What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
Supreme Continent
Eurasia
Plate tectonics
Pangea
2. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
Tectonic plates on the crust move.
The mantle increases in size.
Pressure in the crust increases.
Pressure in the crust decreases.
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Name the boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
sergent boundary
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Name the boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
sergent boundary
5. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
A subduction zone is formed...
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
at every type of convergent plate boundary
at every type of divergent plate boundary
at transform boundaries
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ______ is formed.
Mountain
Island Arc
Rift
Volcano
7. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Who is the scientist who came up with the continental drift?
Dement
Martin
Hess
Wegner
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
In which type of boundary do the plates go away from each other?
convergent
normal
divergent
transform
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
In which type of boundary do the plates come toward each other?
convergent
transform
strike-slip
divergent
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which type of boundary is known for causing big earthquakes?
divergent
convergent
transform
fault
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Oceanic plates separate from each other at a divergent plate boundary at the bottom of the ocean. Magma comes up and cools between the plates, forming...
a fault
a mid-ocean ridge
a rift valley
a trench
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Continental crust and continental crust come toward each other at a convergent plate boundary. This will likely form...
a trench
mountains
a subduction zone
new land
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Oceanic crust slides underneath continental crust at a convergent boundary. This is called a...
mountain
mid-ocean ridge
subduction zone
mantle
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Hot magma can rise at a subduction zone, and break through the crust in a...
volcano
earthquake
tsunami
hurricane
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
Volcanos
Mountains
Rift valley
Island Arc (chain of islands)
16. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Which of the following words/phrases would correctly fill in the blank? Continental Drift and Sea-floor spreading were combined into the new more recent theory of ___________.