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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
2.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
3.
Created by a divergent boundary.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Mariana Trench
c)
Mid Atlantic ridge
4.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
5.
The source for convection currents in the mantle comes from these layers...
a)
inner core and crust
b)
outer core and crust
c)
mantle and crust
d)
outer core and mantle
6.
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
7.
The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...
a)
death ring
b)
fire zone
c)
ring of fire
d)
zone of fire
8.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
9.
Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge?
a)
Indian
b)
Dead Sea
c)
Atlantic
d)
Artic
10.
Which of the following is not a type of volcano?
a)
Cinder
b)
Shield
c)
Compositie
d)
Explosive
11.
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a
a)
mid ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
rift valley
d)
mountain range
12.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
13.
What drives tectonic plate movement?
a)
gravity
b)
coriolis effect
c)
convection currents
d)
the earth's magnetic core
14.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
15.
What forms when an oceanic and continental plate converge?
a)
island arcs
b)
folded mountains
c)
volcanic mountains
d)
rift valleys
16.
Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move around are called?
a)
sections
b)
plates
c)
land masses
d)
faults
17.
Name the three types of plate boundaries.
a)
convergent, divergent, transform
b)
convergent, divergent, transformers
c)
divergent, insurgent, allegient
d)
conduction, convection, radiation
18.
What would you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Rift
19.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?
a)
Folded Mountains
b)
Volcanoes Mountain
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Rift
20.
What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
21.
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
22.
Identify each layer - #19.
a)
mantle
b)
lithosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
23.
Identify each layer - #20.
a)
mantle
b)
asthenosphere
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
24.
Identify each layer - #15.
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Asthenosphere
25.
Large pieces of lithosphere that move around on the asthenosphere are called
a)
Crust plates
b)
Tectonic plates
c)
Mantle pieces
d)
Core plates
26.
The hypothesis that land masses spread apart from each other and have done so in the past is known as
a)
Divergent Plate Boundary
b)
Tension
c)
Uplift
d)
Continental drift
27.
The layer of rock between the Earth's crust and core
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Crust
d)
Mantle
28.
What are the layers of the Earth from the inside out in order?
a)
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
b)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
c)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
d)
mantle, inner core, crust, outer core
29.
Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...
a)
Countries
b)
Tectonic Plates
c)
Climate Zones
d)
None of the above.
30.
The Richter scale measures:
a)
the amount of radon gas released
b)
the movement of plates
c)
the strength of an earthquake
d)
the weight of tectonic plates
31.
Which ocean in the world is also known as the "Ring of Fire"
a)
Atlantic
b)
Indian
c)
Arctic
d)
Pacific
32.
An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a
a)
seismogram
b)
focus seismic map
c)
focus
d)
seismograph
33.
Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.
a)
tornadoes
b)
tsunamis
c)
lightening
d)
hailstorms
34.
A break in the lithosphere along which movement has occurred is called a(n)
a)
fault
b)
earthquake
c)
epicenter
d)
volcano
35.
Which Plate Boundary does the picture illustrate?
a)
Spreading Boundary
b)
Fault Boundary
c)
Colliding Boundary
d)
Seismic Boundary
36.
What Geologic Activity is occurring in this picture?
a)
Sea-floor Spreading
b)
Volcano forming
c)
Earthquake
d)
Mountain building
37.
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of
a)
volcanoes forming over a hot spot
b)
volcanoes forming along a plate boundary
c)
the Ring of Fire
d)
continental drift
38.
An erupting volcano can cause...
a)
rain
b)
other disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.
c)
dragon attacks
d)
an early Christmas
39.
The study of earthquakes is called _______
a)
Volcanology
b)
Seismology
c)
Biology
d)
Geology
40.
What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?
a)
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces
b)
glacier scars and evidence from temperature
c)
mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
d)
all of the above
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