Plate Tectonics Quiz A
1. What does the following diagram support?
a. We are getting closer to Europe each day.
b. South America is going to collide with North America to create new
mountains.
c. The continents were once together and have now drifted apart.
d. 200 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed the planet.
2. Which of the following is a model of the earth?
a. Globe
b. Map
c. Neither
d. Both
3. Which of the following layers would be the thickness of 4-6 miles?
a. Crust
b. Mantle
c. Outer Core
d. Inner Core
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2
A
A
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A
4. Which number on the diagram above is most likely to be at a divergent
boundary?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
5. Number “2” on the diagram above is an example of what?
a. Mid-Ocean Ridge
b. Subduction Zone
c. Earthquake
d. Seismic Waves
6. What happens to the space in between the two plates that are splitting
apart at the number “2” area?
a. Water just fills it in
b. Loose rock fills it in
c. New sea-floor is created
d. Nothing, it is just empty space
7. Which number on the diagram above is most likely to be at a convergent
boundary?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
8. Number “1” on the diagram above is an example of what?
a. Mid-Ocean Ridge
b. Subduction Zone
c. Earthquake
d. Seismic Waves
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9. The diagram on page two illustrates what about plate boundaries?
a. They are only between continents
b. They are only between ocean floors
c. They are only between ocean crust and continental crust
d. They can be between any two plates that meet, either at the ocean
floor, between continents, or between ocean floors and continents
Use the picture below to answer questions 10-12
A
B
C
10. Which of the plate boundaries above is associated with earthquakes? C
11. Which of the plate boundaries above is associated with volcanic mountain
formation? B
12. Which of the plate boundaries above is associated with seafloor spreading?
A
13. Plates fit closely together with each plate touching any plate next to it.
a. True
B. False
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14. Which one of these statements explains how convection currents affect
plate movement?
a. The heat is transferred to the plates from the magma; plates then
rise to the top of the ocean and float into different areas.
b. Convection currents interact with the plates by wind pushing on them,
like a sail boat.
c. The mantle bubbles up because of convection and these bubbles
interact with the plates by pushing them.
d. The hot mantle rises and the cool mantle sinks causing there to be a
circular motion which works like a conveyer belt, causing plate
interaction which moves them.
Use the picture below to answer questions 15-18
15. Which two plates will form a subduction zone?
a. Pacific and Eurasian
b. South American and African
c. Nazca and Pacific
d. North American and Africa
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16. What is most likely to be happening at the plate boundary of Eurasian and
pacific?
a. Crust is being spread apart
b. Crust is being sheared
c. Crust is being recycled
d. Crust is being created
17. At what two plates do we have seafloor spreading?
a. Pacific and Eurasian
b. South American and African
c. Antarctica and Nazca
d. Arabia and Africa
18. At what two plates are earthquakes most likely to happen?
a. Pacific and Eurasian
b. North American and Pacific
c. Nazca and Pacific
d. North American and Africa
19. Which answer best describes what we find at a plate boundary?
a. Seafloor spreading
b. Volcanoes
c. Tectonic Activity
d. Earthquakes
20. By looking at the Appalachian and Himalayans Mountains we can conclude
what about mountain formation.
a. Mountains only formed during Pangaea
b. Mountains have only formed in the last few thousand years
c. Mountains formed and continuously form as the plates move
d. Mountains formed because Mrs. Schneider is the best
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