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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which layer of the Earth are the tectonic plates located?
a)
Mantle
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Outer Core
2.
These plate boundaries pushes and collides toward other plate boundaries.
a)
Transform
b)
Continental
c)
Divergent
d)
Convergent
3.
These plate boundaries slide and grind past one another
a)
Transform
b)
Continental
c)
Divergent
d)
Convergent
4.
The most explosive Volcanoes can be found along these plate boundaries.
a)
Transform
b)
Continental
c)
Divergent
d)
Convergent
5.
These plate boundaries pull apart creating rift valleys and mid ocean ridges.
a)
Transform
b)
Continental
c)
Divergent
d)
Convergent
6.
Alfred Wegener's Theory
a)
Seismic Waves
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Convection Currents
7.
Subduction occurs with this plate boundary.
a)
Transform
b)
Continental
c)
Divergent
d)
Convergent
8.
These plate boundaries pull apart.
a)
transform
b)
Continental
c)
Divergent
d)
Convergent
9.
Earthquakes are most likely to form along these plate boundaries.
a)
Transform
b)
Continental
c)
Divergent
d)
Convergent
10.
The most famous "Fault" is...
a)
Itsnotmy
b)
San Andreas
c)
San Dimas
d)
San Diego
11.
These plates transport land masses.
a)
Transform
b)
Continental
c)
Divergent
d)
Convergent
12.
Pangea was a
a)
Supercontinent
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Hoax
d)
Continental Boundary
13.
The Lithospheric Plates move due to a process in the mantle called...
a)
Pressure
b)
Seismic Waves
c)
Convection
d)
Subduction
14.
P-Waves
a)
Move fast through solids and liquids
b)
Move slow through solids
c)
Do Not move through liquids
d)
Move only on the surface
15.
S-Waves
a)
Move fast through solids and liquids.
b)
Move slow through solids and liquids.
c)
Move fast through solids only.
d)
Move slow through solids only.
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