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Plate Tectonics Worksheet

Authored by Madeline Hackney

Social Studies

7th Grade

Plate Tectonics Worksheet
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which events are most common along tectonic plate boundaries?

erosion and earthquakes

hurricanes and tsunamis

earthquakes and volcanoes

tidal waves and volcanoes

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is name for the super-continent?

Pangaea

Atlantis

Laurasia

Gondwana

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identical rock types, identical fossils, and very similar mountain ranges are found on different continents that are separated by a wide ocean. Which of these best explains these observations?

Organisms traveled between these continents on land bridges.

The same forces erode mountains in different locations.

These continents were joined together at one time in the past.

Some rock types are very common and are found everywhere.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of boundary has plates that slide past each other?

convergent

transform

divergent

tension

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What theory explains how the plates of the Earth are continually moving?

The Continental Drift Theory

The Theory of Evolution

The Plate Tectonic Theory

The Big Bang Theory

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What landform forms at convergent ocean plate boundaries?

ridges

trenches

valleys

mountains

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The map of continental drift most supports which two of the following statements? (Mya = Million years ago)

Continents were once joined together and have since drifted apart.

Similar fossils are found on continents that are now separated by oceans.

Continents have always been in their current positions.

Continental drift only occurred in the last 10 million years.

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