WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
2.
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
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.
When one plate slides underneath another, it ____ and the magma _____.
a)
hardens; sinks
b)
melts; sinks
c)
hardens; rises
d)
melts; rises
7.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
8.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
9.
Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
transformer
10.
According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,
a)
Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
b)
the continents DO NOT move
c)
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
d)
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass
11.
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
12.
What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
a)
evidence from landforms
b)
evidence from fossils
c)
evidence from human remains
d)
evidence from climate
13.
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
14.
The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of
a)
subduction
b)
plate tectonics
c)
evolution
d)
seafloor spreading
15.
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as
a)
convection
b)
continental drift
c)
subduction
d)
conduction
16.
A place where two plates slide past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
d)
rift valley
17.
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
18.
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
19.
The Alps are increasing in eleveation due to...
a)
seafloor spreading
b)
the action of earthquakes
c)
colliding tectonic plates
d)
transform faulting of a tectonic plate
20.
What is the explanation for underwater mountain ranges?
a)
continental drift
b)
seafloor spreading
c)
converging oceanic plates
d)
shearing
21.
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
a)
plate
b)
fault
c)
fold
d)
crack
22.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
insurgent
23.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transformers
24.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
allegiant
25.
200-300 million years ago, the continents were joined in a single land mass called...
a)
Pan America
b)
Pangaea
c)
Pan Acean
d)
'Murica
26.
Name the three types of plate boundaries.
a)
convergent, divergent, transform
b)
convergent, divergent, transformers
c)
divergent, insurgent, allegient
d)
conduction, convection, radiation
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