Quiz 1 - Plate Tectonics

1. What is Plate Tectonics?

• a) The study of Earth's layers

• b) The study of earthquakes

• c) The study of the movement and interaction of Earth's lithospheric plates

• d) The study of volcanoes

2. Who proposed the theory of Plate Tectonics?

• a) Isaac Newton

• b) Charles Darwin

• c) Alfred Wegener

• d) Marie Curie

3. What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• a) Divergent, convergent, and transform

• b) Oceanic, continental, and transform

• c) Subduction, collision, and spreading

• d) Crust, mantle, and core

4. What happens at a convergent plate boundary?

• a) Plates move apart

• b) Plates slide past each other horizontally

• c) Plates collide and one plate is forced beneath the other

• d) Plates create new crust

5. What are the three main types of plate movements?

• a) Tension, compression, and shear

• b) Expansion, contraction, and rotation

• c) Subduction, spreading, and collision

• d) Erosion, deposition, and weathering

6. What is subduction?

• a) The process of two plates colliding and creating new crust

• b) The process of two plates sliding past each other horizontally

• c) The process of one plate being forced beneath another

• d) The process of plates moving apart

7. What is seafloor spreading?

• a) The process of new oceanic crust being formed at mid-ocean ridges

• b) The process of continents drifting apart

• c) The process of two plates colliding and creating mountains

• d) The process of plates sliding past each other horizontally

8. How are mountains formed at a convergent plate boundary?

• a) Through volcanic activity

• b) Through the collision and uplift of crustal rocks

• c) Through the process of seafloor spreading

• d) Through erosion and weathering

9. What is the Ring of Fire?

• a) A ring-shaped area of active volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean

• b) A ring-shaped area of high seismic activity in Africa

• c) A ring-shaped area of ancient fossils

• d) A ring-shaped area of desert landscapes

10. How do plate tectonics affect the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes?

• a) They have no effect on the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes

• b) They cause earthquakes and volcanoes to occur randomly around the world

• c) They concentrate earthquakes and volcanoes along plate boundaries

• d) They cause earthquakes and volcanoes to occur only in certain regions