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WorksheetsTopography/Plate Tectonics REVIEW
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Based on the map below, which location has a greater elevation, A or B?
a)
Location A is higher.
b)
Location B is higher.
c)
Locations A and B are at the same elevation.
d)
It is impossible to determine which location is higher.
2.
A mountaineer is planning an expedition. He wants to follow the easiest possible path, which means he needs to find the most gentle slope up the mountain. Which route should the mountaineer choose?
a)
Route A
b)
Route B
c)
Route C
d)
Route D
3.
What is the contour interval of the topographic map below?
a)
400 m
b)
200 m
c)
100 m
d)
80 m
4.
What is the most likely elevation of the mountain below?
a)
774 meters
b)
871 meters
c)
922 meters
d)
985 meters
5.
Which part of the map shows the symbols located on the map and what they stand for?
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Grid lines
c)
Map title
d)
Map key or legend
6.
What is located in E5?
a)
Twizzles
b)
Ice Cream
c)
Chips
d)
Pizza Hut
7.
What is the contour interval?
a)
100
b)
50
c)
20
d)
10
8.
What is the elevation of point b?
a)
10
b)
20
c)
25
d)
30
9.
The circled area would be
a)
flat
b)
gentle slope
c)
steep slope
d)
under water
10.
How can you tell if a slope is gentle?
a)
Contour lines are close together
b)
Contour lines are far apart
c)
Contour lines make a "V"
d)
Contour lines cross each other
11.
In a ___________change, a substance changes into a different substance.
a)
Physical
b)
Chemical
12.
a copper penny turning greenish after a few years.
a)
Chemical Change
b)
Physical Change
13.
Which is a physical change?
a)
digesting food
b)
burning natural gas
c)
exploding firework
d)
chopping onions
14.
Which of the following is a sign that a chemical reaction has occurred?
a)
change in shape
b)
melting
c)
formation of a gas
d)
dissolving
15.
What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Rift
16.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
17.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
18.
Who came up with the idea of Continental Drift?
a)
Alfred Wagon
b)
Albert Wegener
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Albert Wagoner
19.
This boundary moves away from another boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
20.
This boundary is also called a colliding boundary.
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
21.
Which plate boundary does not create volcanoes?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
22.
A. Wegener believed that all the continents were connected at one time. What did he call this one large land mass?
a)
Pancakes
b)
Pangaea
c)
Pancreas
d)
Patches
23.
Plate movement is caused by ______________.
a)
the rotation of the Earth
b)
ocean tides
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
the moon's gravity
24.
The crust and the uppermost mantle make up the ________________.
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
atmosphere
d)
hydrosphere
25.
What is the name of the plate boundary that pulls apart?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Tug Of War
26.
What is the name of the plate boundary that pushes together?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
A Chest Bump
27.
What is the name of the plate boundary that slides past each other?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Mr. C the Slide Man
28.
Which of these events can ONLY happen at a CONVERGENT BOUNDARY?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
A Tree
c)
Volcano
d)
Orcacane
(Orca Hurricane)
(Orca Hurricane)
29.
What type of boundary is the SAN ANDREAS FAULT on?
a)
Covergent
b)
Transformers
c)
Divergent
d)
Transform
30.
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
a)
Similar mountain ranges found on the eastern side of South America and the western side of Africa.
b)
Identical fossils found on different continents.
c)
Satellite Images
d)
Glacial erosion found in Australia and Africa.
31.
According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,
a)
Earth is shrinking
b)
The continents do not move, they only appear to drift.
c)
The Earth once had great land bridges that connected the continents.
d)
The continents were once joined and have since drifted apart.
32.
What is the thinnest layer of the earth?
a)
The troposphere
b)
The outer core
c)
The mesosphere
d)
The crust
33.
California, Japan, Chile, Nepal, and India have all experienced earthquakes before. What type of plate boundary must be near
a)
Reform
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
34.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
35.
What is another term for the number of protons an element has?
a)
Mass number
b)
Atomic number
c)
Electron number
d)
Atomic mass
36.
An atom has 5 protons and 6 neutrons. What is its mass number?
a)
5
b)
6
c)
11
d)
16
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