Plate Tectonics Quiz

What are the three main types of plate boundaries?

• Mountain boundaries, valley boundaries, and canyon boundaries

• Divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and transform boundaries

• Subduction boundaries, collision boundaries, and sliding boundaries

• Oceanic boundaries, continental boundaries, and island boundaries

What are some pieces of evidence for plate tectonics?

• Matching cloud formations, distribution of hurricanes, and presence of sand dunes

• Matching coastlines of continents, distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes, and presence of magnetic striping on the ocean floor

• Distribution of rivers, presence of glaciers, and matching mountain ranges

• Presence of coral reefs, distribution of rainforests, and matching desert landscapes

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How do plate tectonics affect landforms?

• By influencing the weather patterns on land

• By creating new landforms on the moon

• By causing the extinction of landforms

• By causing the movement of Earth's crust, leading to the formation of mountains, valleys, and other landforms.

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What is the theory of continental drift and who proposed it?

• Charles Darwin

• Marie Curie

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

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What do divergent boundaries form?

• Mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys

• Deserts and plains

• Mountains and canyons

• Islands and archipelagos

What do convergent boundaries form?

• Deserts and sand dunes

• Mountain ranges, deep ocean trenches, and volcanic arcs

• Islands and coral reefs

• Polar ice caps and glaciers

What do transform boundaries form?

• Mountains

• Fault lines

• Volcanoes

• Canyons

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Name a famous landmark formed by plate tectonics.

• Grand Canyon

• Taj Mahal

• Great Wall of China

• Eiffel Tower

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Explain how the Himalayas were formed due to plate tectonics.

• The Himalayas were formed by erosion and weathering over millions of years

• The Himalayas were created by a meteor impact

• Plate tectonics caused the formation of the Himalayas due to volcanic activity

• Plate tectonics caused the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate, leading to the formation of the Himalayas.

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How does plate tectonics contribute to the formation of volcanoes?

• Plate tectonics have no impact on the formation of volcanoes

• Plate tectonics cause the movement of Earth's crust, leading to the formation of volcanic activity.

• Volcanoes are formed by meteorite impacts, not plate tectonics

• Plate tectonics only cause earthquakes, not volcanic activity

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