Unit 4: Plate Tectonics Review Quiz

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The former late Paleozoic supercontinent is known as ________.

Pangaea

Pandomonia

Pancake

Panatopia

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The largest lithospheric plate is the __________.

North American Plate

Pacific Plate

Eurasian Plate

Caribbean Plate

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The most obvious evidence of a plate boundary where two plates move apart is(are) ________.

upwelling of hot material from the mantle

earthquakes

mountain building along the plate boundary

strike-slip faults on the sea floor

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

When two plates collide, lithosphere is _______.

destroyed

created

not changed

hardened

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

New York and London are on two separate plates. The distance between the cities is __________.

increasing

decreasing

staying the same

always changing directions

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of the following is in a place where continental rifting is occurring today?

Andes in South America

Himalayan Mountains in India

Mt. Fuji in Japan

Mt. Kilimanjaro in East Africa

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The Himalayas formed as a result of _______.

an ocean-continent convergence

a continent-continent convergence

an ocean-ocean convergence

a hot spot

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

An identifying characteristic of convergent boundaries is _______.

rift valleys.

trenches

seamounts and atolls

black smokers

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Volcanoes form above subduction zones because _______.

water carried down by the subducting plate triggers the melting of rock that forces it's way up to the surface forming volcanoes

the asthenosphere is pushed up by the subducting lithosphere and rises to the surface to form volcanoes

the lithosphere thickens above the subducting lithosphere and causes volcanoes to form

the subducting lithosphere melts as it descends and the magma descends deeper into the core

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The San Andreas Fault zone in California is an example of _______.

an ocean-continent collision

a continental rift

a divergent plate boundary

a transform plate boundary

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which ocean formed as a direct result of the breakup of Pangaea?

Atlantic

Pacific

Indian

Mediterranean

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

All of the following are evidence supporting the theory of plate tectonics except for ________.

paleomagnetism

hot spots

changes in the Moon's orbit due to shifting plates

ocean floor drilling

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The Hawaiian Island-Emperor Seamount chain formed as a result of ________.

convergent plate boundary activities

hot spot activities

transform plate boundary activities

divergent plate boundary activities

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The biggest major problem scientists had with Wegener's Continental Drift Hypothesis was that he could not find ________ to explain his theory.

an explanation for what makes the continents move

fossil evidence

glacial deposits

evidence of coastline fit

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Alfred Wegener developed the theory of ________.

continental drift

plate tectonics

uniformitarianism

relativity

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Wegener suggested that the ________.

continental lithosphere was heavier than oceanic lithosphere

asthenosphere was molten

thick continents busted through the thinner ocean crust.

oceanic lithosphere was heavier than continental lithosphere

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Oceanic crust has a ________ composition and therefore is ________- than continental crust.

basaltic; heavier

granitic; lighter

granitic; heavier

basaltic; lighter

18.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Lithosphere is ________ at transform plate boundaries.

generated

destroyed

subducted

neither created nor destroyed

19.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Where is the Ring of Fire located?

Atlantic Plate

Pacific Plate

Indian Plate

Antarctic Plate

20.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Where are trenches found?

Convergent boundaries

Divergent boundaries

Transform boundaries

Hot spots

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