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Tectonic plates consist of


A.Continental crust

B.Oceanic crust
C.Both continental and oceanic crust
D.Mesosphere

2. What is the hypothesis that all continents were created by the break-up of Pangaea called?
A.Continental drift
B.Plate tectonics
C.Wegener's puzzle
D.Continental spreading

3. What did Wegener call the single large landmass?


A.Eurasia
B.Gondwana
C.Pangaea
D.Laurasia

4. Evidence for sea-floor spreading has come from


A.Fossils in Souht America and Africa
B. Palaeomagnetism
C.Ancient climatic conditions
D.The breakup of Pangaea
5. What is the idea that tectonic plates move around called?

A.Convergent theory
B.Plate tectonics
C.Plate theory
D.Tectonic theory

6. A possible result of plates moving along a transform boundary is


A.Oceans
B.Convection
C.Earthquakes
D.Sea-floor spreading

7. What do sceintist use to measure teconic plate movement?


A.Clinometers
B.Global positioning systems (GPS)
C.Telescopes
D.Seismographs
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. 8. A rock layer fold that looks like an arch is called


A.Anticline
B.Monocline
C.Syncline
D.Bellcline

9. When the hanging wall moves downward against the footwall it is a


A.Normal fault
B.Reverse fault
C.Strike-slip fault
D.Dip Slip fault

. 10. A fault block you could hang from on a rope is called?


A.Ropecline
B.Hanging wall
C.Footwall
D.Fault

11. What type of mountains are formed when magma rises to Earth's surface and erupts?
A.Folded mountains
B.Fault-block mountains
C.Volcanic mountains
D.Strike-slip mountains

12. The surface along which rocks break and slide past each other is called?
A.Hanging wall
B.Fault
C.Footwall
D.Compression

13. A boundary that collide between 2 tectonic plates is called?


A.Transform boundary
B.Convergent boundary
C.Divergent boundary
D.Reversal boundary

14. A boundary between tectonic plates that move away from each other is called?
A.Transform boundary
B.Convergent boundary
C.Divergent boundary
D.Separation boundary

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