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WorksheetsPlate Boundaries and Layers of the Earth
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of plate boundary causes sea floor spreading?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
compression
2.
The stress caused by a transform plate boundary is
a)
compression
b)
tension
c)
shearing
d)
subduction
3.
What stress is associated with a convergent plate boundary?
a)
compression
b)
tension
c)
shearing
d)
sea floor spreading
4.
Where is new crust being formed?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
shearing
5.
What is most likely to occur at a transform plate boundary?
a)
volcanoes
b)
mountain building
c)
earthquakes
d)
blizzards
6.
Volcanoes occur at
a)
convergent plate boundaries
b)
hot spots
c)
divergent plate boundaries
d)
all of these
7.
Plate movement is cause by
a)
conduction currents in the crust
b)
convection currents in the mantle
c)
volcanoes
d)
earthquakes
8.
The super continent that existed millions of years ago is called
a)
Wegener
b)
Pangea
c)
Jurassic World
d)
Eurasia
9.
What type of plate boundary is pictured
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
tranform
d)
tension
10.
Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust. At a convergent plate boundary between oceanic crust and continental crust which crust is subducted?
a)
oceanic crust will go under the continental crust
b)
continental crust will go under the oceanic crust
c)
it depends on the speed the plate is moving
d)
there is no way to determine which plate will be subducted
11.
Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere
12.
The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
core
13.
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
a)
the crust
b)
the mantle
c)
the outer core
d)
the inner core
14.
What is the core made of?
a)
steel
b)
iron
c)
aluminum
d)
iron and nickel
15.
Why is the inner core solid?
a)
its unknown
b)
what it's made of
c)
the pressure
d)
it is colder than the outer core
16.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
17.
The oceanic floor is made of?
a)
Granite
b)
Basalt
c)
Cookies
d)
Water
18.
What happens to pressure as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Pressure Decreases
b)
Pressure Increases
c)
Nothing
19.
What layer is located at #1
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
20.
What layer is located at #2
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
21.
What layer is located at #4
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
22.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
23.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
24.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
25.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
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