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Short Quiz on Plate Movements

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The tectonic plates float on the _______.

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

asthenosphere/

mantle

d)

crust

2.

What is the reason why Wegener's theory was almost forgotten?

a)

It was not a good theory.

b)

Wegener wasn't able to provide plausible explanation why continents drifted.

c)

He wasn't able to publish his theory.

d)

He met a huge resistance from the scientific community.

3.

The oldest crust can be found _________ the mid-ocean ridge.

a)

along

b)

beside

c)

farthest

d)

nearest

4.

Who proposed the Seafloor spreading theory?

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Alfred Wegener

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Harry Roque

5.

Where does seafloor spreading occurs?

a)

at the sun and moon

b)

at the Ring of Fire

c)

at deep sea trench

d)

along the rift of mid-ocean ridges

6.

What is the term used in describing the large pieces of lithosphere that float on the asthenosphere?

a)

Plate tectonics

b)

Tectonic Plates

c)

Continental Plates

d)

Oceanic Plates

7.

Which two theories unified in plate tectonics theory?

a)

Big bang and Continental Drift theory

b)

Continental Drift and Seafloor spreading theory

c)

Seafloor spreading and Slab-pull theory

d)

Convective and seafloor spreading theory

8.

What do you call the process when the old crust is being pulled down and melted into a hot material?

a)

drifting

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

subduction

d)

plate movements

9.

Along the seafloor, the youngest oceanic crust can be found near the continental crusts?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Alfred Wegener theorized that there was once a supercontinent called Pangaea that was comprised of two major parts.

a)

Eurasia and Gondwana

b)

Gondwana and Motunui

c)

Laurasia and Gondwana

d)

Laurasia and Americas