Tectonics and Landforms

Tectonics and Landforms
Self-Assessment Quiz

1. The original "super continent" was called

Pangea
Gondwanaland
Nortreland
none of the above

2. Wegener proposed that continental crust "plowed" through _____ as it moved from one place to the next.

oceanic crust
the mantle
the Moho
none of the above

3. In the late 1920's until the present, the movement of plates is thought to be due to 

convection currents in the crust
convection currents in the mantle
convection currents in the core
earthquakes along subduction zones

4. Along the Midocean ridge

earthquakes occur
sea floor spreading occurs
volcanism occurs
all the above occurs

5. Subduction zones are mostly likely found where

ocean crust collides with ocean crust
ocean crust collides with continental crust
continental crust collides with continental crust
where continental crust divergence takes place

6. Which of the following boundaries characterize the San Andreas Fault?

Spreading
Convergent
Transform
None of the above

7. Volcanism in Iceland is due to which of the following plate boundaries?

Spreading
Convergent
Transform
None of the above

8. Volcanism on the Hawaiian Islands is due to which of the following plate boundaries?

Spreading
Convergent
Transform
None of the above

9. The "Ring of Fire" is due to

ocean crust colliding with ocean crust
ocean crust colliding with continental crust
continental crust colliding with continental crust
where continental crust divergence takes place

10. The longest continuous chain of mountains formed by tectonic processes is found

in North America
in South America
in Asia
on the ocean floor

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