The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

continent-to-continent convergent

What does the theory of continental drift state?

The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

Continents are stationary and do not move

The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust

Younger and less dense than continental crust

Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust

Bigger and younger than continental crust

What boundary exists at the North American and Juan de Fuca plate boundary?

Convergent because the plates are moving toward one another.

Divergent because the plates are moving apart from one another.

Divergent because the plates are moving adjacent to one another.

Transform because the plates are moving apart from one another.

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts...

along the edges of all the continents

At which point will the oldest rock be found? Explain.

Older rock will be found at X since sea-floor is pushed away from the ridge when new crust is formed.

Older rock will be found at Y since it is closer to the ridge.

Older rock will be found at X since it is deeper there than at the ridge.

Older rock will be found at Y since it is hotter there than farther away.

The average density of continental crust is 2.8 g/cm 3 and the average density of oceanic crusts is 3.2 g/cm 3 . If these two plates came together, what would happen?

The oceanic plate would sink under the continental plate.

The two plates would push apart and form a rift zone.

The oceanic plate would rise up over the continental plate.

The two plates would meet head on and rise up to form mountains.

Originally the Continental drift theory was not well received by other scientist. Why?

The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents.

There was a competing theory at the time that was more believable.

There was no data showing the continents ever moved.

The scientist presenting the data was unreliable.

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?

Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate

Africa has always been near the equator

Youngest oceanic crust is found at the Mid-Ocean Ridge. Age gets progressively older as you get farther from the mid-ocean ridge. Why is the Earth not expanding in size?

The older crust is being recycled at subduction zones.

The older ocean crust is weathered and eroded away

deposition of the older crust decreases the mass of earth

The mid ocean ridge is becoming so large that it is consuming the older the crust.

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30 sec • 1 pt

What type of plate boundary is this?

Plate

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT evidence to support continental drift?

Fossils

Mountains

Glacial deposits

Sand Erosion

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of plate boundary is this?

Transform

Convergent

Divergent

Plate

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mountains are created when....

Two continental plates collide

Two oceanic plates pull apart

An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

Two continental plates pull apart

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

submarine zone

divergence zone

subduction zone

lower zone

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Name the boundary

convergent boundary

divergent boundary

transform boundary

sergent boundary

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Which ocean is expanding?

Indian

Dead Sea

Atlantic

Arctic

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Plate Tectonics Test

What type of plate boundary is this?

Which of the following is NOT evidence to support continental drift?

What type of plate boundary is this?

Mountains are created when....

Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

Name the boundary

Which ocean is expanding?

Subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

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