Plate Tectonics Quiz

What did Alfred Wegner call the supercontinent that he believed once existed?

• Ring of Fire

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Lithosphere

• Pangea

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What evidence supported Alfred Wegner's theory of continental drift?

• None of the above

• Both A and B

• Age and type of rock layers matching up

• Fossils from similar plants and animals found in different continents

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What did Harry Hess propose about the formation of new seafloor?

• New seafloor was forming at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• New seafloor was forming at the lithosphere

• New seafloor was forming at the subduction zones

• New seafloor was forming at the Ring of Fire

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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What is the driving force behind plate tectonics?

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Seafloor spreading

• Earth's core

• Volcanic eruptions

Where is seismic activity greatest?

• Transform boundaries

• Divergent boundaries

• Convergent boundaries

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What causes volcanic activity at divergent boundaries?

• Buckling and warping of plates

• Collision of continental plates

• Subduction of ocean plate

• Magma pushing up along the boundaries

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What is the process of transformation and renewal of the Earth's crust called?

• Convection currents

• Plate collision

• Rock cycle

• Seafloor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What geologic feature is created when two continental plates converge?

• Mountain ranges

• Volcanoes

• Ring of Fire

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the current status of Alfred Wegner's theory of continental drift?

• It has been proven to be incorrect

• It is still not taken seriously by the scientific community

• It is only applicable to certain regions

• It is widely accepted as the unifying theory of geology

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What is the main driving force behind the movement of plates?

• Volcanic eruptions

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Seafloor spreading

• Earth's core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3