
Plate Techtonics
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What drives the movement of Earth's lithospheric plates?
Convection currents in the mantle
Volcanic eruptions
Tidal forces from the Moon
Earth's rotation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which type of plate boundary is associated with the creation of new crust?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
None of the above
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle?
Subduction
Convection
Plate Tectonics
Seafloor Spreading
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the boundary called where two plates move apart?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
None of the above
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What geological features are associated with divergent plate boundaries?
Volcanoes, mountains, and earthquakes
Islands and deep ocean trenches
Rift zones and mid-ocean ridges
None of the above
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This type of plate boundary slides past one another and is known for causing earthquakes
Subduction
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The geologist that came up with the Theory of Continental Drift is _______
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Ben Franklin
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