocean trench

• mountain

• volcano

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In the MIDDLE box, the plates are moving away from each other and creating a

• mid-ocean ridge

• ocean trench

• mountain

• volcano

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In the LAST box (the box on the RIGHT), the plates are moving towards each other and creating a

• mid-ocean ridge

• ocean trench

• mountain

• volcano

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Earthquakes often lead to

• mountain ranges

• tsunamis

• hurricanes

• fossils

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