Ultimate Plate Tectonics Quiz
10 Questions
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Plate Tectonics
Questions and Answers
- 1.What type of plate boundary do plates move apart?
- A.
Divergent
- B.
Transform
- C.
Convergent
- 2.Wegner's proposed theory of a supercontinent of Pangaea is called
- A.
Continental drift
- 3.Two examples of Oceanic-Continental plate boundaries are
- A.
Aleutian Islands and Tonga Islands
- B.
Himalayas (Asia) and Appalachian Mountains (North America)
- C.
Andes Mountains and Cascades (North America)
- 4.Two types of examples of Oceanic-Oceanic plate boundaries are
- A.
Andes Mountains and Cascades (North America)
- B.
Aleutian Islands and Tonga Islands
- C.
Himalayas (Asia) and Appalachian Mountains (North America)
- 5.What are two examples of Continental-Continental plate boundaries?
- A.
Himalayas (Asia) and Appalachian Mountains (North America)
- B.
Andes Mountains and Cascades (North America)
- C.
Aleutian Islands and Tonga Islands
- 6.What type of crust is basaltic denser and thinner?
- A.
Continental
- B.
Oceanic
- 7.What type of crust is granitic less dense and thicker?
- A.
Continental
- B.
Oceanic
- 8.Divergent plate boundaries are when plates
- A.
Collide
- B.
Move past each other
- C.
Move apart
- 9.Convergent plate boundaries are when plates
- A.
Collide
- B.
Move past each other
- C.
Move apart
- 10.Transform boundaries are when plates
- A.
Collide
- B.
Move past each other
- C.
Move apart
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