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Worksheets2017 Unit 6 Vocabulary
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
difference in elevation between any two contour lines on a topographic map
a)
Continental drift theory
b)
Contour intervals
c)
Topography
d)
Lithosphere
2.
The shape of the Earth’s surface and the way its physical features are arranged, especially in terms of their positions and elevations
a)
Continental drift theory
b)
Contour intervals
c)
Topography
d)
Lithosphere
3.
Cool, rigid, outermost layer of Earth that is divided into enormous pieces called tectonic plates; consists of the crust and the rigid uppermost part of the mantle.
a)
Continental drift theory
b)
Contour intervals
c)
Topography
d)
Lithosphere
4.
Map symbol showing shape and/or change in elevation on a topographic map
a)
Contour lines
b)
Plate tectonic theory
c)
Topographic maps
d)
Asthenosphere
5.
Alfred Wegner’s explanation of continents slowly moving and changing their positions relative to one another
a)
Continental drift theory
b)
Contour intervals
c)
Topography
d)
Lithosphere
6.
The outermost layer of the Earth (lithosphere) is divided into contiguous sections (plates) that move relative to each other causing continental drift, seafloor spreading, and the formation of major physical features of the Earth’s surface
a)
Contour lines
b)
Plate tectonic theory
c)
Topographic maps
d)
Asthenosphere
7.
Map showing the shape and elevation of the land surface using contour lines
a)
Contour lines
b)
Plate tectonic theory
c)
Topographic maps
d)
Asthenosphere
8.
The solid layer with plasticity in the upper mantle that is located just below the lithosphere; lithospheric plates “float” and move on this layer.
a)
Contour lines
b)
Plate tectonic theory
c)
Topographic maps
d)
Asthenosphere
9.
A cyclical motion occurs because of density differences in the mantle. Heated, less dense lower regions of the fluid mantle rise, and denser, cooler regions sink due to gravity. The combined motions serve as the engine for crustal plate movement.
a)
Convection currents
b)
Fossils
c)
Sea Floor Spreading evidence
d)
Divergent boundary
10.
The mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured.
a)
Convection currents
b)
Fossils
c)
Sea Floor Spreading evidence
d)
Divergent boundary
11.
A parallel pattern of rock material found at identical locations on each side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge reveals rock of the same geologic age and polarity.
a)
Convection currents
b)
Fossils
c)
Sea Floor Spreading evidence
d)
Divergent boundary
12.
Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.
a)
Convection currents
b)
Fossils
c)
Sea Floor Spreading evidence
d)
Divergent boundary
13.
The boundary between two tectonic plates moving toward each other resulting in volcanic activity when a denser ocean plate subducts, or moves below a continental plate or another oceanic plate.
a)
Convergent Boundary with Subduction
b)
Fossils
c)
Sea Floor Spreading evidence
d)
Divergent boundary
14.
The process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge; occurs at continental to oceanic boundaries and oceanic to oceanic boundaries.
a)
Subduction
b)
Ocean Trench
c)
Convergent Boundary with Mountain Building
d)
Transform boundary
15.
Deep and narrow depressions in the seafloor where the subducted plate moves into the asthenosphere.
a)
Subduction
b)
Ocean Trench
c)
Convergent Boundary with Mountain Building
d)
Transform boundary
16.
A major geological event; occurs when continental plates of equal density converge.
a)
Subduction
b)
Ocean Trench
c)
Convergent Boundary with Mountain Building
d)
Transform boundary
17.
The boundary between two plates that slide past one another -- sudden shifts that result in major geological events such as earthquakes and the release of stored energy.
a)
Subduction
b)
Ocean Trench
c)
Convergent Boundary with Mountain Building
d)
Transform boundary
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