Download Paleozoic Plate Tectonics Quiz

Paleozoic Plate Tectonics Quiz
1) The continents move around on Earth’s surface but they are always centered near
the Equator.
a) True
b) False
2) The Phanerozoic
a) Began with the supercontinent Pangaea and ended with the supercontinent Rodinia.
b) Was the first era to come after the Precambrian.
c) Was the second era of the Phanerozoic.
d) All of these.
3) When continents converge to make a supercontinent
a) The convergent plate boundary goes from ocean-continent to continent-continent.
b) Island arcs and microcontinents may also join in.
c) Processes take place over tens or hundreds of millions of years.
d) All of these.
4) This mountain range grew much higher when Gondwana and Laurentia collided
to create Pangaea.
a) The Cascades
b) The Himalayas
c) The Alps
d) The Appalachians
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5) Eastern North America has a sequence of metamorphic rock, metamorphosed
sedimentary rock and a volcanic arc. This is due to
a) Convergence during the Taconic Orogeny.
b) Convergence due to the Appalachian Orogeny.
c) Divergence due to the opening of the Atlantic Ocean.
d) Divergence during the Laurentian Orogeny.
6) The southern continents came together to form Pangaea.
a) True
b) False
7) Pangaea was central to Alfred Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis.
a) True
b) False
8) Geologists think that the Himalayas are the tallest mountains in Earth history.
c) True
d) False
9) At the end of the Paleozoic, there was/were
a) One landmass, called Rodinia, and one super ocean, called Rodalassa.
b) Two landmasses, Laurentia and Gondwana, and one super ocean, called Panthalassa.
c) One landmass, called Pangaea, and one super ocean, called Panthalassa.
d) None of these.
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10) The remnants of the Taconic Mountain range are found in _______________.
a) New York
b) California
c) Australia
d) Africa
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