A
B
C
D
E
100

What is the name of the super continent?

A. Godwana

B. Eurasia

C. Pangaea

D. Lurasia

C. Pangaea

100

What is the theory that states the continents formed one large landmass and moved apart?

A. seafloor spreading

B.  Continental Drift

C. Plate Tectonics

B. Continental Drift

100

What is a trace of an organism that has been preserved in rock?

A. metamorphic rock

B. conglomerate rock

C. fossil

D. landform

C. fossil

100

What instrument was used to determine seafloor

spreading?

A. speedometer

B. sonar

C. seismograph

B.  sonar

100

Which evidence did not support continental drift?

A.  plant and animal fossils

B. glacier cuts in rocks

C. human remains

D. rocks and mountains

C. human remains


200

Why did the scientists reject continental drift?

A.  Wegener used too many pieces of evidence.

B. Wegener was interested in what the Earth looked like millions of years ago.

C.  Wegener could not explain how the continents moved

C. Wegener could not explain how the continents moved.

200

Most earthquakes occur along which type of boundary?

A. convergent

B.Transform

C. divergent

D. rift valley

B. transform

200

What are mid-ocean ridges on the ocean floor?

A.  deep steep-sided canyons

B.  a chain or range of mountains

C. volcanic islands

D. flat top seamounts

B. a chain or range of mountains

200

Which type of boundary pulls apart or divides?

A. convergent

B. transform

C. divergent

C. divergent

200

Breaks in the Earthś crust are called

A. faults

B. plate boundaries

C. rift valleys

D. volcanoes

A. faults

300

What type of plate slips past each other?

A. convergent

B. divergent

C. transform

C. transform

300

The deep ocean trench is a

A. range of mountains

B. guyot

C. canyon

D. volcanic island

C. canyon

300

What is the process that continually adds new crust at the mid-ocean ridge?

A. subduction

B. seafloor spreading

C. convection currents

D. earthquakes

B. seafloor spreading

300

The theory that states the Earthś lithospheric plates are in constant slow motion is the theory of

A. continental drift

B. plate tectonics

C. deep-ocean trenches

D. seafloor spreading

B. plate tectonics

300

Which type of plate boundary collides or come together?

A. divergent

B. transform

C. convergent

C. convergent

400

Most geologists believe that the movement of Earthś plates are caused by

A. Earthś magnetic field

B. conduction

C. convection currents

D. volcanic eruptions

C. convection currents

400

What can be formed when two continental plates collide?

A. mid-ocean ridge

B. mountains

C. rift valleys

D. trench

B. mountains

400

The ring of fire is a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes that occur along

A.  hot spots

B.  rift valleys

C.  the mid-ocean ridge

D.  plate boundaries

D. plate boundaries

400

The mid-ocean ridge occurs along ___ boundaries.

A. divergent 

B. convergent

C. transform

A. divergent

400

What makes up the lithosphere?

A. crust and upper mantle

B.  mantle and outer core

C.  outer core and inner core

A. crust and upper mantle

500

Where can the youngest rocks be found on the ocean floor?

A.  along the coastline of continents

B.  in the tallest mountains

C.  at mid-ocean ridges

D.  at trenches

C. at mid-ocean ridges

500

What will determine plate which plate will subduct or stay atop?

A.  temperature

B.  pressure of the ocean

C.  density of the plate

D.  type of boundary

C. density

500

What is subduction?

A.  New crust is formed.

B.  The dense plate sinks beneath the lighter plate

C.  Earthquakes occur along transform boundaries.

D.  Volcanoes form.

B.  The dense plate sinks beneath another plate.

500

What is formed at divergent boundaries on land?

A. trench

B.  rift valley

C.  volcanic island

D.  fault

B. rift valley

500

Which best explains why California has a lot of earthquakes?

A.  Californiaś rocks are mainly igneous.

B.  California is located on two plate boundaries.

C.  Californiaś rocks are soft.

D.  California is on a continental plate

B. California is located on two plate boundaries