PLATE TECTONICS

The process that best describes how the ocean floor continues to renew itself

• sea floor spreading

• subduction

• convection

• conduction

Formation of volcanoes are generally associated with convergent boundaries only.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Formation of volcanoes are generally associated with convergent and transform boundaries.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The approximate plate movement each year

• A few millimeters

• A few centimeters

• A few meters

• A few kilometers

Which of the following evidences was NOT presented by Alfred Wegener in support to his theory of the continental drift?

• fossil evidence

• glacier evidence

• puzzle evidence

• seafloor spreading

Laurasia is the northern supercontinent composed of Asia, Europe and North America.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Gondwana is the southern supercontinent composed of Africa, Australia, Antarctica and South America.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which layer is described as plastic-like and is said to facilitate the movement of the lithospheric plates?

Fold mountains are formed from the convergence of a continental plate and an oceanic plate.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Erosion-formed mountains result from rock erosion and weathering.

• TRUE

• FALSE