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WorksheetsUnit 3 Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
2.
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
3.
Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
a)
Tectonic plates on the crust move.
b)
The mantle increases in size.
c)
Pressure in the crust increases.
d)
Pressure in the crust decreases.
4.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
Oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
5.
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
6.
Which of the following did not support continental drift?
a)
magnetic striping on the ocean floor
b)
identical fossils on continents
c)
mountain ranges
d)
coastlines fit like a puzzle
7.
Created by a divergent boundary.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Mariana Trench
c)
Mid Atlantic ridge
8.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
9.
During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...
a)
along the continents
b)
at the mid ocean ridges
c)
deep ocean trenches
d)
at north and south poles
10.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
11.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
12.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
13.
This land formation occurs at a divergent continental/ continental boundary.
a)
mid ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
pacific hot spot
d)
rift valley
14.
Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge?
a)
Indian
b)
Dead Sea
c)
Atlantic
d)
Artic
15.
What is Pangaea?
a)
an icy sheet which covered many continents
b)
fossil of a fern found on many continents
c)
a mountain belt connecting many continents
d)
a super continent that contained all the continents
16.
What is the theory of continental drift?
a)
the continents move slowly over Earth's surface
b)
continents moved millions of years ago but are now fixed
c)
the continents were once fixed, but have just now begun to move
d)
the continents are fixed in position
17.
Which of the following is evidence that supports continental drift?
a)
the presence of penguins at both the equator and Antarctica
b)
fossils of the same plant have been found on several continents
c)
the presence of glacial features in Antarctica
d)
the presence of volcanic rock in Antarctica
18.
Which scientist posed the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Drummond Matthews
c)
Fred Vine
d)
Alfred Wegener
19.
Determine the contour interval
a)
10 m
b)
20 m
c)
50 m
d)
100 m
20.
How many mountain peaks are represented?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
21.
What is the most likely elevation of the mountain below?
a)
1550 meters
b)
1652 meters
c)
1500 meters
d)
1700 meters
22.
What do close contour lines represent on a map?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gradual area
d)
river
23.
What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gradual area
d)
river
24.
What do the v-shaped contour lines represent?
a)
mountains
b)
steep areas
c)
gradual areas
d)
rivers
25.
Which direction is the river flowing?
a)
north
b)
south
c)
east
d)
west
26.
Match 1
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
27.
Match 2
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
28.
An area's height above sea level
a)
topography
b)
relief
c)
elevation
d)
GIS
29.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
30.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
31.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
32.
Deep cracks in the Earth's crust.
a)
faults
b)
tear
c)
twist
d)
shear
33.
Which type of plate boundary occurs at Y?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
sea floor spreading
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