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WorksheetsEarth's Moving Surface
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
The theory that states that Earth's surface is broken into large, rigid plates that move with respect to one another.
a)
plate tectonics
b)
earthquake
c)
flat Earth
d)
lithosphere
2.
What makes up the crust and upper part of the mantle? (that is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates.)
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
plate tectonics
d)
lava
3.
What is molten rock that is stored beneath the Earth's surface called?
a)
magma
b)
lava
c)
fault
d)
volcano
4.
What is the partially melted portion of the mantle below the lithosphere called? (Hint: This is hotter than the lithosphere and therefore can bend more easily.)
a)
asthenosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
fault
d)
volcano
5.
What are vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along which movement occurs called? These occur EVERY DAY on Earth!
a)
earthquake
b)
volcano
c)
fault
d)
plate tectonics
6.
Vents in the Earth's crust through which molten rock flows are called __________.
a)
volcanoes
b)
earthquakes
c)
faults
d)
magma
7.
Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface is called __________.
a)
lava
b)
volcano
c)
fault
d)
plate tectonics
8.
A crack or fracture in Earth's crust along which movement occurs is called a(n) _________.
a)
fault
b)
earthquake
c)
volcano
d)
lava
9.
What type of plate boundary moves away from each other?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
10.
What type of plate boundary crashes into each other?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
11.
What type of plate boundary slides side by side to each other.
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
12.
Tectonic plates move at a rate of several __________ per year.
a)
centimeters
b)
miles
c)
light years
d)
kilometers
13.
Scientists use a network of __________ to track tectonic plate positions.
a)
satellites
b)
radars
c)
lasers
d)
telescopes
14.
Two hundred forty million years ago, the continents were all bunched together in one super-continent called __________.
a)
Pangaea
b)
Winterfell
c)
Narnia
d)
Africa
15.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a)
Plates are made of Earth's crust and asthenosphere.
b)
Plate movements cause earthquakes and volcanoes.
c)
Tectonic plates move slowly relative to one another
d)
The lithosphere and crust make up the tectonic plates.
16.
Most earthquakes...
a)
occur over land
b)
occur at plate boundaries
c)
occur over water
d)
occur in Nebraska
17.
Most volcanoes form as a result of __________ plate movement.
a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
convergent
18.
At which type of boundary does one plate subduct beneath another plate?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
19.
Physical and chemical processes that change Earth's surface over time is known as.......
a)
weathering
b)
deposition
c)
erosion
d)
rust
20.
The process of breaking down rock without changing the composition of the rock
a)
chemical weathering
b)
deposition
c)
physical weathering
d)
rust
21.
The process of breaking down rock where the composition of the rock is changed.
a)
chemical weathering
b)
deposition
c)
physical weathering
d)
rust
22.
The laying down or settling of eroded materials.
a)
weathering
b)
landslides
c)
erosion
d)
deposition
23.
The moving of weathered material.
a)
weathering
b)
landslides
c)
erosion
d)
deposition
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