Lesson 1.2
1.2 Plate tectonic theory and plate margins Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 1
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The 20 questions
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Which force is considered the primary driver of tectonic plate movement?
- Ridge push
- Slab pull
- Gravitational sliding
- Mantle drag
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What does palaeomagnetism record in ocean-floor igneous rocks?
- Ocean water temperature
- Crustal density changes
- Earth's magnetic polarity
- Mantle plume depth
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What evidence on the ocean floor supports symmetrical sea floor spreading?
- Fossil distribution
- Glacial striations
- Magnetic striping
- Continental fit
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What does the Benioff zone represent at a subduction zone?
- Magma chamber roof
- Sloping earthquake zone
- Fold mountain peak
- Rift valley floor
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Which mantle process transfers heat upwards to assist plate movement?
- Subduction friction
- Convection currents
- Slab pull
- Ridge push
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What feature is created along constructive boundaries by sea floor spreading?
- Island arc
- Deep trench
- Oceanic ridge
- Fold mountain
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What landform is created when two continental plates collide?
- Ocean trenches
- Volcanic arcs
- Rift valleys
- Fold mountains
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Which plate margin features oceanic crust subducting beneath continental crust?
- Conservative margin
- Collision margin
- Constructive margin
- Destructive margin
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Along a transform margin, two plates move past each other at about 5 cm per year. Over 200 years, approximately how far have they moved relative to each other?
- 1 metre
- 1000 metres
- 100 metres
- 10 metres
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A mid-ocean ridge widens by a total of 2 cm per year. Over 5 million years, roughly how far apart do the two plate margins become?
- 1000 km
- 10 km
- 50 km
- 100 km
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What evidence suggests slab pull is stronger than ridge push?
- Greater ridge elevation
- Stronger mantle drag
- Higher magma viscosity
- Faster plate movement
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How does the age of oceanic crust change away from mid-ocean ridges?
- It becomes younger
- It becomes older
- It remains constant
- It fluctuates randomly
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What process involves a dense oceanic plate sinking into the mantle at an oceanic trench?
- Subduction
- Continental rifting
- Transform faulting
- Sea floor spreading
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What zone of progressively deeper earthquake foci marks a subducting oceanic plate?
- Mohorovičić discontinuity
- Benioff zone
- Gutenberg zone
- Wadati ridge
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Which force drives ridge push at mid-ocean ridges?
- Friction
- Magnetic attraction
- Gravity
- Basal drag
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Palaeomagnetic striping on the ocean floor provides key evidence for which process?
- Mantle plume formation
- Sea floor spreading
- Crustal subduction
- Continental collision
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Which layer of the upper mantle lies directly beneath the rigid lithosphere?
- Inner core
- Mesosphere
- Asthenosphere
- Continental crust
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Which property of magma primarily determines whether a volcanic eruption is explosive or effusive?
- Temperature alone
- Age
- Density
- Viscosity
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At which type of plate margin is new oceanic crust continuously created?
- Conservative margin
- Destructive margin
- Constructive margin
- Collision margin
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What happens to tectonic crust at a conservative plate boundary?
- It is conserved
- It is created
- It is destroyed
- It is subducted
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