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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins
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Class
Date
1.
Plate movement is caused by _______________________________.
a)
the rotation of the Earth
b)
Earth's magnetic field
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
continental drift
2.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Deep Ocean Trench
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Hot Spot
d)
Island Arc
3.
A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface is called a
a)
volcano
b)
deep-ocean trench
c)
mountain
d)
lava
4.
a)
Deep-Ocean Trench
b)
Mountains
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Island Arc
5.
Name the boundaries in the order that they appear...
a)
transform, divergent, convergent
b)
divergent, convergent, transform
c)
divergent, transform, convergent
d)
convergent, divergent, transform
6.
a)
Oceanic meets continental crust, where a TRENCH is formed.
b)
This is a convergent boundary, where earthquakes and rift valleys form
c)
The is a divergent boundary, where volcanoes and mountain ranges form
d)
This is a transform boundary, where earthquakes happen
7.
A chain of underwater mountains is called a
a)
Mountain
b)
Rift valley
c)
Deep-Ocean trench
d)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
8.
The OLDEST seafloor is located?
a)
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
b)
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge
9.
The most dense seafloor is located?
a)
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
b)
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge
10.
The COOLEST rock on the seafloor is located?
a)
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
b)
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge
11.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found
a)
at plate boundaries.
b)
in oceans.
c)
in the middle of continents.
d)
in the middle of plates.
12.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
13.
Where does sea-floor spreading begin?
a)
Deep-ocean trench
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
14.
An area where magma deep within the mantle melts throught the crust above it.
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mid-ocean Ridge
c)
Dee-ocean Trench
d)
Hot Spot
15.
What do earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building have in common?
a)
They occur suddenly.
b)
They are measured by seismographs.
c)
They result from plate motion.
d)
They are always deadly.
16.
A break in Earth's crust where masses of rock slip past each other.
a)
earthquake
b)
epicenter
c)
fault
d)
focus
17.
A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean.
a)
Hot Spot
b)
Islan Arc
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Ring of Volcanoes
18.
a)
Divergent Divide
b)
Convergent Collide
c)
Transform Tectonic Plates Slide
19.
Which of the following is most likely to happen at a transform boundary?
a)
earthquakes
b)
sea-floor spreading
c)
convection currents
d)
subduction
20.
a)
divergent divide
b)
convergent collide
c)
transform tectonic plates slide
21.
a)
divergent divide
b)
convergent collide
c)
transform tectonic plates slide
22.
What is happening at B?
a)
Volcanoes, deep-ocean trench, subduction
b)
Volcanoes, deep-ocean trench, conduction
c)
Volcanoes, rift valley, subduction
d)
Mid-ocean ridge, rift valley, sea-floor spreading
23.
What is happening at A?
a)
Volcanoes, deep-ocean trench, subduction
b)
Deep-ocean Trench, rift valley, sea-floor spreading
c)
Mid-ocean ridge, rift valley, subduction
d)
Mid-ocean ridge, rift valley, sea-floor spreading
24.
a)
Hot Spot
b)
Island Arc
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
25.
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcanic Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
26.
a)
Subduction
b)
Deep-ocean Trench
c)
Island Arc
d)
Sea-floor Spreading
27.
a)
Sea-floor Spreading
b)
Subduction
c)
Mid-ocean Ridge
d)
Rift Valley
28.
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Deep-Ocean Trench
d)
Hot Spot
29.
a)
Subduction
b)
Sea-floor Spreading
c)
Deep-Ocean Trench
d)
Mountains
30.
a)
Island Arc
b)
Hot Spot
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
World of Fire
31.
a)
Island Arc
b)
Hot Spot
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Deep-Ocean Trench
32.
a)
Deep-Ocean Trench
b)
Mountain
c)
Volcano
d)
Rift Valley
33.
Most volcanoes occur
a)
on hot spots.
b)
in the middle of continents.
c)
along plate boundaries.
d)
along tansform boundaries.
34.
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur
a)
on hot spots.
b)
in the middle of the continents.
c)
along plate boundaries.
d)
only on land.
35.
Earthquakes most often occur
a)
along plate boundaries.
b)
only on land.
c)
only under water.
d)
on Mondays.
36.
A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Subduction
c)
Volcano
d)
Deep-ocean Trench
37.
Liquid magma that reaches the surface.
a)
Magma
b)
Lava
c)
Hot Spot
d)
Volcano
38.
The molten mixture of rock forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle.
a)
lava
b)
magma
c)
convection currents
d)
deep-ocean trench
39.
A section of the lithoshpere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.
a)
Hot Spot
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Crust
d)
Plate
40.
The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Sea-floor Spreading
c)
Plate Boundaries
d)
Plate Tectonics
41.
A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
a)
Deep-ocean Trench
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Mid-ocean Ridge
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