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WorksheetsPlate Tectonic
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is plate movement which slides past each other?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
2.
At which boundary will I most likely find volcanoes?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
All of the above
3.
The process in which new crust is forming at the Mid Ocean Ridges is called...
a)
Pangea
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Seafloor spreading
d)
Theory of Plate Pectonics
4.
At a transform boundary I will most likely find
a)
an Ocean Trench
b)
Earthquakes
c)
Volcano
d)
Mid Ocean Ridge
5.
The Theory of Plate Tectonic explains
a)
how the Earth was once one big landmass
b)
How the Earth's crust is broken up into plates that move around
c)
how the Earth was formed billions of years ago
d)
how the Africa and South America fit together like a jigsaw puzzle
6.
At a subduction convergent boundary,
a)
The least dense plate will sink beneath the more dense plate
b)
The two plates will collide
c)
The more dense plate will sink beneath the least dense plate
d)
Both plates will sink beneath the ocean
7.
Mid Ocean Ridges would be found in the
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Antarctic Ocean
8.
Which statement is true?
a)
Volcanoes can cause earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes and earthquakes have similar patterns
c)
Volcanoes and Earthquakes always occur at tectonic plates
d)
Tsunamis are earthquakes on land
9.
________________was the author of the Continental Drift Theory
a)
Henry Hess
b)
Alfred Wegener
c)
Arthur Newnan
d)
Jack Continents
10.
An Ocean trench occurs at which type of plate boundary
a)
Convergent Collisional
b)
Convergent Subduction
c)
Divergent
d)
Transform
11.
What is the ring of fire?
a)
Place where only volcanoes occur
b)
Place where only earthquakes occur
c)
Location where most volcanoes and earthquakes occur
d)
Place where forest fires occur
12.
Convection currents in the mantle causes
a)
lithospheric plates to break into pieces.
b)
lithospheric plates to heat up.
c)
lithospheric plates to move
d)
lithospheric plates to be less dense.
13.
Evidence to support the Continental Drift includes all but
a)
Continents fit like a puzzle
b)
Similar fossils found on two separate continents
c)
The long mountain range on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean
d)
Past Climate of glacial marks show that areas that are now tropical use to be areas with glaciers
14.
Which of the following is NOT a geological event?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Mid Ocean Ridge
d)
Hurricane
15.
Pangea is ...
a)
The ocean coming apart
b)
Two continents separating
c)
One great big landmass
d)
New crust forming on the ocean floor
16.
Which plate boundary has mostly earthquakes?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
seafloor spreading
17.
The destruction of crust would occur at this boundary.
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
atlantic boundary
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