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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False - It is difficult to determine the Earth's interior structure.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
What evidence do scientists NOT use to study Earth's interior?
a)
Rock Samples
b)
Seismic Waves
c)
Fossils
d)
Water Samples
3.
How are seismic waves used to provide evidence about Earth's interior?
a)
Scientists produce them and results are listed in a computer.
b)
Speed/path allows us to draw conclusions about the interior of Earth.
c)
Seismic waves are not used to provide evidence about Earth's interior.
4.
Using the diagram, which layer is #1?
a)
Plates
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
d)
Core
5.
Using the diagram, which layer or the earth is labeled #4?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Core
d)
None of the Above
6.
Using the diagram, which layer of Earth is labeled #2?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
None of the Above
7.
True or False - The Earth, today, looks the same as it did during Pangaea.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
How far is it from the surface to the center of the earth?
a)
1,000 Miles
b)
1,000 Kilometers
c)
6,000 Miles
d)
6,000 Kilometers
9.
True or False - As you travel from Earth's surface to the core, the temperature gradually gets colder.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
True or False - The deeper you go inside the Earth, the pressure increases.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The deeper you go into earth, the pressure:
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the Same
12.
Which of these statements is not true about Earth's crust?
a)
It is the thinnest layer
b)
It is a solid layer of rock
c)
The oceans floor is not part of the crust
d)
It has the least amount of pressure on it.
13.
The upper-most part of the mantle and crust is known as:
a)
The lithosphere
b)
The Asthenosphere
c)
The Stratosphere
d)
Top Soil
14.
The soft layer below the lithosphere is known as:
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
stratosphere
d)
top soil
15.
Which element can be found in the Earth's core?
a)
Nickle
b)
Copper
c)
Radium
d)
Plutonium
16.
What hypothesis states that all continents were once joined together?
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Pangaea
c)
Sea Floor Spreading
d)
None of the Above
17.
True or False - Fossils from the same animals being found on several continents play into the theory of Continental Drift.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What is the place where two plates come together?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Rift Valley
19.
Where do earthquakes often occur?
a)
Plate Valleys
b)
Plate Collisions
c)
Transform Boundaries
d)
Sea-Floor
20.
Who came up with the theory of Pangaea and Plate Tectonics?
a)
Dr. Emmett Brown
b)
Dr. Jack Kevorkian
c)
Dr.
Dr. Alfred Wegener
Dr. Alfred Wegener
d)
Dr. Theo Epstein
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