Pt2 science 1

Subduction zone is form in both divergent and convergent boundaries.

• True

• False

Transform plate boundaries only affect oceanic lithosphere.

• False

• True

The age of ocean lithosphere decreases as it approached ocean ridges.

• True

• False

theory of plate tectonics was proposed by John Vinson in year 1965.

• True

• False

Tectonic plates are moved passively by convection currents in Earth's mantle.

• True

• False

WHICH MODERN CONTINENTS WERE DERIVED FROM GONDWANALAND?

• 1. Africa, Antarctica, Australia, India, and South America

• 1. Africa, Antarctica, Australia, North America and South America

• 1. Asia, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, and South America

• 1. Asia, Antarctica, Australia, North America and South America.

WEGENER USED THE FOSSILS OF ORGANISMS AS EVIDENCE TO HIS THEORY, WHAT FOSSIL WAS DESCRIBED AS PLANT EATING ANIMAL AND ABOUT A SIZE OF A DOG?

• 1. Altosaurus

• 1. Cynognatus

• 1. Lystosaurus

• 1. Mesosaurus

SCIENTIST HAVE DISCOVERED THAT TECTONIC PLATES FLOAT ON THE PLASTIC LAYER OF THE EARTH. WHICH LAYER OF THE EARTH DO PLATES MOVE?

• 1. Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Core

• Mesospheric mantle

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MAJOR TECTONIC PLATE DOES NOT CONTAIN A CONTINENT?

• Antarctic

• Pacific

• Indo Australian

• North American

WHAT DO YOU CALL TO THE REGION OF THE EARTH'S CRUST WHERE PLATES ARE DIVING BENEATH THE OTHER PLATES?

• Fracture zone

• Subduction zone

• Plate boundaries

• Tectonic plates