Quiz on Plate Tectonics

Charity I. Mulig

1. ______ refers to the deformation of the Earth’s crust and results in the formation of structural features such as mountains

2. What hypothesis was the precedent of the theory of plate tectonics?

3. Who was the major proponent of such hypothesis?

4. Briefly what was the theory all about? (3 points)

5. What were the evidences put forward by the proponent of such theory? (4 points)

6. Why was the hypothesis rejected? (3 points)7. Differentiate the theory of plate tectonics

from the earlier thery from which it sprung. (5 points)

8. Compare the continental plates and oceanic plates.(5 points)

9. These plates ussually interact along their boundaries. List the plate type boundaries (3 points).

10. What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

11-12What do you call these features?

13. What do you call the penomena of the formation of new seafloor materials?

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14. What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

15-16. What do you call these features?

17-18. Identify these plate types.

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19. What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

20. What event results when these two plates move past each other.

21. What are the evidences presented by the proponents of the plate tectonics theory. (4points)