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Plate tectonic

Quiz by Sarrah Jane Timbang

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  • Q1
    Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?
    Divergent boundary
    Collision boundary
    Transform boundary
    Convergent boundary
    30s
  • Q2
    What type of boundary forms when two plates move away from each other?
    Transform boundary
    Divergent boundary
    Collision boundary
    Convergent boundary
    30s
  • Q3
    The Himalayas are an example of a mountain range formed at which type of plate boundary?
    Collision boundary
    Transform boundary
    Convergent boundary
    Divergent boundary
    30s
  • Q4
    Subduction zones are commonly associated with which type of plate boundary?
    Divergent boundary
    Convergent boundary
    Collision boundary
    Transform boundary
    30s
  • Q5
    Which of the following is responsible for the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?
    Solar radiation
    Convection currents in the mantle
    Gravitational pull of the Moon
    Earth's magnetic field
    30s
  • Q6
    Which scientist is credited with proposing the theory of continental drift, which laid the foundation for the modern theory of plate tectonics?
    Charles Darwin
    Isaac Newton
    Marie Curie
    Alfred Wegener
    30s
  • Q7
    Which tectonic plate is the largest of all Earth's plates?
    African Plate
    Antarctic Plate
    Pacific Plate
    Eurasian Plate
    30s
  • Q8
    The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of which type of plate boundary?
    Convergent boundary
    Transform boundary
    Collision boundary
    Divergent boundary
    30s
  • Q9
    Which of the following geologic features is a result of the interaction between a continental and an oceanic plate at a convergent boundary?
    Trenches
    Hot spots
    Rift valleys
    Mid-ocean ridges
    30s
  • Q10
    At a transform plate boundary, plates are moving ______ each other.
    past
    away from
    towards
    colliding with
    30s
  • Q11
    What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving apart from each other?
    Lateral
    Transform
    Divergent
    Convergent
    30s
  • Q12
    At a convergent plate boundary, plates are moving ______ each other.
    colliding with
    towards
    away from
    past
    30s
  • Q13
    What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates sliding past each other horizontally?
    Divergent
    Transform
    Convergent
    Subduction
    30s
  • Q14
    Subduction zones are commonly associated with which type of plate boundary?
    Convergent
    Transform
    Lateral
    Divergent
    30s
  • Q15
    What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates colliding and one being forced beneath the other into the mantle?
    Convergent
    Subduction
    Divergent
    Transform
    30s

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