Question 1 (1 point)
Based on this map, what is one continent in which the there are two (or more) plates?
Question 1 options:
A) Africa
B) Europe
C) North America
D) Asia
Question 2 (1 point)
What was discovered in Antarctica that solidified Wegener’s theory of continental drift?
Question 2 options:
A) Mineral deposits
B) Snow and ice
C) Extinct volcanoes
D) Tropical plant fossils
Question 3 (1 point)
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Where do scientists think the next major ocean will be formed?
Question 3 options:
A) Iceland
B) Australia
C) Gulf of Mexico
D) East Africa
Question 4 (1 point)
Based on the article, which is not a reason why humans are drawn to plate boundaries.
Question 4 options:
A) Ore deposits
B) Fertile soil
C) Geothermal energy
D) Nice scenery
Question 5 (1 point)
Two closest tectonic plates to San Francisco are?
Question 5 options:
A) Pacific/North America
B) Pacific/Juan de Fuca
C) Pacific/Californian
D) North American/California
Question 6 (1 point)
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Two closest tectonic plates to Taipei, Taiwan are?
Question 6 options:
A) Philippine/China
B) Eurasian/Philippine
C) Philippine/Taiwan
D) Taiwan/China
Question 7 (1 point)
Two closest tectonic plates to Jerusalem, Israel are?
Question 7 options:
A) Arabian/Eurasian
B) African/Arabian
C) African/Eurasian
D) Mediterranean/Eurasian
Question 8 (1 point)
Two closest tectonic plates to Karachi, Pakistan are?
Question 8 options:
A) Arabian/African
B) Pakistani/Indian
C) Indian/Eurasian
D) Burmese/Eurasian
Question 9 (1 point)
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Boundary A _________
Question 9 options:
A) Transform
B) Continental-continental convergent
C) Continental-oceanic convergent
D) Oceanic divergent
E) Oceanic-Oceanic convergent
F) Continental-continental divergent
Question 10 (1 point)
Why did you choose your answer in the previous question?
Question 10 options:
A) The African plate is subducting under the Arabian Plate, closing off the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean
B) Red Sea is shrinking because two continental plates are coming together.
C) The Arabian and African plates are moving away from each other, creating the Red Sea