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WorksheetsForces that Changed the Earth
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
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1.
The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
subduction boundary
d)
convergent boundary
2.
**
a)
peninsula
b)
volcano
c)
delta
d)
plateau
3.
**
a)
the mass of a the plates
b)
the weight of the plates
c)
unbalanced force
d)
gravitational force
4.
Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
5.
What drives tectonic plate movement?
a)
gravity
b)
coriolis effect
c)
convection currents
d)
the earth's magnetic core
6.
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
7.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
8.
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
9.
Which type of plate boundaries occur at X?
a)
Divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
10.
What feature occurs at Y?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
hot spot
d)
rift
11.
What is happening at Z?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
subduction zone
c)
transform boundary
d)
sea floor spreading
12.
The presence of the same ________ on several continents supports the idea of continental drift.
a)
rocks
b)
fossils
c)
both fossils and rocks
d)
neither fossils nor rocks
13.
_______ are formed when two continental plates collide.
a)
Mountain ranges
b)
Transform faults
c)
Rift valleys
d)
Volcanoes
14.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
15.
Plate movement is caused by ______________.
a)
the rotation of the Earth
b)
ocean tides
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
the moon's gravity
16.
What are mid-ocean ridges?
a)
A chain of underwater waterfalls
b)
A chain of underwater volcanos
c)
A chain of underwater mountains
d)
A chain of underwater rocks
17.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
18.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
19.
Which direction are the plates moving at a divergent boundary?
a)
moving away from each other
b)
moving towards each other
c)
sliding past each other
d)
they don't move
20.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
Oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
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