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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the earth's layers is broken up into several large tectonic plates?
Asthenosphere
Crust
Lithosphere
Outer core
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which scientists is credited with proposing the ideas that led to the development of the plate tectonics theory?
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
Alfred Wegener
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of these layers if found directly above the earth's core?
Asthenosphere
Inner core
Mantle
Outer core
- 4. Multiple Choice
What kind of plate boundary runs across Iceland?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Nordic boundary
Transform boundary
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is NOT likely to happen at a divergent boundary?
Mountain formation
Rift valley
Seafloor spreading
Volcano formation
- 6. Multiple Choice
Mid-ocean ridges are places where tectonic plates are doing what?
Colliding
Sliding past each other
Spreading apart
None of the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following geologic events can occur at a transform boundary?
Earthquake
Mountain formation
Volcanic eruption
Rift formation
- 8. Multiple Choice
California's San Andreas Fault is identified as which of the following?
Blind thrust fault
Dip-slip fault
Normal fault
Strike-slip fault
- 9. Multiple Choice
Mountain formations can results when which of the following occurs?
Two oceanic plates collide
Two continental plates collide
Two oceanic plates spread apart
None of the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the border between two tectonic plates called?
Boundary
Collision zone
Rift
Trench
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