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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is an example of a transform plate boundary?
a)
the Himalayas
b)
the East African Rift
c)
the Hawaiian Islands
d)
the San Andreas Fault
2.
What occurs when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate
a)
Subduction
b)
Mountains Form
c)
Seafloor Spreading
d)
Convection Currents
3.
In which layer do convection currents occur?
a)
Outer Core
b)
Crust
c)
Inner Core
d)
Mantle
4.
The collision of which two plates form mountain ranges?
a)
Oceanic-Continental
b)
Continental-Continental
c)
Oceanic-Oceanic
d)
Continental-Oceanic
5.
Plates move apart from one another at which type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Convection
d)
Transform
6.
Which type of crust is more dense?
a)
Oceanic Crust
b)
Lithospheric Crust
c)
Continental Crust
d)
Convection Crust
7.
A boundary where two plates pull apart
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
8.
A boundary where two plates slide past each other.
a)
convergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
9.
A boundary where two plates collide into each other.
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
10.
A place where two plates meet; a break in Earth's crust
a)
plate
b)
fault
c)
fold
d)
crack
11.
This theory states Earth's plates move on top of the mantle at a slow constant rate
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Superposition
d)
Pangaea
12.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
13.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
14.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
15.
A long Chain of mountains extending the length of the ocean ?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Pangaea
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Deep Ocean trench
16.
The process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges ?
a)
Sea Floor Spearding
b)
Continetal Drift
c)
Slab
d)
Sea Floor Sinking
17.
Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
18.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by this type of plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subduction
19.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
at plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
20.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
21.
Which type of plate boundaries occur at X?
a)
Divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
22.
What feature occurs at Y?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
hot spot
d)
rift
23.
What is happening at Z?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
subduction zone
c)
transform boundary
d)
sea floor spreading
24.
What is happening at Z?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
subduction zone
c)
transform boundary
d)
sea floor spreading
25.
Which type of plate boundary occurs at Y?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
sea floor spreading
26.
Which feature occurs at X?
a)
mid ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
hot spot
d)
island arc
27.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
28.
Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
transformer
29.
This land form can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
a)
trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
folded mountains
d)
fault
30.
In Seafloor Spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts or flows out
a)
along the edges of all the continents
b)
along mid-ocean ridges
c)
in the deep ocean trenches
d)
in the north and south poles
31.
The youngest rocks on the seafloor are most likely found...
a)
closest to a mid-ocean ridge
b)
farthest from a mid-ocean ridge
c)
near the coastlines
d)
closest to a deep sea trench
32.
At a convergent boundary, how can you determine which plate will be subducted under the other?
a)
the denser plate is subducted under the less dense plate
b)
the younger plate is subducted under the older plate
c)
the plate nearest the poles is subducted under the plate nearer the equator
d)
the plate with greater magnetic properties will be subducted under the less magnetic plate
33.
The Himalayas are formed because of what kind of plate movement?
a)
a continental plate being subducted under another
b)
two plates moving apart
c)
two continental plates colliding
d)
two plates sliding past one another
34.
The San Andreas Fault is a crack in the Earth's crust that runs the length of California. What plate boundary feature caused this?
a)
an inactive convergent boundary
b)
an active convergent boundary
c)
an active transform boundary
d)
a volcanic eruption
35.
What geologic feature is most likely to form at a divergent boundary?
a)
delta
b)
rift valley
c)
trench
d)
plateau
36.
Rising magma that results from subduction may produce...
a)
fossil layers
b)
volcanic island arcs
c)
deep-sea sediment
d)
seafloor spreading
37.
What occurs when an oceanic plate is subducted under a continental plate?
a)
new oceanic plate is created
b)
continental crust is destroyed
c)
islands form
d)
oceanic crust is destroyed
38.
What geologic process formed the Himalayas?
a)
two continental plates converging
b)
an earthquake in a subduction zone
c)
a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot
d)
movement at a transform fault boundary
39.
What do scientists believe is the force behind plate movement?
a)
gravity
b)
inertia
c)
convection currents
d)
magnetic pole reversals
40.
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
a)
the denser oceanic plate slides on top of the less dense continental plate
b)
the less dense oceanic plate slides under the denser continental plate
c)
the denser oceanic plate slides under the less dense continental plate
d)
the less dense oceanic plate slides past the denser continental plate
41.
What land form is created when an oceanic plate is subducted beneath a continental plate?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
rift valley
c)
trench
d)
volcanic island arc
42.
A boundary where two plates pull apart?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
insurgent boundary
43.
A boundary where two plates pull apart?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
insurgent boundary
44.
A boundary where two plates slide past each other?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
transformers boundary
45.
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
a)
plate
b)
fault
c)
fold
d)
crack
46.
What occurs when two plates come together and the denser one is forced under back into the mantle?
a)
reduction
b)
conduction
c)
subduction
d)
convection
47.
What forms when an oceanic and continental plate converge?
a)
island arcs
b)
folded mountains
c)
volcanic mountains
d)
rift valleys
48.
What is associated with transform boundaries?
a)
mountains
b)
volcanoes
c)
earthquakes
d)
islands
49.
What forms when two continental plates diverge?
a)
mountain
b)
rift valley
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
deep-ocean trench
50.
What forms when two oceanic plates diverge?
a)
moutains
b)
rift valley
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
deep-ocean trench
51.
Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move around are called?
a)
sections
b)
plates
c)
land masses
d)
faults
52.
This theory states that Earth's plates move on top of the mantle at a slow and constant rate due to convection currents
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
seafloor spreading
d)
pangaea
53.
What forms when denser oceanic crust is pushed under less dense oceanic crust?
a)
mountains
b)
volcanic islands
c)
rift valleys
d)
mid-ocean ridges
54.
What are the deepest places on Earth formed by pushing oceanic crust under continental crust?
a)
mid-ocean ridges
b)
rift valleys
c)
trenches
d)
mountain ranges
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