WorksheetsTopo maps and plate tec
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a convergent boundry?
a)
When two plates Separate
b)
When two plates collide
c)
When two plates slide past each other
d)
When two plates explode
2.
What is a divergent boundary?
a)
When two plates collide
b)
when two plates separate
c)
When two plates slide past each other
d)
When two plates Dissolve
3.
What is a transform boundary?
a)
When two plates collide
b)
when two plates seperate
c)
When two plates slide plast each other
d)
When two plates Sink
4.
What type of land form would you most likely form if you have a convergent boundary when both plates are continental?
a)
Mid ocean ridge
b)
Watershed
c)
Mountians
d)
Rift valley
5.
What does the term "subduction" refer to?
a)
Something being pushed under something else
b)
Something crashing into something else
c)
Something breaking apart
d)
Something that sinks into lava
6.
What will happen when continental crust meets oceanic crust at a convergent boundary?
a)
They will form mountains
b)
The continental crush will be pushed under the oceanic crust
c)
The oceanic crust will be pushed under the continental crust
d)
It will cause earthquakes
7.
Where does new crust for the earths surface come from?
a)
Convergent boundarys
b)
The mantle
c)
The inner core
d)
The outer core
8.
Who came up with the theory of seafloor spreading?
a)
Wegener
b)
Hess
c)
Joran
d)
Kal-El
9.
Who came up with the theory of continental drift?
a)
Hess
b)
Stark
c)
Wegener
d)
Banner
10.
At what type of boundary would you find a mid-ocean ridge? (2 oceanic plates)
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Strike-slip
11.
At what type of plate boundary would you find a rift valley? (2 continental plates)
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
This is not a thing
12.
What type of plate boundary is responsible for major earthquakes?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Subducting
13.
What is this?
a)
Middle Earth
b)
Pangea
c)
Endore
d)
Naboo
14.
When two oceanic crusts meet at a convergent boundary, which one is pushed down into the mantel?
a)
The older and denser
b)
The newer and denser
c)
The older and less desnse
d)
The younger and less desnse
15.
What type of plate boundary would you likely find a trench?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
16.
What is a contour interval?
a)
A hole in the ground
b)
Distance traveled between two points
c)
The highest point on a topo map
d)
The elevation change between countour lines
17.
What is a contour line?
a)
Something that shows what they symbols mean on a map
b)
A line showing elevation of a landmass on a flat map
c)
A line giving direction to a location on a map
18.
What is the difference between a contour line and a controu index line?
a)
Nothing
b)
An index line gives a specific elevation number on a map
c)
An index line explains the symbols on a map
d)
An index line points to the nearest ranger station on a mpa
19.
What is the contour interval of this map?
a)
100
b)
200
c)
150
d)
250
20.
If you started from the 700 ft index line and walked to the very top of this hill, how high in elevation would you have traveled?
a)
120 ft
b)
390 ft
c)
259 ft
d)
159 ft
21.
What does it tell you about a hill if the contour lines on the East side of the hill are very close together on a topographic map?
a)
The West side of the hill is very steep
b)
The East side of the hill is very steep.
c)
The north side of this hill has a river on it
d)
The East side of this hill is very flat
22.
What does the term Weathering refer to?
a)
Rocky material that is moved away from an area
b)
Rocky material that has been placed at a new location forming a new landform
c)
large lightning stikes
d)
Rockers being broken down by physical or chemical means.
23.
What is meant by erosion?
a)
Rocks being carried away from one location to another
b)
The Physical or chemical breakdown of rocks
c)
The formation a new land form
24.
What layer of the earth do the tectonic plates float on?
a)
Crust
b)
inner core
c)
OUtter core
d)
mantle
25.
What is causing the movement of the tectonic plates?
a)
Convection currents in the mantle
b)
Convection currents in the atmosphere
c)
Convection currents in the oceans
d)
Leprechaun magic
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