- 1. Laurasia included which present-day continents?
A) North America, Europe, Asia
B) Africa, India, Antarctica
C) Australia, Asia, Greenland
D) South America, Africa, Australia
- 2. Which tectonic plates were involved in the breakup of Pangea?
A) Pacific Plate, Juan de Fuca Plate, Cocos Plate
B) Nazca Plate, Scotia Plate, South Sandwich Plate
C) North American Plate, Eurasian Plate, African Plate, South American Plate, Indian Plate, Australian Plate, Antarctic Plate
D) Caribbean Plate, Philippine Sea Plate, Arabian Plate
- 3. What major feature was created as a result of the splitting of Pangea?
A) Caspian Sea
B) Mediterranean Sea
C) Bering Sea
D) Atlantic Ocean
- 4. The breakup of Pangea was driven by which process?
A) Plate tectonics
B) Erosion
C) Volcanism
D) Photosynthesis
- 5. Which scientist is credited with proposing the theory of continental drift which eventually led to the understanding of Pangea's breakup?
A) Gregor Mendel
B) Isaac Newton
C) Alfred Wegener
D) Charles Darwin
- 6. The splitting of Pangea into Gondwanaland and Laurasia occurred approximately how many million years ago?
A) 200 million years ago
B) 500 million years ago
C) 1 billion years ago
D) 50 million years ago
- 7. One of the landmasses that formed as a result of the breakup of Pangea is known to have had a harsh ice-covered environment. Which continent is this?
A) Africa
B) Australia
C) South America
D) Antarctica
- 8. Which oceanic ridge system was formed during the breakup of Pangea?
A) Mid-Atlantic Ridge
B) East Pacific Rise
C) Mariana Trench
D) Philippine Trench
- 9. What is the term used to describe the supercontinent that formed before Pangea?
A) Gondwanaland
B) Pannotia
C) Rodinia
D) Laurasia
- 10. Which of the following landmasses was NOT part of Gondwanaland?
A) Antarctica
B) North America
C) Africa
D) South America
- 11. What is the name of the supercontinent that began to split into Gondwanaland and Laurasia?
A) Andromeda
B) Pangea
C) Olympus
D) Atlantis
- 12. What is the name of the ocean that formed between Gondwanaland and Laurasia during the split?
A) Tethys
B) Indian
C) Atlantic
D) Pacific
- 13. Which of the following forces is primarily responsible for plate movement?
A) Solar radiation
B) Magnetic attraction
C) Convection currents in the mantle
D) Gravitational pull
- 14. What type of boundary is formed when two plates move apart?
A) Divergent boundary
B) Subduction boundary
C) Convergent boundary
D) Transform boundary
- 15. What is the process through which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges?
A) Seafloor spreading
B) Plate collision
C) Subduction
D) Mantle plume
- 16. What is the term for the large sections into which the lithosphere is divided?
A) Islands
B) Tectonic plates
C) Cratons
D) Atolls
- 17. Which mountain range was formed during the collision between India and Asia after the breakup of Pangea?
A) Alps
B) Rockies
C) Himalayas
D) Andes
- 18. What is the term for the process by which one tectonic plate is forced beneath another?
A) Uplift
B) Crustal collision
C) Plate separation
D) Subduction
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