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Chemistry 6.2 Plate tectonics — Quiz

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1.
Which is the correct definition of “Convection current”?
Plates slide past each other.
Changes colour with pH.
Circulation of hot material rising and cool sinking.
A testable idea.
2.
Speed of plates (cm per year). Which has the smallest value?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 1
Australian
Pacific
North American
Eurasian
3.
Which is the correct definition of “Plate boundary”?
Liquid layer of iron and nickel.
Where the sky seems to meet the land or sea.
Where two plates meet.
Sudden shaking of the ground as plates move.
4.
Which term matches this definition? “A large slab of the lithosphere that moves slowly.”
Destructive boundary
Element
Alloy
Tectonic plate
5.
A plate moves 7 cm per year. How far in 100 years in metres?
7 m
700 m
70 m
1 m
6.
Which statement is NOT correct?
Convection happens in the inner core.
Cooler mantle rock sinks.
Plates move a few centimetres per year.
In the 1960s evidence of seafloor spreading appeared.
7.
Speed of plates (cm per year). Which graph shows these results correctly?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 2
A
B
C
D
8.
Width of the Atlantic Ocean over time. Between which two values of "Million years ago" did "Width (km)" change the most?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 3
150 and 100
200 and 150
50 and 0
100 and 50
9.
Which statement is correct?
The Atlantic is shrinking.
Cool mantle rock rises.
Continents have never moved.
Other scientists rejected Wegener's idea at first.
10.
A plate moves 5 cm per year. How far in 1000 years in metres?
5 m
50 m
5000 m
500 m
11.
Speed of plates (cm per year). Which graph shows these results correctly?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 4
A
B
C
D
12.
Which statement is NOT correct?
Similar rock types are found at the edges of continents.
Wegener explained how plates move.
Plates move a few centimetres per year.
Hot mantle rock rises.
13.
Which statement is correct?
Convection currents in the mantle move plates.
The Atlantic is shrinking.
Wegener's idea was accepted immediately.
Wegener explained how plates move.
14.
Which is the correct definition of “Pangaea”?
Underwater mountain chain where plates move apart.
A mixture mainly of metals.
Rock formed when magma or lava cools.
Supercontinent that broke up about 200 million years ago.
15.
Which term matches this definition? “Circulation of hot material rising and cool sinking.”
Mesosaurus
Convection current
Conservative boundary
Plate boundary
16.
A plate moves 5 cm per year. How far in 10000 years in metres?
50,000 m
50 m
500 m
5000 m
17.
Evidence types for continental drift. Which graph shows these results correctly?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 5
A
B
C
D
18.
A plate moves 7 cm per year. How far in 1000 years in metres?
7 m
700 m
70 m
7000 m
19.
Distance between two continents (measured by GPS). What is the value of "Distance increase (cm)" when "Year" is 2015?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 6
12
25
0
37
20.
Which statement is correct?
Coal in Antarctica formed in ice.
Wegener's idea was accepted immediately.
Coal found in Antarctica shows it was once warmer.
Plates move metres per day.
21.
Speed of plates (cm per year). About how many times bigger is Pacific than Eurasian?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 7
7.2
3.6
1.8
5.4
22.
A plate moves 2.5 cm per year. How far in 1000 years in metres?
2 m
25 m
2500 m
250 m
23.
A plate moves 5 cm per year. How far in 100 years in metres?
10 m
5 m
500 m
50 m
24.
Which statement is correct?
Cool mantle rock rises.
Continents have never moved.
Wegener's idea was accepted immediately.
Wegener proposed his hypothesis in 1912.
25.
Width of the Atlantic Ocean over time. At what value of "Million years ago" is "Width (km)" greatest?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 8
50
100
0
150
26.
Which is the correct definition of “Mesosaurus”?
Liquid layer of iron and nickel.
Plates move together and one sinks.
Freshwater reptile fossil found in Africa and South America.
A large slab of the lithosphere that moves slowly.
27.
Which is the correct definition of “Tectonic plate”?
Freshwater reptile fossil found in Africa and South America.
A large slab of the lithosphere that moves slowly.
Plates slide past each other.
Not erupting now but could again.
28.
Which statement is NOT correct?
Other scientists rejected Wegener's idea at first.
Plates move about as fast as fingernails grow.
Pangaea broke up about 200 million years ago.
Plates move metres per day.
29.
Evidence types for continental drift. Which has the greatest value?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 9
Fossils
Rocks
Climate
Fit of coastlines
30.
Which statement is NOT correct?
Matching mountain ranges cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Mesosaurus could not swim across oceans.
Plates move a few centimetres per year.
Mesosaurus swam across oceans.
31.
Which is the correct definition of “Continental drift”?
Mountains formed where plates collide.
Wegener's idea that continents move.
Underwater mountain chain where plates move apart.
Large moving slab of lithosphere.
32.
Evidence types for continental drift. Which graph shows these results correctly?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 10
A
B
C
D
33.
Speed of plates (cm per year). Which graph shows these results correctly?
Dr Dabour Hub Academy - figure 11
A
B
C
D
34.
Wegener could not explain ____ continents moved.
where
how
whether
when
35.
Mesosaurus could not swim across ____.
oceans
lakes
ponds
rivers
36.
Mesosaurus fossils are found in Africa and ____.
Antarctica only
Asia
Europe
South America
37.
Plates move a few ____ per year.
kilometres
metres
centimetres
millimetres only
38.
Coal found in Antarctica shows it was once ____.
underwater
higher
colder
warmer
39.
Other scientists ____ Wegener's idea at first.
proved
accepted
ignored completely
rejected
40.
Wegener noticed Africa and South America ____.
fit together
are joined now
never moved
are identical
41.
Plates move about as fast as ____.
cars
people walk
fingernails grow
snails sprint
42.
True or false? Wegener was mainly a meteorologist.
True
False
43.
True or false? Plates move metres per day.
True
False
44.
True or false? Rock on the sea floor gets older further from the ridge.
True
False
45.
True or false? The Atlantic is shrinking.
True
False
46.
True or false? Hot mantle rock rises.
True
False
47.
True or false? Pangaea broke up about 200 million years ago.
True
False
48.
True or false? Mesosaurus swam across oceans.
True
False
49.
True or false? Coal found in Antarctica shows it was once warmer.
True
False
50.
True or false? Scientists accepted Wegener's idea immediately.
True
False
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