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WorksheetsTectonic Plates
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a tectonic plate?
a)
A peice of the earths crust
b)
A peice of the mantle
c)
A peice of the core
d)
A peice of the hole world
2.
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Reform
3.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
4.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
5.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
6.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
7.
What is the name of the area where one crust slides underneath another
a)
no flex zone
b)
subduction zone
c)
transverse zone
d)
school zone
8.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
N.A.S.E.A.A.A
c)
Wegner World
d)
Pangea
9.
5. This image is of....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
10.
4. This image is of...
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
11.
3. This image is of...
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
12.
What special force is found in the asthenosphere?
a)
Wind
b)
Convection currents
c)
Tides
d)
Lava
13.
Sea floor spreading happens at what type of boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Mountainous
14.
What process causes new oceanic crust?
a)
Continental drift
b)
Sea floor spreading
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Radiation
15.
4. What causes the tectonic plates to move?
a)
Conduction from the mantle
b)
Convection from the mantle
c)
Radiation from the mantle
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