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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 16mins
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1.
What is Pangaea?
a)
The name of a German Scientist
b)
the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
c)
another name for continental drift
d)
the name of an ancient fossil
2.
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
a)
evidence from landforms
b)
evidence from fossils
c)
evidence from human remains
d)
evidence from climate
3.
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by
a)
conduction
b)
earthquakes
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
Earth's magnetic field.
4.
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as
a)
convection
b)
continental drift
c)
subduction
d)
conduction
5.
A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
d)
rift valley
6.
A rift valley forms at a
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
divergent plate boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
deep ocean trench
7.
Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's
a)
continents
b)
mantle
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core
8.
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a
a)
mid ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
rift valley
d)
mountain range
9.
Fossils of a particular animal species have been found in both southern Africa and South America but nowhere else. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY the reason why?
a)
The fossils evolved into different organisms
b)
The climate changed and became much colder.
c)
In the past, Africa and South America were part of the same continent
d)
In the future, Africa and South America will be part of the same continent.
10.
The average density of one of the continental crusts is 2.8 g/cm3 and the average density of the oceanic crusts is 3.2 g/cm3. If these two plates come together, what could be expected to happen?
a)
Two plates would push apart and form a rift zone.
b)
The oceanic plate would rise up over the continental plate
c)
The oceanic plate would be pushed under the continental plate
d)
The two plates would meet head on and rise up to form mountains.
11.
Which type of plate boundaries occur at X?
a)
Divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
12.
What feature occurs at Y?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
hot spot
d)
rift
13.
What is happening at Z?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
subduction zone
c)
transform boundary
d)
sea floor spreading
14.
Which type of plate boundary occurs at Y?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
sea floor spreading
15.
Why does cooler material sink while warmer material rises?
a)
Cooler material is more dense.
b)
Hot material is more dense.
16.
Name this Boundary type
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform
d)
Equal Arm Balance
17.
San Andreas fault is an example of what type of boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Divergent
d)
Volcanoes
18.
A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the Earth is called the
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
19.
The transfer of heat by movements of a heated fluid
a)
Radiation
b)
Convection
c)
Conduction
d)
Infrared Radiation
20.
Who is the scientist that discovered the theory of continental drift
a)
Einstein
b)
Wegener
c)
Curie
d)
Darwin
21.
Convection currents form due to differences in ______________ of warm and cold air
a)
Weight
b)
Humidity
c)
Temperature
d)
Density
22.
A plate boundary where two plates move away from one another is called
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Mountain boundary
23.
What causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
Convection Currents in Asthenosphere
b)
Convection Currents in Mesosphere
c)
A Titan getting a work out
d)
The magnetic personality of Mr. E's student's awsomeness
24.
the middle mantle is AKA the
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
magnetic reservoir
d)
cummerbund
25.
what is the difference in the inner core and outer core
a)
inner solid metal, outer liquid metal
b)
inner liquid metal, outer solid metal
c)
inner solid metal outer solid rock
d)
one is yummy and one gets thrown away
26.
What is the spot on the crust above where the earthquake actually occurs
a)
epicenter
b)
hypocenter
c)
Zone of Proximal Deformaion
d)
subdermal hematoma
27.
How do faults occur?
a)
When the Earth's plates move
b)
All of the above
c)
When stress on rock is great enough to cause a fracture
d)
When the Earth moves around the sun
28.
The San Andreas Fault in San Francisco is a good example of a
a)
reverse fault
b)
normal fault
c)
strike-slip fault
d)
transverse fault
29.
Tension stress will form what type of fault?
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Strike-slip fault
c)
Reverse fault
d)
ITsyour Fault
30.
The type of fault created from shear stress is
a)
reverse fault
b)
strike-slip fault
c)
normal fault
d)
Moho Fault
31.
Compression stress is known to cause
a)
strike-slip faults
b)
normal faults
c)
compression faults
d)
reverse faults
32.
The part of the Earth's layers responsible for the protective magnetic field is
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
lower mantle
d)
Moho layer
33.
The seismic wave that allowed scientists to discover the liquid part of the core are the
a)
S-waves
b)
P-waves
c)
Love waves
d)
Rayleigh waves
34.
What is the machine called that records seismic data from earthquakes?
a)
seismograph
b)
seismogram
c)
triangulation
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