- 1. Which ocean basin is still opening and widening today due to plate movement?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Arctic Ocean
C) Indian Ocean
D) Pacific Ocean
- 2. Which mountain range is a result of the collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate?
A) Andes
B) Rockies
C) Alps
D) Himalayas
- 3. Which continent is believed to have split from Gondwana and moved to its current position in the Northern Hemisphere?
A) Australia
B) Africa
C) North America
D) Antarctica
- 4. The separation of South America and Africa is primarily attributed to which type of plate boundary?
A) Divergent boundary
B) Convergent boundary
C) Transform boundary
D) Hotspot activity
- 5. What is the process by which oceanic lithosphere descends beneath continental lithosphere at a convergent boundary?
A) Divergence
B) Rifting
C) Convection
D) Subduction
- 6. The movement of the Pacific Plate over a hotspot created which island chain in the Pacific Ocean?
A) Philippine Islands
B) Fiji Islands
C) Hawaiian Islands
D) Galapagos Islands
- 7. What is the mechanism through which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges?
A) Seafloor spreading
B) Plate collision
C) Territorial extension
D) Crustal convergence
- 8. Which continent was once connected to North America and is now separated by the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Asia
B) Australia
C) Europe
D) Africa
- 9. The collision of the Australian Plate with the Pacific Plate led to the formation of which mountain range in New Zealand?
A) Rockies
B) Himalayas
C) Andes
D) Southern Alps
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