WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the German scientist who first developed the idea that the continents were once joined in a single landmass that broke apart?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Alfred Wegener
c)
Charles Darwin
d)
Dmitri Meneleev
2.
What types of fossils were used to develop the idea of continental drift?
a)
Anthodon
b)
Mesosaurus
c)
Tyrannosaurus Rex
d)
Velociraptor
3.
What is one of the pieces of Earth's rocky crust that rests and moves on the semi-liquid mantle?
a)
Asthenospheric Plate
b)
Lithospheric Plate
c)
Mantle Plate
d)
Stratospheric Plate
4.
What does the theory of plate tectonics help explain?
a)
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Formation of New Crust
b)
Earthquakes, Magnetism, and the Age of Rocks
c)
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Magnetism
d)
Volcanoes, Magnetism, and the Age of Rocks
5.
What represents the boundaries where the lithospheric plates are moving apart?
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Igneous Rocks
c)
Mantle
d)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
6.
This type of plate boundary will form a mid-ocean ridge system. The middle of the Atlantic Ocean contains this plate boundary. It is a long underwater ridge with a rift valley.
a)
Collision Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
d)
Transform Boundary
7.
This type of plate boundary forms when two continents collide. It is responsible for the formation of the Himalayan Mountains and the Alps. Lots of earthquakes, but no volcanoes go with these very high mountains.
a)
Collision Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Transform Boundary
8.
What is the deep valley at the center of a mid-ocean ridge called?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Subduction Plate
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Volcano
9.
What happens when two oceanic plates collide?
a)
Both plates are pushed downward into the mantle.
b)
One plate is subducted under the other and forms a deep-sea trench.
c)
They fuse together and form a flat plain.
d)
They push upward to form mountains.
10.
What is the name of the boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other?
a)
Collision Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
d)
Transform Boundary
11.
What is the process by which heat from Earth's inner and outer cores is transferred through the mantle?
a)
Mantle Convection
b)
Ridge Push
c)
Slab Pull
d)
Sun Radiation
12.
What is the Earth's mantle?
a)
It is the top portion of the Earth that contains the lithospheric plates.
b)
It is located between the asthenosphere and the lithosphere.
c)
It is the center of the Earth that is composed mostly of carbon and nickel.
d)
It is the thickest part of the Earth's layers between the outer core and the Earth's crust.
13.
What is a force at a subduction boundary that the sinking edge of the subducting plate exerts on the rest of the plate?
a)
Mantle Convection
b)
Ridge Push
c)
Slab Pull
d)
Sun Radiation
14.
Of the explanations for the movement of tectonic plates, which do scientists believe is the biggest cause?
a)
Mantle Convection
b)
Ridge Push
c)
Slab Pull
d)
Sun Radiation
15.
What is the force that is exerted by cooling, subsiding rock on the spreading lithospheric plates at a mid-ocean ridge?
a)
Mantle Convection
b)
Ridge Push
c)
Slab Pull
d)
Sun Radiation
16.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of what type of boundary?
a)
Collision
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
17.
The Appalachian Mountains are an example of what type of boundary?
a)
Collision
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
18.
The Himalayan Mountains are an example of what type of boundary?
a)
Collision
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
19.
The Islands of Indonesia are an example of what type of boundary?
a)
Collision
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
20.
The San Andreas Fault is an example of what type of boundary?
a)
Collision
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
21.
What is the name given to the super continent that was formed when all of the continents were merged together?
a)
El Nino
b)
Pangaea
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Siberia
22.
The diagram given best represents what type of tectonic plate boundary?
a)
Collision
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
23.
The diagram given best represents what type of tectonic plate boundary?
a)
Collision
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
24.
The diagram given best represents what type of tectonic plate boundary?
a)
Collision
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
25.
The diagram given best represents what type of tectonic plate boundary?
a)
Collision
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
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