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Tectonics, Plate Boundaries, Pangea, and Seafloor Spreading Quiz

1. All of the following are examples of evidence
for Pangaea except:
A. Fossil Record
B. Layers of rocks between continents
C. Shapes of the continents
D. Distribution of elements
2. A scientist is studying energy transfer that
occurs in the oceans, atmosphere, and Earths
interior. Which of these is the scientist most
likely studying?
A. Pressure
B. Density
C. Gravity
D. Convection
3. Which of the following is not considered a
result of the movement of tectonic plates?
A. Earthquakes
B. Mountain ranges
C. Increased volcanic activity
D. Karst topography (sinkholes and caves
caused by dissolved limestone)
4. A ship using scientific instruments discovers
that beneath it there is magma forming new
rock. Which boundary is it most likely over?
A. Divergent
B. Convergent
C. Transform
5. When the sea floor spreads apart, volcanoes
and ridges are formed because
A. Sediments are deposited where the floor
spreads, building ridges
B. As the plates pull apart, magma moves to
the surface, building ridges
C. Ocean water pushes down on the
surrounding sea floor, pushing up ridges
D. Underwater earthquakes lift the sea floor
into long ridges
6. What caused Pangaea to break up, and what
mechanism is accepted today?
A. Continental Drift and Icebreaker
Continents
B. Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection
C. Continental Drift and Mantle Convection
D. Plate Tectonics and Icebreaker Continents

7. Pangaea broke into what landmasses that we

see today?
A. All of them
B. None of them
C. Only half of them
8. Seafloor spreading and Mid-Ocean Ridges
directly explain the formation of new
A. Trenches
B. Mountain ranges that arent volcanic
C. Seafloor basalt and crust
9. Where does old seafloor melt back into the
mantle?
A. Mid-Ocean Ridges
B. Trenches
C. Volcanoes
D. Mountain Ranges
10. A student viewing a geologic map notices that
there are occurred earthquakes and volcanoes
that form a line. What caused the earthquakes
and volcanoes to occur this way?
A. Plates interacting along a border
B. Tidal forces
C. Asteroid impacts
D. Mining activities
11. Mantle convection involves the circulation of:
A. Heated air that circulates within the mantle
to melt rocks in the crust, causing
volcanoes
B. Water circulating through the mantle that
directly transports energy between the
upper core and the crust of Earth
C. Hot rock from the mantle up to the crust,
where it cools and either forms new rock
or sinks back down into the mantle
12. Rocks in the seafloor are younger closer to
the
A. Continental shorelines
B. Trenches
C. Mid-Ocean Ridges
D. Abyssal Plains

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13. Name a reason why Alfred Wegeners initial theory rejected.

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Numbers 1 through 4 on the chart above represent various locations. Use these numbers and the picture to
answer the next questions:
14. What is Layer 1 called?
15. What is Layer 2 called?
16. The plate labelled 3 is currently doing what under another plate?
17. What type of boundary (transform, convergent, divergent) is causing the volcanoes labeled 4?
Bonus:
18. Name a main heat source for mantle circulation.
19. What plate boundaries produce deep trenches?