Plate Tectonics Quiz

1. What happens to rock around a subducting slab?

• a. it goes under the other plate

• b. it goes over the other plate

• c. it disappears from Earth

• d. it combines with the other rock

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2. What is the lithosphere?

• a. the upper part of the mantle

• b. the plates that make up the crust

• c. large, flat stones sitting on top of malleable magma

• d. the plates that make up the crust and the upper part of the mantle

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3. How can Earth's plates move?

• a. they only converge or diverge

• b. they can collide, pull apart, or slide against each other

• c. they only can move toward each other

• d. they only collide or slide along each other

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4. How can crust disappear at the edge of a boundary?

• a. gravity is pulling it down

• b. because new crust is being added to the other edge of the boundary

• c. it is too dense and is sinking into Earth

• d. the other edge of the boundary is being pulled into Earth's core

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5. How do scientists explain the formation of underwater mountain ranges?

• a. seafloor spreading

• b. continental drift

• c. convection currents

• d. strike-slip faults

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6. Do two colliding continental plates always cause volcanoes?

• a. no, earthquakes always occur when two continental plates collide

• b. yes, subduction always occurs when continental plates collide

• c. yes, subduction always occurs when oceanic plates collide

• d. no, usually no subduction occurs when continental plates collide

7. What does plate tectonics cause?

• a. forms ocean basins

• b. all answers are correct

• c. causes volcanoes

• d. forms mountains

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8. What is a transform boundary?

• a. a transform boundary is when two plates move toward each other

• b. a transform boundary is when two plates pull away from each other

• c. a transform boundary is when two plates slide past one another

• d. a transform boundary is when two plates collide

9. What happens when an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?

• a. the denser oceanic plate slides on top of the less dense continental plate

• b. the less dense oceanic plate slides past the denser continental plate

• c. the denser oceanic plate slides under the less dense continental plate

• d. he less dense oceanic plate slides under the denser continental plate

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10. What is Pangaea?

• a. the large landmass in which all continents once were connected

• b. the largest fault found on Earth

• c. the large landmass that all continents are currently forming

• d. Earth's inner core