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Continental drift

Quiz by Kim Harrison

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10 questions
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  • Q1
    What was the name of the original parent landmass?
    Gondwanaland
    Laurasia
    Zimbabweland
    Pangaea
    30s
  • Q2
    What mechanism can account for huge landmasses moving across the earth's crust?
    Tidal waves push the plates in all directions.
    Strong winds.
    Plates are constantly moving due to molten magma below the earth's surface.
    Large splits occur in the centre of the earth and water floats the plates apart.
    30s
  • Q3
    The earth's crust is divided up into how many plates?
    28
    40
    18
    12
    30s
  • Q4
    All continents, oceans and islands sit on...?
    Tectonic Plates
    Boundary Plates
    Magma plates
    Dinner plates
    30s
  • Q5
    Boundaries of plates that are sliding past each other horizontally are known as...?
    Transform Boundaries
    Convergent plates
    Submergent Plates
    Divergent Plates
    30s
  • Q6
    Boundaries between plates that are pulling AWAY from each other are called...?
    Transform boundaries
    Divergent Plates
    Convergent Boundaries
    Transport boundaries
    30s
  • Q7
    Boundaries between plates that are PUSHING AGAINST each other are called ...?
    Transform Boundaries
    Conversation Plates
    Convergent Plates
    Divergent Plates
    30s
  • Q8
    What type of 'events' could be caused by plate tectonics?
    Earthquakes
    All of the above
    Tsunamis
    Volcanic eruptions
    30s
  • Q9
    Earthquakes and other 'events' most frequently occur...?
    at high altitudes.
    in Summer when it is hot.
    underground.
    on the boundaries of continental plates.
    30s
  • Q10
    The building blocks of landforms are...?
    Trees and vegetation.
    ocean floors.
    plains.
    rocks.
    30s

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