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