Plate Tectonics Quiz

Subduction occurs along this boundary type ______

• Convergent

• Alfred Wegener

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Pangea

Earthquakes commonly occur at this boundary type _______

• Alfred Wegener

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Transform

• Convergent

His theory was named “Continental Drift”

• Lithosphere

• Pangea

• Convergent

• Asthenosphere

• Alfred Wegener

The area in the mantle where convection occurs ______

• Asthenosphere

• Alfred Wegener

• Convergent

• Lithosphere

• Pangea

The “supercontinent” that existed 220 mya ________

• Pangea

• Alfred Wegener

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Convergent

This part of the Earth includes the upper mantle and crust.

• Pangea

• Alfred Wegener

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Convergent

What is it called when one tectonic plate sinks under another?

• Subduction

• Convection

• Transformation

• Pangea

What are the layers of the Earth?

• Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• Thermosphere, crust, inner core, outer core

• Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, crust, core

• Ocean, continent, crust, atmosphere

Which of the following were pieces of evidence Alfred Wegener used to support the idea of continental drift? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

• The jigsaw fit of Africa and South America

• The oceanic salt evidence

• The fossil evidence

• The jigsaw fit of Canada and United States

Which is a valid statement, based on the map in Figure 1: Earthquake Risk? The highest risk of an earthquake happening is...

• On the West Coast

• On the East Coast

• In the Northeast

• In the South