- 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) 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) North America
B) Australia
C) Africa
D) Antarctica
- 4. The separation of South America and Africa is primarily attributed to which type of plate boundary?
A) Convergent boundary
B) Transform boundary
C) Divergent 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) Galapagos Islands
C) Hawaiian 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) Andes
B) Himalayas
C) Southern Alps
D) Rockies
- 7. What is the process by which oceanic lithosphere descends beneath continental lithosphere at a convergent boundary?
A) Rifting
B) Convection
C) Subduction
D) Divergence
- 8. Which continent was once connected to North America and is now separated by the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Africa
B) Europe
C) Asia
D) Australia
- 9. What is the mechanism through which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges?
A) Seafloor spreading
B) Crustal convergence
C) Territorial extension
D) Plate collision
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