Plate Tectonics

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Leaving Certificate Geography (Plate Tectonics) Quiz sobre Plate Tectonics, criado por eimearkelly3 em 21-06-2013.
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Questão 1

Questão
What currents are responsible for the movement of the earth's plates?
Responda
  • Ocean currents
  • Thermal convection currents

Questão 2

Questão
At a mid-ocean ridge, where is the rock oldest?
Responda
  • Further away from the plate boundary
  • Closer to the plate boundary

Questão 3

Questão
When did Pangaea begin to break apart?
Responda
  • 100 million years ago
  • 200 million years ago
  • 300 million years ago

Questão 4

Questão
The remains of which dinosaur helped to proof the theory of continental drift
Responda
  • Stegosaurus
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex
  • Mesosaurus
  • Brachiosaurus

Questão 5

Questão
Crust is destroyed at
Responda
  • Destructive/convergent plate boundaries
  • Passive/conservative plate boundaries
  • Constructive/divergent plate boundaries

Questão 6

Questão
Crust is created at
Responda
  • Destructive/convergent plate boundaries
  • Passive/conservative plate boundaries
  • Constructive/divergent plate boundaries

Questão 7

Questão
The Mariana Trench was created by
Responda
  • A destructive/convergent boundary
  • A passive/conservative plate boundary
  • A constructive/divergent plate boundary

Questão 8

Questão
The San Andreas fault line was created by
Responda
  • A destructive/convergent plate boundary
  • A passive/conservative plate boundary
  • A constructive/divergent plate boundary

Questão 9

Questão
The Himilayas and the Alps were created by
Responda
  • A destructive/convergent plate boundary
  • A passive/conservative plate boundary
  • A constructive/divergent plate boundary

Questão 10

Questão
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge was created by
Responda
  • A destructive/convergent plate boundary
  • A passive/conservative plate boundary
  • A constructive/divergent plate boundary

Questão 11

Questão
Japan is an island arc created by
Responda
  • A destructive/convergent plate boundary
  • A passive/conservative plate boundary
  • A constructive/divergent plate boundary

Questão 12

Questão
Destructive plate boundaires give rise to
Responda
  • Volcanic mountains
  • Deep earthquakes
  • Trenches
  • Island arcs
  • Mid-ocean ridges
  • New ocean floor
  • Fold mountains
  • Shallow earthquakes
  • Volcanic islands
  • Transform faults

Questão 13

Questão
Passive plate boundaries give rise to
Responda
  • Mid-ocean ridges
  • Volcanic mountains
  • Volcanic islands
  • Deep earthquakes
  • Shallow earthquakes
  • Fold mountains
  • Transform faults
  • Island arc
  • Trenches
  • New ocean floor

Questão 14

Questão
Constructive plate boundaries
Responda
  • Volcanic mountains
  • Volcanic islands
  • Fold mountains
  • Deep earthquakes
  • Shallow earthquakes
  • Trenches
  • Island arc
  • Mid-ocean ridge
  • Transform faults
  • New ocean floor

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