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