The youngest material of the ocean floor is found at mid-ocean _________.
ridges
trenches
basins
rifts
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The presence of the same ________ on several continents supports the idea of continental drift.
rocks
fossils
both fossils and rocks
neither fossils nor rocks
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
A lack of evidence for continental drift prevented many scientists from believing a single supercontinent called _________ existed.
Glossopteris
Pangaea
Gondwanaland
Mesosaurus
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The theory of _______ states that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that are in constant, slow motion.
plate tectonics
continental drift
seafloor spreading
divergent boundaries
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Matching ________ on different continents are evidence for continental drift.
weather systems
river systems
rock structures
wind systems
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Many scientists think hot plastic-like rock in the mantle is forced upward toward the surface, cools, and sinks. This process is called a(n) _________.
earthquake
convergent boundary
volcano
convection current
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
_______ are formed when two continental plates collide.
Mountain ranges
Transform faults
Rift valleys
Volcanoes
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The theory of continental drift was first proposed by __________.
Thomas Edison
Alfred Wegener
Benjamin Franklin
Harry Hess
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which layer of Earth is made up partly of crust and partly of mantle material?
lithosphere
mantle
asthenosphere
crust
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
_________ currents carry heat from the hot inner core to the cooler outer mantle and back again.
River
Radiation
Convection
Conduction
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Plates move apart at _________ boundaries.
volcanic
divergent
convergent
transform
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ________.
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
transform fault
subduction zone
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which type of plate boundary occurs at B?
convergent
divergent
transform
country
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The feature labeled C represents some of the deepest spots on the ocean floor. These areas are called ___.
mid-ocean ridge
trenches
deep-sea vent
abyssal plain
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The feature labeled D is part of the continuous underwater mountain range that circles Earth. It is called ___.
mid-ocean ridge
trenches
deep-sea vent
abyssal plain
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
When plates slide past one another, _________ occur.
divergent boundaries
convection currents
subduction zones
transform faults
17. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What are the two types of crust
continental and oceanic
ocean and upper
lower and upper
pizza and subway
18. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?
islands
volcanoes
earthquakes
all of the above
19. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
At plate boundaries
in oceans
in the middle of continents
in the middle of plates
20. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?
divergent
continent-to-continent convergent
ocean-to-continent convergent
transform
21. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
oceanic
continental
neither
22. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is the name of the plate boundary that slides past each other?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Mr. C the Slide Man
23. 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
24. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What does the theory of continental drift state?
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
Continents are stationary and do not move
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
none of the above
25. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which type of crust is more dense and thinner?
Continental
Asthenosphere
Oceanic
Byers
26. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which is not a piece of evidence to support Continental Drift