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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Define Mass Wasting:
a)
Erasing Mass
b)
Mass being moved because of gravity
c)
Mass extinction
d)
Wasting Mass
2.
Continental Drift is:
a)
The plates gradually move apart
b)
The plates are converging
c)
The plates are shrinking
d)
The plates are moving away from home
3.
The largest Deep-Ocean trench is 36,000 ft deep and is called the_______
a)
Atlantic Trench
b)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
c)
The Abyss
d)
Mariana Trench
4.
The Earth's layers from the center to the surface:
a)
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
b)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
c)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
d)
outer core, mantle, crust, inner core
5.
The center of Pangaea was over Africa.
a)
False
b)
True
6.
A convection current is:
a)
A recent event
b)
the transfer of cold by the mass movement of cooled particles into an area of warmer fluid
c)
the transfer of heat by the mass movement of heated particles into an area of cooler fluid
d)
Cracking dat crust
7.
Who developed the theory of Continental Drift?
a)
Alfred Einstein
b)
Alfred Morris
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Alfred Hitchcock
8.
The process of one plate moving under another is called ___________
a)
Get out the way!
b)
Subduction
c)
Erosion
d)
Continental-Continental Collision
9.
The switch in the direction of Earth's magnetic field so that the north pole becomes the magnetic south pole and the magnetic south pole becomes the magnetic north pole.
a)
Magnetic Currents
b)
Magnetic Reversal
c)
Magnet Man
d)
Pole Madness
10.
Erosion and Deposition are the process by which Earth's sediments are picked up, moved, and laid in a new location.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
This type of boundary includes a spreading center.
a)
Convergent
b)
Continental-Continental Collision
c)
Divergent
d)
Subduction
12.
The solid, outer layer of the Earth.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
Dirt
13.
The two types of the Earth's crust are:
a)
Oceanic and Sub-Oceanic
b)
Continental and Colonial
c)
Oceanic and Rift Valley
d)
Continental and Oceanic
14.
Hawaiian Islands are?
a)
Hot Shots
b)
Hot Spots
c)
Hot
d)
Hot Mamma
15.
Earthquakes occur near
a)
Divergent Boundaries
b)
Convergent Boundaries
c)
Transform Boundaries
d)
When the Patriots get beat down by the Broncos
16.
Earth's magnetic reversals are recorded in the
a)
Seafloor rock
b)
The mantle
c)
Deep-Ocean Trenches
d)
The asthenosphere
17.
The Himalayan Mountains were formed as a result of European and the Indian plates colliding. This is an example of?
a)
Oceanic-Oceanic Subduction
b)
Oceanic-Continental Collision
c)
Continental-Continental Collision
d)
Continental-Continental Subduction
18.
What was the name of the purposed Super Continent that 200 million years ago began to break apart?
a)
Rodinia
b)
Pangaea
c)
Laurentia
d)
Baltica
19.
This type of boundary is called
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
20.
What type of boundary is this?
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Convergent Boundary
21.
You are going to get an A on this test!!
a)
True
b)
False
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