WorksheetsPlate Tectonics First Period
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
If small earthquakes are detected near a volcano, what conclusion might a geologist draw?
a)
The volcano might erupt.
b)
The volcano might become extinct.
c)
A tsunami will happen.
d)
A mountain might be formed.
2.
What causes the movement of tectonic plates?
a)
gravity
b)
stress
c)
convection currents
d)
continental drift
3.
What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
4.
What type of boundary is formed when plates move away from each other?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
5.
What type of plate boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
6.
What is a large crack in Earth's surface called?
a)
volcano
b)
fault
c)
earthquake
d)
tension
7.
What type of stress creates a normal fault?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
8.
What type of stress creates a reverse fault?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
9.
What type of stress force creates a strike-slip fault?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
10.
Which stress force causes rock to squeeze together until it folds or breaks?
a)
compression
b)
shearing
c)
tension
11.
what stress force causes rock to stretch and pull apart?
a)
tension
b)
shearing
c)
compression
12.
Which stress force causes earthquakes?
a)
compression
b)
shearing
c)
tension
13.
Which type of fault has plates sliding past each other?
a)
reverse
b)
normal
c)
strike-slip
14.
Which type of fault occurs when the plates move toward each other?
a)
reverse
b)
normal
c)
strike-slip
15.
Which type of fault occurs at divergent boundaries?
a)
normal
b)
reverse
c)
strike-slip
16.
Which is not a type of stress that occurs in the crust?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
strike-slip
d)
shearing
17.
As you go deeper into the Earth, the temperature
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
18.
As you go deeper into the Earth, the pressure
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
19.
What can happen when plates move toward each other?
a)
mountains are fomed
b)
a divergent boundary is formed
c)
a mid-ocean ridge is formed
d)
all of the above
20.
What can happen when plates move away from each other?
a)
mountains are formed
b)
a mid-ocean ridge is formed
c)
an earthquake happens
d)
all of the above
21.
What can happen when continental crust plates slide past each other?
a)
a convergent boundary forms
b)
earthquakes
c)
volcanoes
d)
mountain
22.
Which layer of the Earth is made of solid iron and nickle under extreme pressure?
a)
inner core
b)
mantle
c)
lithosphere
d)
crust
23.
Which layer of the Earth is made of molten rock?
a)
mantle
b)
crust
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
24.
What is the Ring of Fire?
a)
a major volcanic belt
b)
an area where glaciers have melted
c)
the area between tectonic plates
d)
the area where mid-ocean ridges are forming
25.
What could be formed where two oceanic plates collide?
a)
trenches
b)
hot spot
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
earthquakes
26.
What can be formed when two continental plate collide?
a)
mountains
b)
valleys
c)
earthquakes
d)
trenches
27.
What is molten rock called when it is above Earth's surface?
a)
magma
b)
lava
c)
rock
d)
igneous
28.
What is molten rock called when it is below Earth's surface?
a)
magma
b)
lava
c)
convection
d)
core
29.
What theory did Alfred Wegener propose?
a)
continental drift
b)
subduction
c)
layers of the Earth
30.
Why was Wegener's theory rejected
a)
it was nonsense
b)
he had no proof
c)
he researched his ideas
31.
The magma in the mantle moves because of changes in temperature called
a)
convection
b)
conduction
c)
radiation
d)
all of these
32.
Which layer makes up most of Earth's mass?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
33.
What happens at a subduction zone?
a)
the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate
b)
the continental plates crash together
c)
mountain ranges are formed
34.
What causes convection currents?
a)
heat
b)
gravity
c)
plates
d)
earthquakes
35.
Why do oceanic plates subduct under continental plates?
a)
oceanic plates are less dense
b)
oceanic plates are more dense
c)
continental plates are more dense
d)
there is no reason
36.
What is the shaking of land beneath Earths surface at transform boundaries called?
a)
earthquake
b)
volcano
c)
shearing
d)
plate tectonics
37.
What is the name for the force tectonic plates' movement applies to rock to cause it to change it's shape?
a)
gravitaional force
b)
speed force
c)
stress force
d)
magnetic force
38.
How do plates move at a fault?
a)
toward each other
b)
away from each other
c)
past each other
d)
any of these
39.
What magnetic mineral makes up the Earth's inner core?
a)
carbon
b)
silicon
c)
aluminum
d)
iron
40.
Which layer of the Earth is solid and includes the crust and the top of the mantle?
a)
ashthenosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
inner core
d)
mantle
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