Continents begin to split into present configuration
- 1. Which ocean basin is still opening and widening today due to plate movement?
A) Pacific Ocean
B) Atlantic 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) Himalayas
B) Alps
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) Australia
B) Antarctica
C) North America
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) Hotspot activity
D) Convergent boundary
- 5. The movement of the Pacific Plate over a hotspot created which island chain in the Pacific Ocean?
A) Hawaiian Islands
B) Philippine 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) Andes
B) Southern Alps
C) Himalayas
D) Rockies
- 7. What is the process by which oceanic lithosphere descends beneath continental lithosphere at a convergent boundary?
A) Subduction
B) Divergence
C) Convection
D) Rifting
- 8. Which continent was once connected to North America and is now separated by the Atlantic Ocean?
A) Europe
B) Africa
C) Australia
D) Asia
- 9. What is the mechanism through which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges?
A) Seafloor spreading
B) Plate collision
C) Crustal convergence
D) Territorial extension
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