Trivia: Plate Tectonics Test Quiz!
15 Questions
| Attempts: 61
Below is a plate tectonics test quiz trivia! There are a number of plates that exist on the outer surface of the earth which glide over the mantle. It is said that the continents were once a big mass of land which then broke apart as a result of the tectonic movements into what they are today. There have been numerous studies to explain these movements over the years and this quiz will test how well you understand them.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Who was the scientist that first proposed the idea of the supercontinent Pangaea?
- A.
Harry Hess
- B.
Alfred Wegener
- C.
Albert Einstein
- 2.What is caused by moving plates?
- A.
Earthquakes
- B.
Volcanoes
- C.
Valley
- D.
Both A and B
- 3.What two continent's coastlines look like they could fit each other like a puzzle piece?
- A.
South America & North America
- B.
Asia & Australia
- C.
South America & Africa
- 4.What forms due to convection currents in the asthenosphere?
- A.
Plate tectonics
- B.
Rift valley
- C.
Plate boundary
- 5.What is the rigid outer layer of the earth?
- A.
Lithosphere
- B.
Crust
- C.
Mantle
- 6.Seafloor spreading spreads apart at the equator.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Continental crust is thicker but less dense than oceanic crust.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.The lithosphere is divided into three different parts.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.The asthenosphere is a plastic-like layer of rock under a small amount of pressure.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The world's largest mountain chain is the mid-ocean ridge.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Three different types of plate boundaries are
- 12.Pangaea, existing over 200 million years ago, is a
- 13.One piece of evidence for continental drift is the similar
- 14.The oceanic crust gets renewed at
- 15.When oceanic crust get forced underneath continental crust it is called
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