1) Which of the following provides evidence for plate tectonics? a) Seafloor topography b) Ocean currents c) Coriolis effect d) Atmospheric temperatures 2) A rift valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary? a) Convergent b) Divergent c) Transform d) Uniform 3) The convergence of two continental plates would produce? a) Island arcs b) Rift valleys c) Folded mountains d) Trenches 4) Which of the following is the most responsible for the formation of new crust at the edge of a tectonic plate? a) Mountain building at a continent Dash continent convergent boundary b) Magma rising up from the mantle at a divergent boundary c) Two tectonic plates sliding past one another at a transform boundary d) Subduction of one oceanic plate under another at a convergent boundary 5) The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis this was called? a) Panthalassa b) Mesosarus c) Africa d) Pangaea 6) One kind of evidence that supports Wegner's hypothesis is that_______. a) Major rivers on different continents match b) Fossils of the same organisms have been found on different continents c) Trees look the same 7) The geographic distribution of the swimming reptile Mesosaurus provides evidence that ___________. a) South America and Africa were once joined b) The Atlantic ocean was wider when the dinosaurs live than it is now 8) A rigid layer of the upper most mantle and crust a) Lithosphere b) Plates c) Play tectonics d) Asthenosphere 9) What is the number of major plates found on earth a) 3 b) 8 c) 10 d) 7 10) The San Andreas Fault Zone is an example of this type of plate a) Convergent b) Divergent c) Transform d) Paper 11) Divergent boundaries only occur on the ocean floor a) True b) False 12) Plates move about 5 km per year a) True b) False 13) Mountains form as a result of a collision between two continental plates a) True b) False 14) This is an area on a plate that produces mountains but not on the fault line a) Divergent b) Convergent c) Transform d) Hot spot 15) Plates under the ocean are lighter than land plates a) True b) False

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