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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The scientific theory that the Earth's crust is made of moving plates.
a)
quakes
b)
seismic
c)
plate tectonics
d)
rotation
2.
What is Pangaea?
a)
The name of a German Scientist
b)
the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
c)
another name for continental drift
d)
the name of an ancient fossil
3.
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by
a)
conduction
b)
earthquakes
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
Earth's magnetic field.
4.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
5.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
6.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
7.
Convection currents cause crustal movement
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What is happening at Z?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
subduction zone
c)
transform boundary
d)
sea floor spreading
9.
Which type of plate boundary occurs at Y?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
sea floor spreading
10.
Why does cooler material sink while warmer material rises?
a)
Cooler material is more dense.
b)
Hot material is more dense.
11.
The process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor is
a)
Faulting
b)
Plate Movement
c)
Seafloor Spreading
d)
Ocean Construction Zone
12.
Which 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.
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
14.
A rift valley forms at a
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
divergent plate boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
deep ocean trench
15.
What is the primary cause of volcanoes and earthquakes?
a)
crustal plate movements
b)
Earth's gravitational force
c)
higher than usual tides
d)
solar magnetic storms
16.
Which type of plate boundaries occur at X?
a)
Divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
17.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
18.
Name this Boundary type
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform
d)
Equal Arm Balance
19.
Name this type of boundary
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform
d)
Volcanoes
20.
Name this type of boundary
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Dot boundary
21.
San Andreas fault is an example of what type of boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Divergent
d)
Volcanoes
22.
Andes mountains are examples of these type of boundary
a)
Transform
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Trenches
23.
Sea floor spreading is an example of this type of boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Rift
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