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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
2.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
3.
Which of these layers is ALL solid iron and nickle?
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
lithosphere
d)
mesosphere
4.
The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________.
a)
a conduction current
b)
a hot spot
c)
a volcanic eruption
d)
a convection current
5.
The huge pieces of the Earth's crust are called
a)
crust
b)
plates
c)
directions
d)
seismos
6.
What kind of plate boundary is formed here?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
7.
The Himalayan mountain range is an example of what type of plate boundary.
a)
Convergent Ocean- Continental
b)
Divergent Ocean-Ocean
c)
Convergent Ocean-Ocean
d)
Convergent Continental-Continental
8.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
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.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
12.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
13.
Created by a divergent boundary.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Mariana Trench
c)
Mid Atlantic ridge
14.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
15.
During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...
a)
along the continents
b)
at the mid ocean ridges
c)
deep ocean trenches
d)
at north and south poles
16.
What happens to temperature as you go deeper in the Earth?
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
fluctuates
d)
remains the same
17.
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
18.
The stress force that pushes the crust where two plates are moving apart
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
19.
The stress force that pushes the crust where two plates are moving together
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shear
20.
The stress force that pulls plates past one another sideways is called
a)
shear
b)
compression
c)
tension
27.
Plates that move past one another sideways occur at a
a)
transform boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
divergent boundary
22.
Plates move toward each other at
a)
divergent boundaries
b)
convergent boundaries
c)
transform boundaries
26.
Plates that move toward each other at a
a)
transform boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
divergent boundary
24.
a fault caused by rocks moving away from each other
a)
strike slip fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
normal fault
25.
A fault caused by rocks moving together
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
slip strike fault
26.
Plates that move toward each other at a
a)
transform boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
divergent boundary
27.
Plates that move past one another sideways occur at a
a)
transform boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
divergent boundary
28.
What type of fault is this?
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
d)
Tenson
29.
What type of fault is the San Andreas?
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Strike-slip
d)
Normal
30.
What type of stress is involved in creating the great rift valley?
a)
Tenshion
b)
Shearing
c)
Compression
d)
Divergent
31.
What type of stress is experienced at a convergent boundry?
a)
Compression
b)
Tension
c)
Shearing
d)
Convergent
32.
What type of boundary experiences shearing stress?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Strike-slip
33.
What does a divergent boundary cause?
a)
Seafloor Spreading
b)
Subduction
c)
Volcanos
d)
Computers
34.
This picture shows which kind of Plate Boundary?
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
35.
This picture illustrates which kind of fault?
a)
Normal
b)
Reverse
c)
Strike-Slip
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