Practice Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes and Earthquakes – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 1

What name is given to the single landmass in which all the continents were once joined?

What was the name of the mega ocean that surrounded Pangaea?

When Pangaea broke into two parts, what was the southern part called?

In which year was the idea of plate tectonics put forward?

The Himalayas were formed when the Indian plate collided with which plate?

At which type of plate boundary do plates move away from each other and form new crust?

At which type of plate boundary do plates slide horizontally past each other?

What is the place inside the crust where earthquake movement starts called?

Which instrument is used to measure earthquakes?

The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on which scale?