Plate Tectonics Quiz

What is the theory that explains the structure and behavior of the Earth?

• Plate Tectonics

• Theory of Evolution

• Theory of Relativity

• Continental Drift

Who proposed the idea of continental drift and the supercontinent Pangaea?

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Marie Tharp

• Bruce Heezen

What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?

• All of the above

• Spatial distribution of fossils

• Location of rock types

• Trends of mountain ranges

What did the physiographic map of the Atlantic ocean floor reveal?

• All of the above

• Deep trenches

• Mountains and valleys

• Flat featureless plain

What is the process by which new seafloor is formed and old seafloor is recycled?

• Continental drift

• Subduction

• Seafloor spreading

• Plate collision

What is the name of the fracture lines that crisscross the mid-oceanic ridges?

• Trenches

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Fault lines

• Continental shelves

What is the name of the process where the oceanic crust is pushed beneath the continental crust?

• Seafloor spreading

• Subduction

• Plate collision

• Continental drift

What type of plate boundary is associated with plates sliding past each other?

• Divergent boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone

What type of plate boundary is associated with the creation of new crust as plates move away from each other?

• Transform boundary

• Convergent boundary

• Subduction zone

• Divergent boundary

What is the name of the mountain range formed by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates?

• Himalayas

• Andes

• Rocky Mountains

• Alps