Plate Tectonics Quiz

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The image shows a plate boundary. Arrows have been added to indicate the movement of the plates. What plate boundary feature is also shown?

A valley forming at an active divergent boundary

A fault forming at an active transform boundary

A ridge formed by an inactive convergent boundary

A volcano formed by an active transform boundary

The type of plate boundary that creates new sea-floor__________

What is subduction?

when 2 plates converge to form mountains

when 2 plates collide and goes under the other

when one plate hits another plate

when the mid-ocean ridge gets bigger

The thick black lines on the map below show the locations of mid-ocean ridges. Which geologic feature is most likely to form at a mid-ocean ridge?

Peninsula

Volcano

Delta

Plateau

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Energy from the Sun

Magnetic Pole Reversal

Convection currents in the mantle

Faults in Mountain Ranges

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

Strike Slip

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

Plates sliding toward each other are called__________.  Plates moving away from each other are called __________.  Plates sliding past each other are called __________

The map in the picture shows tectonic plate boundaries.

This map would be useful in predicting the location of future:

hurricanes

earthquakes

tornadoes

droughts

Rift valleys can form when fractures in Earth's crust widen. The valley walls slowly move at a rate of only a few millimeters a year. Which of these best describes the type of tectonic activity that forms rift valleys?

Rift valleys form where a continental plate moves under an oceanic plate.

Rift valleys form where a plate slides horizontally past another plate.

Rift valleys form where two plates move away from each other.

Rift valleys form where an oceanic plate moves under another oceanic plate.  

What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching up like puzzle pieces

glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature

mountain ranges and rocks lining up across continents

all of the above

A mid-ocean ridge is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative motion on each side of a mid-ocean ridge?

The map shows some of Earth's plate tectonic boundaries.

Based on the map, volcanic activity would most likely be found at:

Location W

Location X

Location Y

Location Z

The map below shows the locations of four active volcanoes in the Caribbean Sea.
What do these volcanoes indicate about plate tectonics in the region?

The volcanoes form an island arc, indicating a converging plate boundary.

The volcanoes form a line, indicating a diverging plate boundary.

Two plates are moving past each other, causing faulting and magma formation.  

Two plates are moving apart, creating new seafloor.

If oceanic crust collides with continental crust at a convergent boundary, which one goes underneath?

Continental

Oceanic

Neither, they smash and build mountains

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

New crust is underwater where it sinks

New crust breaks more easily than old crust

The Himalayan mountains are shown on the map below.

Four students were asked to identify the geologic process that caused the mountain range to form. Their responses are shown.

Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains?

Student 1

Student 2

Student 3

Student 4

Wegener found fossils of land reptiles on two different continents. This was important because:

Land reptiles are often found all over the world, showing that they can survive in most climates.

Land reptiles cannot swim, so the continents must have been connected for them to get across.

Land reptiles are never moved around the Earth by humans, so they must have travels to these continents by themselves.

Land reptiles fossilized much better than other animal species.

The image shows a plate boundary.  Arrows have been added to indicate the movement of the plates.  What plate boundary feature is also shown?

A valley forming at an active divergent boundary

A fault forming at an active transform boundary

A ridge formed by an inactive convergent boundary

A volcano formed by an active transform boundary

What is subduction?

when 2 plates converge to form mountains

when 2 plates collide and goes under the other

when one plate hits another plate

when the mid-ocean ridge gets bigger

The thick black lines on the map below show the locations of mid-ocean ridges.  Which geologic feature is most likely to form at a mid-ocean ridge?  

Peninsula

Volcano

Delta

Plateau

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Energy from the Sun

Magnetic Pole Reversal

Convection currents in the mantle

Faults in Mountain Ranges

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

Strike Slip

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

The map in the picture shows tectonic plate boundaries.  

This map would be useful in predicting the location of future:

hurricanes

earthquakes

tornadoes

droughts

Rift valleys can form when fractures in Earth's crust widen.  The valley walls slowly move at a rate of only a few millimeters a year.  Which of these best describes the type of tectonic activity that forms rift valleys?

Rift valleys form where a continental plate moves under an oceanic plate.

Rift valleys form where a plate slides horizontally past another plate.

Rift valleys form where two plates move away from each other.

Rift valleys form where an oceanic plate moves under another oceanic plate.  

What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching up like puzzle pieces

glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature

mountain ranges and rocks lining up across continents

all of the above

A mid-ocean ridge is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates.  Which diagram correctly models the relative motion on each side of a mid-ocean ridge?

The map shows some of Earth's plate tectonic boundaries.

Based on the map, volcanic activity would most likely be found at:

Location W

Location X

Location Y

Location Z

The map below shows the locations of four active volcanoes in the Caribbean Sea.
What do these volcanoes indicate about plate tectonics in the region?

The volcanoes form an island arc, indicating a converging plate boundary.

The volcanoes form a line, indicating a diverging plate boundary.

Two plates are moving past each other, causing faulting and magma formation.  

Two plates are moving apart, creating new seafloor.

If oceanic crust collides with continental crust at a convergent boundary, which one goes underneath?

Continental

Oceanic

Neither, they smash and build mountains

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

New crust is underwater where it sinks

New crust breaks more easily than old crust

The Himalayan mountains are shown on the map below.

Four students were asked to identify the geologic process that caused the mountain range to form.  Their responses are shown.

Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains?

Student 1

Student 2

Student 3

Student 4

Wegener found fossils of land reptiles on two different continents. This was important because:

Land reptiles are often found all over the world, showing that they can survive in most climates.

Land reptiles cannot swim, so the continents must have been connected for them to get across.

Land reptiles are never moved around the Earth by humans, so they must have travels to these continents by themselves.

Land reptiles fossilized much better than other animal species.

Plate Tectonics Quiz

Plate Tectonics Quiz

The image shows a plate boundary. Arrows have been added to indicate the movement of the plates. What plate boundary feature is also shown?

What is subduction?

The thick black lines on the map below show the locations of mid-ocean ridges. Which geologic feature is most likely to form at a mid-ocean ridge?

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

What type of plate boundary is shown here?

What does the theory of continental drift state?

The map in the picture shows tectonic plate boundaries. This map would be useful in predicting the location of future:

Rift valleys can form when fractures in Earth's crust widen. The valley walls slowly move at a rate of only a few millimeters a year. Which of these best describes the type of tectonic activity that forms rift valleys?

What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?

A mid-ocean ridge is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative motion on each side of a mid-ocean ridge?

The map shows some of Earth's plate tectonic boundaries.Based on the map, volcanic activity would most likely be found at:

The map below shows the locations of four active volcanoes in the Caribbean Sea.What do these volcanoes indicate about plate tectonics in the region?

If oceanic crust collides with continental crust at a convergent boundary, which one goes underneath?

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

The Himalayan mountains are shown on the map below.Four students were asked to identify the geologic process that caused the mountain range to form. Their responses are shown.Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains?

Wegener found fossils of land reptiles on two different continents. This was important because:

The map in the picture shows tectonic plate boundaries.

This map would be useful in predicting the location of future:

The map shows some of Earth's plate tectonic boundaries.

Based on the map, volcanic activity would most likely be found at:

The map below shows the locations of four active volcanoes in the Caribbean Sea.
What do these volcanoes indicate about plate tectonics in the region?

The Himalayan mountains are shown on the map below.

Four students were asked to identify the geologic process that caused the mountain range to form. Their responses are shown.

Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains?