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SCIENCE 10 - QUIZ #3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the German Scientist that came up with the theory of the Continental Drift? 
a)
Albert Einstein 
b)
Ms. Stukel 
c)
Galileo
d)
Alfred Wegener
2.
What is this a picture of?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
pangea
d)
glacier scaring
3.
Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...
a)
America, Greenland, and Europe.
b)
Antarctica, India, and America.
c)
all of Earth’s continents.
d)
South Africa, India, Australia, and South America.
4.

The place where two plates move apart is called a ______.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

All of the above

5.

Volcanoes are most likely to occur along a _______.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

All of the above

6.

The Himalayan mountains were formed because of a _______.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

All of the above

7.

A map of global earthquakes and volcanoes tells you:_______.

a)

Where the edges of the continents are

b)

Where the earth is the hottest

c)

Where the plate boundaries are

d)

None of the above

8.

What type of Plate boundary is this?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

None of the above

9.

Observe the photo below. What process is in the photo?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

None of the above

10.

What are plates composed of?

a)

outer core only

b)

continental crust only

c)

oceanic crust only

d)

continental and/or oceanic crust plus a small part of the upper mantle

11.

Which of the following are not associated with convergent plate margins?

a)

deep-focus earthquakes

b)

rift valleys

c)

island arcs

d)

deep-sea trenches

12.

Which of these boundaries is responsible for creating volcanic arcs?

a)

Continental - Continental Convergence

b)

Oceanic - Continental Convergence

c)

Mid Ocean Ridges

d)

Oceanic - Oceanic Convergence

13.

When one tectonic plate is pulled under another and into the mantle, it's called:

a)

A Subduction Zone

b)

A Transform Boundary

c)

A Ridge

d)

A Folded Mountain

14.

In what type of boundary is the only feature created going to be Mountains?

a)

Oceanic to Oceanic Convergence

b)

Oceanic to Continental Convergence

c)

Rift Valleys

d)

Continental to Continental Convergence

15.

Japan, Philippines, and Mariana group of islands are volcanic island arcs formed by which of the following process?

a)

oceanic-continental divergence

b)

oceanic-continental convergence

c)

oceanic-oceanic convergence

d)

continental-continental divergence

16.

Predict what geologic features could result out of this plate boundary

a)

earthquake

b)

trenches

c)

volcanic island arc

d)

mountain ranges

17.
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
a)
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
b)
New crust is underwater where it sinks
c)
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
18.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
19.

Which type of plate is denser?

a)

Continental

b)

Oceanic

20.

The Mariana Trench is formed via the convergence of which two plates?

a)

Pacific & Philippine Plate(s)

b)

Pacific & Eurasian Plate(s)

c)

African & Philippine Plate(s)

d)

Philippine & Eurasian Plate(s)