Type Of Plate Tectonics Quiz
This quiz covers plate tectonics, faults, and continental drift.
- 1.Name the three type of plate boundary.
- A.
Convergent, Divergent, Transform
- B.
Divergent, Transpose, Conformant
- C.
Reverse, Transfer, Uplifted
- D.
Imposed, Emigrated, Immigrated
- 2.Name the type of fault that is most like a divergent boundary.
- A.
Reverse
- B.
Strike Slip
- C.
Normal
- D.
Oblique
- 3.Tension and Compression can be described as?
- A.
Tension is like squeezing something while compression is like pulling it.
- B.
Tension is like cutting across something while compression is like squeezing it.
- C.
Tension is like pulling something while compression is like cutting across it.
- D.
Tension is like stretching something while compression is like squeezing it.
- 4.A strike slip fault is like a ?
- A.
Convergent Boundary
- B.
Transform Boundary
- C.
Divergent Boundary
- 5.If I see folded mountains, I am probably near a _________________ boundary.
- A.
Convergent
- B.
Divergent
- C.
Transform
- 6.The folded mountains in question 7 were created when a ______________ plate collided with a ______________ plate.
- A.
Continental, Oceanic
- B.
Oceanic, Oceanic
- C.
Continental, Continental
- 7.Landforms that show evidence for Divergent boundaries are _________________.
- A.
Rift Valleys and Mid-Ocean Ridges
- B.
Folded Mountains and Volcanoes
- C.
Plateaus and Canyons
- 8.Tension creates
- A.
Normal Faults
- B.
Reverse Faults
- C.
Strike-Slip Faults
- 9.Compression creates ________________.
- A.
Normal faults
- B.
Reverse faults
- C.
Strike Slip faults
- 10.Convection currents in the mantle _____________________ .
- A.
Cause the ocean tides to rise and fall
- B.
Are caused by solar radiation
- C.
Make the continental plates move
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