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Quiz on Plate Tectonics

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Geography

10th Grade

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Quiz on Plate Tectonics
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is a tectonic plate?

A broken piece of Earth's crust that floats on top of the mantle

A solid piece of Earth's mantle

A layer of liquid rock beneath the crust

A type of volcanic rock

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why do tectonic plates move?

Because they are pushed by wind

Because they float on the liquid mantle

Because of gravitational pull from the moon

Because they are attracted to each other

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What type of plate movement occurs when plates move toward each other?

Transform plate movement

Static plate movement

Convergent plate movement

Divergent plate movement

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What happens at a destructive plate boundary?

New crust is formed

Crust is destroyed due to collision

Plates slide past each other

No significant geological activity occurs

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the process called when an oceanic plate sinks under a continental plate?

Transform faulting

Convergence

Divergence

Subduction

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is formed when two continental plates converge?

Fold mountains

Oceanic trenches

Volcanic islands

Mid-ocean ridges

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the result of divergent plate movement?

Formation of earthquakes

Destruction of crust

Formation of new crust

Creation of oceanic trenches

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