Plate Tectonics Quiz
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- Q1Which of the following is NOT evidence for continental drift?Earthquakes can help us "see" inside the Earth.Satellites can measure their movement.Different continents have matching rock formations.Similar fossils of land animals found on opposite sides of oceans.30s
- Q2What causes the continents to move?Lizard people.Currents in the semi-liquid mantle underneath the Earth's crust.The rotation of the Earth.Earth's magnetic field.30s
- Q3When plates move towards each other and collide, this is called...A convergent faultA transform faultA divergent faultA volcano.30s
- Q4When plates scrape past each other, this is called...A convergent faultA volcanoA divergent faultA transform fault30s
- Q5When two plates are moving away from each other, creating new crust as they move apart, this is called...A convergent faultLizard peopleA transform faultA divergent fault30s
- Q6Oceanic crust always ends up getting pushed underneath continental crust. This is because...Lizard people.Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.Oceanic crust is harder than continental crust.Oceanic crust moves faster than continental crust.30s
- Q7The Himalaya mountain range is a result of....A convergent fault: two plates ramming into each other.Giant volcanoes.Giant earthquakes.A divergent fault: two plates moving apart.30s
- Q8Human civilization is about 4,000 (four thousand) years old. The oldest rock on Earth is about 4,000,000,000 (four billion) years old. How much older is this rock than human civilization?One thousand times olderOne billion times olderOne million times olderOne hundred times older30s