Plate Tectonic Review/Practice

Plate Tectonic Review/Practice

by Ashley Roe-Jones

Learning Targets​

I can identify examples of plate tectonic activity. (Knowledge)

I can describe the process of convection. (Knowledge)

I can identify the role of radioactive decay in the process of convection. (Knowledge)

I can identify the force(s) that cause most of the plate movement on Earth. (Knowledge)

​I can identify the different types of plate tectonic settings. (Knowledge) 

I can identify subduction zones, continental collision, rift zones, and ocean basins. (Knowledge)

I can compare and contrast the different types of plate tectonic settings. (Reasoning)

Multiple Choice

This was the super continent, where all of the Earth’s continents were connected together

• Beringia

• Pantheon

• Pangaea

• Continentia

Multiple Choice

This German scientist first proposed continental drift theory

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Archimedes

• Thomas Warner

Multiple Choice

Wegener observed scratches from glaciers in Africa and India where it is currently too hot for glaciers to form. This is considered...

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Formation Evidence

• Climate Evidence

• Objective Evidence

Multiple Choice

These are remains of dead plants or animals preserved in rock.

• Glaciers

• Dinosaurs

• Bones

• Fossils

Multiple Choice

Wegener noticed that the Appalachian Mountains and Caledonian Mountains line up and are made of the same rock types. This was a type of ....

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Formation Evidence

• Climate Evidence

• Objective Evidence

Multiple Choice

How was Wegener's theory received by other scientists at the time?

• They thought it was great

• They did not accept it

Multiple Choice

Why was Wegener's hypothesis not accepted?

• He could not explain what force was moving the continents

• He was a meteorologists, so no one took him seriously

• He did not have enough types of fossils to support his theory

• Because scientists thought Harry Hess' theory was better

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

Multiple Choice

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

• along the edges of all the continents.

• along mid-ocean ridges.

• in deep-ocean trenches.

• at the north and south poles.

Multiple Choice

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

Multiple Choice

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

• convection.

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

Multiple Choice

The geological theory of _______ states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion.

• subduction

• plate tectonics

• deep-ocean trenches

• sea-floor spreading

Multiple Choice

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth’s

• continents.

• mantle.

• lithosphere.

• inner core.

Multiple Choice

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

• rift valley.

Multiple Choice

The place where two plates come together is known as a _______

• transform boundary.

• divergent boundary.

• convergent boundary.

• rift valley.

Multiple Choice

Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Sliding

• No movement

Multiple Choice

The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type of

boundary is it?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Transform

• Sea Floor Spreading

Multiple Choice

Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

Multiple Choice

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

• Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
• New crust is underwater where it sinks
• New crust breaks more easily than old crust

Multiple Choice

This layer of Earth is the thickest part

• crust
• outer core
• mantle
• inner core

Multiple Choice

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and upper
• lower and upper
• pizza and subway

Multiple Choice

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

• divergent
• continent-to-continent convergent
• ocean-to-continent convergent
• transform

Multiple Choice

What type of boundary is the SAN ANDREAS FAULT on?

• Covergent
• Transformers
• Divergent
• Transform

Multiple Choice

What are Tectonic Plates?

• A continent 
• The Trees in Vietnam 
• ThE PlaTES That MoVE uNdERGRound :)
• The Plates that move the Continents

Multiple Choice

What is Pangaea?

• the name of a German scientist
• the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

Multiple Choice

What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and basin
• lower and upper
• thick and thin

Multiple Choice

Mountains form from ...

• plates sliding past one another
• collision of plates
• plates moving away from each other