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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
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1.
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
2.
Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
3.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
4.
What drives tectonic plate movement?
a)
gravity
b)
coriolis effect
c)
convection currents
d)
the earth's magnetic core
5.
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
6.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
7.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
8.
Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
transformer
9.
This land form can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
a)
trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
folded mountains
d)
fault
10.
What is Pangaea?
a)
the name of a German scientist
b)
the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
c)
another name for continental drift
d)
the name of an ancient fossil
11.
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
12.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
insurgent
13.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transformers
14.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
allegiant
15.
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
16.
Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move around are called?
a)
sections
b)
plates
c)
land masses
d)
faults
17.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
18.
Wegener used evidence from climate and _____ to prove the idea of continental drift.
a)
Mud
b)
Plants
c)
Fossils of plants an animals
d)
Predators
19.
______ form long chains of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor.
a)
Mid-ocean ridge
b)
Trenches
c)
Smokey mountains
d)
Pangaea
20.
Which of the following geologic events would most likely occur where two continental plates converge?
a)
Tsunami
b)
Earthquake
c)
Mountain formation
d)
Trench formation
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