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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics and Earthquakes
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 26mins
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Class
Date
1.
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.
2.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
Oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
3.
Created by a divergent boundary.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Mariana Trench
c)
Mid Atlantic ridge
4.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
5.
Which is true about hotter material in the mantle?
a)
more dense, sinks
b)
less dense, sinks
c)
less dense, rises
d)
more dense, rises
6.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
7.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
8.
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
9.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
10.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
11.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
12.
Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ______ is formed.
a)
Mountain
b)
Island Arc
c)
Rift
d)
Volcano
13.
Deep cracks in the Earth's crust.
a)
faults
b)
tear
c)
twist
d)
shear
14.
What landform is created when two continental plates collide?
a)
Ocean Basin
b)
Volcano
c)
Canyon
d)
Mountain Range
15.
The process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor is
a)
Faulting
b)
Plate Movement
c)
Seafloor Spreading
d)
Ocean Construction Zone
16.
Which direction are the plates moving at a divergent boundary?
a)
moving away from each other
b)
moving towards each other
c)
sliding past each other
d)
they don't move
17.
Which direction are plates moving at a convergent boundary?
a)
away from each other
b)
going towards each other
c)
sliding past each other
d)
they don't move
18.
Which direction are plates moving at a transform boundary?
a)
they are moving away from each other
b)
they are moving towards each other
c)
they are moving past each other
d)
they don't move
19.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
20.
What type of fault is the San Andreas?
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Optimus Prime
d)
Divergent
21.
The most destructive type of wave is a
a)
P-wave
b)
S-wave
c)
Surface wave
d)
transverse wave
22.
What is the area directly above the spot where the Earthquake actually occurs? (It is on Earth's surface.)
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Fault
d)
Triangulation
23.
An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a
a)
seismogram
b)
focus seismic map
c)
focus
d)
seismograph
24.
What is the beginning point of an earthquake, where the first motion of an earthquake occurs?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
P Waves
d)
Deformation
25.
What is the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its original shape?
a)
Seismology
b)
P Waves
c)
Deformation
d)
Elastic Rebound
26.
What is the bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock due to stress?
a)
P Waves
b)
S Waves
c)
Elastic Rebound
d)
Deformation
27.
The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.
a)
crust
b)
plates
c)
directions
d)
seismos
28.
A tsunami is caused by______
a)
lots of rain
b)
a meteorite
c)
a tornado
d)
an earthquake
29.
What is an earthquake?
a)
When the earth causes an upward thrust in the epicenter.
b)
When the earth moves up and down along the ocean floor.
c)
When tectonic plates move against each other causing the earth to move.
d)
None of the above
30.
Which plate boundary does not create volcanoes?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
31.
This plate boundary is also known as a strike-slip fault.
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
32.
Ocean-to-ocean and subduction are two types of which boundary?
a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
convergent
33.
Oceanic plates separate from each other at a divergent plate boundary at the bottom of the ocean. Magma comes up and cools between the plates, forming...
a)
a fault
b)
a mid-ocean ridge
c)
a rift valley
d)
a trench
34.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
35.
An ocean trench occurs when...
a)
plates divide and magma rises up
b)
oceanic crust subducts below continental crust
c)
we dig a hole in the ocean
d)
when plates slide past each other
36.
What is happening at Z?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
subduction
c)
transform boundary
d)
sea floor spreading
37.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Mountains
b)
Rift
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Island Arc
38.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
39.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
40.
Volcanic islands that form AWAY from plate boundaries happen because of?
a)
Hot Spots
b)
Divergent boundaries
c)
Convergent boundaries
d)
They cannot form away from boundaries
41.
Why do islands formed by hot spots form in chains?
a)
The hot spot moves
b)
The plate over the hot spot moves
c)
All volcanoes are formed at the same time
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