Plate Tectonics Unit Assessment

1. Earth's plates meet at _______________.

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• plate boundaries
• oceans

2. What order of images best represent how the earth changed from Pangaea to the way the earth looks today?

• C,B,A,D,E
• A,C,B,D,E
• A,D,C,E,B
• C,E,B,A,D

3. What are the results of plate tectonics?

• mountains
• earthquakes
• volcanoes
• all of the above

4. Where do most earthquakes occur?

• in the center of continents
• along the edge of the tectonic plates
• at the poles of the Earth
• only in the older parts of the earth

5. What causes the movement of the plates of the Earth?

• heat from the sun
• the movement of the ocean
• the downward pull of gravity
• the flow of magma because of the hot core of the Earth

6.What is the layer of Earth that we stand on called?

• the mantle
• the inner core
• the outer core
• the crust

7. Breaks in the crust called __________ form where plates meet.

• mountains
• faults
• rift valleys
• trenches

8. In addition to fossil locations, what other evidence supports the theory of continental drift?

• landforms and rock types
• weather and rock types
• landforms and climate

9. All of the following are true about plates except

• Plates move slowly on top of the mantle.
• Earthquakes and mountains are created from plate movement.
• Plates are fixed in place and do not move.

10. Which layer of the earth is divided into tectonic plates?

• Crust
• Plates
• Mantle
• Continents