Plate Tectonics Test Review 23-24

Plate Tectonics Test Review 23-24

21 Qs

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Plate Tectonics Test Review 23-24

Plate Tectonics Test Review 23-24

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Which of the following support sea-floor spreading? (Choose 2)
Rocks are older the further you get from the Rift Zone and are younger the closer you get to the Rift Zone.
Rocks are younger the further you get from the Rift Zone and are older the closer you get to the Rift Zone.
Pillow lava/rocks show that molten material has erupted from cracks along the Rift Zone and quickly cooled.
Coral grows in alternate strips on each side of the Rift Zone.

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

_____ discovered Sea-Floor Spreading in the 1960s.

3.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The person who proposed the Principle of Continental Drift in 1911 was (a)   .

Alfred Wegener
James Hutton
Harry Hess
Charles Richter

4.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The continents were once joined into a single landmass that has since broken apart which was named (a)   .

Rhodinia
Gondwana
Panthelassa
Pangaea

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The reason for continental drift that Wegener never knew about is(are) _____.
conveyor belts
mantle convection
gravity
the Coriolis Effect

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Plates move at a rate of about __ a year.
2 km
2 mm
2 cm
2 m

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Places where two plates are moving away from each other in opposite directions are known as _____.
transform boundaries
convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
invergent boundaries

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