WorksheetsPlate Tectonics (3.2 and 3.3) Quiz Review (M2)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
_______________ is the landmass or supercontinent that Alfred Wegener proposed in 1912.
a)
Laurasia
b)
Gondwanaland
c)
Pangaea
2.
The theory of _________________ states that Earth's crust is made up of giant, moving slabs.
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Gravity
3.
Sea-floor spreading is the process by which new ____________ forms.
a)
sea-floor
b)
mountain ranges
c)
rift valleys
4.
Which of the following is NOT a piece of evidence that supported continental drift?
a)
The shapes of different continents
b)
The giant volcano in the middle of Europe
c)
Similar fossils on each continent
5.
Which of the following is NOT evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
a)
Mapping the sea-floor
b)
Mapping locations of earthquakes and volcanoes
c)
Dinosaurs that only lived in North America
6.
The crust is the layer of Earth that:
a)
we live on.
b)
is extremely hot.
c)
has convection currents.
7.
The crust is broken into pieces called _______________________.
a)
continental drift
b)
convection currents
c)
tectonic plates
8.
A ______________ boundary is where plates move toward each other and collide.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
9.
A _________________ boundary is when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
10.
A ________________ boundary is where two tectonic plates move past one another in opposite directions.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
11.
Folded mountains are formed at which type of boundary?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
12.
Which of these landforms is made at a divergent boundary?
a)
folded mountains
b)
rift valleys
c)
earthquakes
13.
Which might happen at a transform boundary?
a)
A volcano erupts
b)
A stream gets moved
c)
A mid-ocean ridge is formed
14.
Tectonic plates are part of which layer of Earth?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
15.
Pangaea was a ______________________ that had all of the modern continents.
a)
supercontinent
b)
continental drift
c)
tectonic plate
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