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QUIZ: Plate Tectonics

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1. What type of plate boundary forms the Andes Mountains?

Transform

Divergent

Oceanic–continental convergent

Continental–continental convergent

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2. True or False: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of a convergent plate boundary.

True

False

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3. Around what time did Pangaea begin to break apart?

65 million years ago

200 million years ago

500 million years ago

100,000 years ago

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4. Which tectonic setting is most commonly associated with stratovolcanoes?

Divergent boundaries

Hotspots beneath oceanic crust

Transform boundaries

Subduction zones

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5. The San Andreas Fault is an example of which type of plate boundary?

Divergent

Convergent

Transform

Collision

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6. Which layer of the Earth is directly involved in plate movement?

Inner core

Outer core

Lithosphere

Methosphere

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7. What is the Benioff zone?

A mid-ocean ridge magma chamber

A deep earthquake zone along a subducting plate

A transform fault system

A hotspot track

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8. What primarily determines whether subduction occurs at a convergent boundary?

Plate speed

Plate thickness

Plate age

Plate density

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