Plate Tectonics Quiz

Who theorized that the lands bordering the Atlantic Ocean had once been joined?

• Marie Curie

• Isaac Newton

• Alexander von Humbolt

• Alfred Wegener

What is the name of the theory that suggests there was once a single continent called Pangea?

• Subduction

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Convection Currents

What type of evidence supports the Theory of Continental Drift by showing similar kinds of rocks and fossils?

• Seismic evidence

• Geologic evidence

• Paleomagnetic evidence

• Volcanic evidence

What is the name of the process where one tectonic plate moves under another and is forced to sink back into Earth's mantle due to density and gravity?

• Divergence

• Sea-floor spreading

• Convection

• Subduction

At which type of plate boundary do plates move apart, generally along mid-ocean ridges deep within the ocean floor?

• Transform Plate boundaries

• Convergent Plate boundaries

• Conservative Plate boundaries

• Divergent Plate boundaries

What is the name of the land-forms that are created at convergent plate boundaries where oceanic crust is subdued below continental crust?

• Trenches

• Faults

• Volcanic arcs

• Mid-ocean ridges

At which type of plate boundary do adjacent tectonic plates move alongside each other, resulting in faults and earthquakes?

• Convergent Plate boundaries

• Transform Plate boundaries

• Divergent Plate boundaries

• Conservative Plate boundaries

What is the name of the real-world example of a transform plate boundary where the Pacific Plate slides NW along the Saint Andreas Fault compared to North America?

• San Andreas Fault in California

• Mariana Trench

• Antilles

• Aleutian Islands in Alaska

What is the name of the process where crust is re-melted into the Earth's Mantle at convergent plate boundaries between oceanic crust?

• Convection

• Divergence

• Subduction

• Sea-floor spreading

What is the name of the real-world example of a convergent plate boundary where a heavy oceanic plate is subdued below a lighter continental plate?

• Cascade mountains in North America

• The Alps

• Himalayan Mountains

• Andes mountains in South America