Plate Tectonics Quiz

Who developed the Continental Drift Theory?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

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Which crust is older, Continental or Oceanic?

• Continental

• Oceanic

• Both are the same age

• Neither has an age

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What causes the hotter magma in the mantle to do?

• Rise

• Sink

• Stay still

• Cool down

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What is the process called when magma rises on the sea floor?

• Sea-Floor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Volcanism

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What forms the shallow sea beds close to shore?

• Continental Shelf

• Oceanic Ridge

• Trench

• Volcanic Island

What is the process called when new crust is formed at divergent boundaries?

• Sea-floor spreading

• Subduction

• Folding

• Faulting

What is the most famous transform boundary mentioned?

• San Andreas Fault

• Great Rift Valley

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Mariana Trench

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What forms at the place where plates collide at continental/oceanic convergent boundaries?

• Trench

• Rift valley

• Folded mountains

• Mid-ocean ridge

What is a subduction zone?

• A place where two plates move apart.

• A zone where one crust goes below another.

• A region with no geological activity.

• A desert area.

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What is created when an older oceanic crust goes below another?

• A desert

• A volcanic arc of islands

• A glacier

• A canyon

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