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Plate Tectonics Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name of the supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener?

Pangea

Gondwana

Laurasia

Eurasia

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following provided fossil evidence for continental drift?

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Mesosaurus

Stegosaurus

Trilobites

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What technology helped scientists map the ocean floor?

Echo Sounding

Radar

Seismograph

Telescope

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where is new oceanic crust formed?

At subduction zones

At mid-ocean ridges

At transform boundaries

At mountain ranges

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which plate boundary is responsible for the San Andreas Fault?

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

Subduction

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens at a divergent boundary?

Plates move toward each other

Plates move apart

Plates slide past each other

Plates stop moving

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did scientists originally reject Wegener’s theory of continental drift?

He had no evidence

He couldn't explain how continents moved

He was not a geologist

They didn’t believe in fossils

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