WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Review Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
2.
The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________.
a)
a conduction current
b)
a hot spot
c)
a volcanic eruption
d)
a convection current
3.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
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.
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a
a)
mid ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
rift valley
d)
mountain range
7.
The scientific theory that the Earth's crust is made of moving plates.
a)
quakes
b)
seismic
c)
plate tectonics
d)
rotation
8.
What are mid -ocean ridges?
a)
Mountains in the ocean
b)
Things underwater
c)
A long chain of mountains that rise up from the ocean floor.
d)
Mid-ocean ridges.
9.
What are deep ocean trenches?
a)
Deep wholes in the ocean.
b)
Deep underwater canyons.
c)
Canyons
d)
Things in water.
10.
The process in which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle again is what?
a)
Subduction
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Subuction
11.
What is sonar?
a)
A unit of measurement.
b)
When you measure something.
c)
When you microwave something.
d)
A device the uses sound waves to measure the distance to an object.
12.
The newest crust is found
a)
Near the mid ocean ridge
b)
Far from the mid ocean ridge
13.
Where does subduction occur?
a)
along the middle of some ocean floors
b)
down the middle of mountain ranges
c)
on continents
d)
at deep ocean trenches
14.
Which features form the longest mountain ranges on Earth
a)
The mid ocean ridges
b)
The Rockies
c)
The Andes
d)
the deep ocean trenches
15.
Which scientist posed the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Drummond Matthews
c)
Fred Vine
d)
Alfred Wegener
16.
Why were some scientists skeptical about the theory of continental drift?
a)
they found evidence of colder climates in areas that are warm today
b)
they did not know what caused similar rock formations on different continents
c)
they did not know what forces caused the continents to move
d)
they found fossils of several organisms on different continents
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