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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics STAAR Review
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the three types of plate boundaries.
a)
convergent, divergent, transform
b)
convergent, divergent, transformers
c)
divergent, insurgent, allegient
d)
conduction, convection, radiation
2.
What technology developed during WWII led us to discover mid-ocean ridges?
a)
Glomar Challenger
b)
SONAR
c)
RADAR
d)
Echolocation
3.
Who proposed the concept of seafloor spreading?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
John Tuzo Wilson
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Sydney Bristow
4.
Who is known as the "Father of Continental Drift"?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Abraham Ortelius
c)
Alfred Wegner
d)
John Tuzo Wilson
5.
Molten rock within Earth rises along mid-ocean ridges is called...
a)
plate tectonics
b)
slab pull
c)
seafloor spreading
d)
continental drift
6.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
allegiant
7.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
transformers
8.
Name this plate boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
insurgent
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
Which piece of evidence was not used by Wegener to support his theory of continental drift?
a)
South America and Africa coastlines
b)
coal beds in Antarctica
c)
plant and reptile fossils
d)
earthquake patterns
13.
Which piece of evidence was not used by Wegener to support his theory of continental drift?
a)
South America and Africa coastlines
b)
coal beds in Antarctica
c)
plant and reptile fossils
d)
earthquake patterns
14.
What is associated with transform boundaries?
a)
mountains
b)
volcanoes
c)
earthquakes
d)
islands
15.
What is associated with transform boundaries?
a)
mountains
b)
volcanoes
c)
earthquakes
d)
islands
16.
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
17.
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
a)
plate
b)
fault
c)
fold
d)
crack
18.
A boundary where two plates collide into each other?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
allegiant boundary
19.
A boundary where two plates slide past each other?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
transformers boundary
20.
A boundary where two plates pull apart?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
insurgent boundary
21.
What land form is created when an oceanic plate is subducted beneath a continental plate?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
rift valley
c)
trench and Volcanic Mountains
d)
trench and Volcanic Island Arc
22.
The theory of continental drift DID NOT adequately account for which of the following?
a)
why similar rock types were found on continents separated by oceans
b)
why similar fossils were found on continents separated by oceans
c)
why continents drifted across Earth's surface
d)
why the coastlines of some continents appeared to fit together
23.
Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?
a)
John Tuzo Wilson
b)
Harry Hess
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Robert Dietz
24.
What is the explanation for underwater mountain ranges?
a)
continental drift
b)
seafloor spreading
c)
converging oceanic plates
d)
shearing
25.
A divergent boundary is a boundary between two plates that ____
a)
move toward each other
b)
undergo subduction
c)
move away from each other
d)
slide along each other
26.
What is the theory of continental drift?
a)
the belief that continents have always been located at their current locations
b)
the belief that continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations
c)
the belief that new seafloor is continually being created at spreading centers
d)
the belief that continents are slowly sinking into the asthenosphere
27.
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
28.
Tectonic plate movements result in the formation of an oceanic ridge when____
a)
the ocean floor spreads
b)
there is heavy rainfall
c)
continental plates collide
d)
plates slide horizontally by each other
29.
What do scientists believe is the force behind plate movement?
a)
gravity
b)
inertia
c)
convection currents
d)
magnetic pole reversals
30.
Which of the following DOES NOT provide evidence that the continents were once joined together?
a)
fossils of the same reptiles found on different continents
b)
different continents having rocks of the same age and type
c)
coastlines of some continents matching up
d)
ancient maps left by early humans showing only one large continent
31.
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
32.
Folded mountains form at which type of plate boundary?
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
subduction
d)
convergent
33.
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
34.
This theory explains the moving of continents, but could not answer what made the land masses move.
a)
seafloor spreading
b)
evolution
c)
continental drift
d)
plate tectonics
35.
Scientists recently found coal deposits in eastern Antarctica. This discovery provides evidence of-
a)
coastal erosion
b)
plate tectonics
c)
ocean currents
d)
global warming
36.
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
37.
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
38.
What discovery caused scientists to rethink Wegener's continental drift theory?
a)
discovery of earthquake activity in California
b)
discovery of the ring of fire in the Pacific Ocean
c)
discovery of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean
d)
discovery of deep trenches off the coast of South America
39.
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
40.
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
41.
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
42.
Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...
a)
it did not agree with their current theory
b)
Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago
c)
Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis
d)
Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents
43.
This land form can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
a)
trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
folded mountains
d)
fault
44.
This land form can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
a)
trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
folded mountains
d)
fault
45.
Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
transformer
46.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
47.
What drives tectonic plate movement?
a)
gravity
b)
coriolis effect
c)
convection currents
d)
the earth's magnetic core
48.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
49.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
50.
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
51.
Which type of plate boundary would cause folded mountains to form?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
52.
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Reform
53.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
54.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
55.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
56.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
57.
Which layer has convection currents?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
58.
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
59.
The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?
a)
divergent
b)
continent-to-continent convergent
c)
ocean-to-continent convergent
d)
transform
60.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
61.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
62.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
63.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
64.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
65.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
66.
This landform can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
a)
ocean trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
tall mountains
d)
transform fault
67.
A mid-ocean ridge occurs at a ________ plate boundary.
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
68.
What type of boundary is the SAN ANDREAS FAULT on?
a)
Covergent
b)
Transformers
c)
Divergent
d)
Transform
69.
What is the name of the plate boundary that slides past each other?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Mr. C the Slide Man
70.
Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
A peninsula
d)
An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.
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