Question

1. Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift?
A) fossils
B) sea floor spreading
C) mountains
D) radiation in Earth's core
2. Oceanic Trenches are formed by _
A) divergent
B) transform
C) plate
D) convergent
plate boundaries.
3. The Hawaiian Islands were formed by magma pushing up at a
A) hot spot
B) convergent boundary
C) divergent boundary
D) transform boundary
4. How is new ocean floor created?
A) New crust is created at a convergent boundary where one plate subducts beneath another
B) New crust is created at a convergent boundary where two plates collide
C) New crust is formed at a divergent boundary where two plates separate and create a mid ocean ridge
D) New crust is formed at a transform boundary where plates slip past one another and release stress

Answer 1

D) New crust is formed at a transform boundary where plates slip past one another and release stress