To help you master concepts from Chapter 19 (Plate Tectonics), take this sample examination. This may be the greatest story ever told.

1			The southern supercontinent was called: Need a Hint?
			A)	Laurentia.
			B)	Glossopteris.
			C)	Gondwanaland.
			D)	Pangea.
2			The sliding of seafloor beneath a continent or island arc is known as: Need a Hint?
			A)	obfuscation.
			B)	obduction.
			C)	subduction.
			D)	obliteration.
3			The tectonic plates of Earth are part of Earth's: Need a Hint?
			A)	crust.
			B)	mantle.
			C)	lithosphere.
			D)	asthenosphere.
4			The Vine-Matthews hypothesis explains the origin of: Need a Hint?
			A)	polar wandering.
			B)	seafloor magnetic anomalies.
			C)	continental drift.
			D)	mid-ocean ridges.
5			The San Andreas Fault in California is a: Need a Hint?
			A)	convergent plate boundary.
			B)	divergent plate boundary.
			C)	transform plate boundary.
			D)	none of these.
6			Which of the following features would you expect to find at an ocean-ocean convergent boundary? Need a Hint?
			A)	volcanic island arc.
			B)	ocean trench.
			C)	earthquakes.
			D)	all of these.
7			Which of the following features would you expect to find at an ocean-continent convergent boundary? Need a Hint?
			A)	deep ocean trench.
			B)	volcanic mountain chain.
			C)	earthquakes.
			D)	all of these.
8			Which of the following would you expect to find at a continent-continent convergent boundary? Need a Hint?
			A)	deep ocean trench.
			B)	suture zone.
			C)	volcanic mountain chain.
			D)	all of these.
9			Passive continental margins are created at: Need a Hint?
			A)	divergent plate boundaries.
			B)	convergent plate boundaries
			C)	transform plate boundaries
			D)	all of these.
10			The Hawaiian Islands are the result of: Need a Hint?
			A)	subduction.
			B)	seafloor spreading.
			C)	a mantle plume.
			D)	none of these.
11			Metallic ores are created at divergent plate boundaries: Need a Hint?
			A)	through hydrothermal processes.
			B)	in lava flows.
			C)	in sedimentary deposits.
			D)	all of these.
12			A large supercontinent that existed 225 million years ago was: Need a Hint?
			A)	Gondwanaland.
			B)	Laurasia.
			C)	Glossopteris
			D)	Pangea.
13			Alfred Wegener was a: Need a Hint?
			A)	geologist.
			B)	geophysicist.
			C)	astronomer.
			D)	meteorologist.
14			Which of the following was not used by Wegener as evidence of continental drift? Need a Hint?
			A)	Fossils that were common to many continents.
			B)	Evidence of glaciation on widely separated continents.
			C)	The geometric fit of the continents.
			D)	Magnetic anomalies on the seafloor.
15			Continental drift and the reorganization of this hypothesis to Plate Tectonics was made possible by advances in: Need a Hint?
			A)	understanding of Earth's magnetic field.
			B)	understanding of Earth's fossil record.
			C)	development of radiometric dating methods.
			D)	none of these.
16			An early hypothesis that eventually led to the Theory of Plate Tectonics was: Need a Hint?
			A)	the Elastic Rebound Theory of G.K. Gilbert in the early 1900's.
			B)	"Theory of the Earth" by James Hutton, 1788.
			C)	Seafloor Spreading by Harry Hess, 1962.
			D)	all of these.
17			The age of the seafloor is relatively young because: Need a Hint?
			A)	it is continuously generated at mid-ocean ridges.
			B)	it is continuously destroyed at subduction zones.
			C)	both of the above.
			D)	none of the above.
18			If a plate moves 20 mm per year, how far will it move in 1 million years? Need a Hint?
			A)	20 meters.
			B)	20 kilometers.
			C)	20 centimeters.
			D)	2,000 kilometers.
19			The East African Rift is an example of: Need a Hint?
			A)	a continent-continent convergent boundary.
			B)	an ocean-continent convergent boundary.
			C)	an ocean-ocean convergent boundary.
			D)	a divergent plate boundary.
20			Which of the following provides evidence of plate motion? Need a Hint?
			A)	chains of seamounts in the ocean basins.
			B)	the age distribution of the Hawaiian Islands.
			C)	the age distribution of basalt at mid-ocean ridges.
			D)	all of these.