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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 23mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
2.
Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's
a)
continents
b)
mantle
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core.
3.
Compared to rock in Earth's crust, rocks in the mantle are more
a)
dense
b)
mineral-rich
c)
granular
d)
porous
4.
Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
5.
Part of mantle where lithosphere floats
a)
Crust
b)
Core
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Atmosphere
6.
One large landmass
a)
North America
b)
Pangea
c)
South America
d)
PanAmerica
7.
Heat transfers within the Earth
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection Current
c)
Ocean Current
d)
Radiation
8.
Addition of new sea floor
a)
Subduction
b)
Sea Floor Spreading
c)
Sea Floor subduction
d)
Convergent
9.
To make new crust, ____ is pushed up from the mantle.
a)
Lava
b)
Iron
c)
Magma
d)
Nickel
10.
Plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
11.
Which was NOT evidence of Wegener?
a)
Seafloor spreading
b)
fossils
c)
puzzle piece
d)
glacier evidence
12.
Geologists study the inside of the Earth by using____
a)
seismic waves
b)
sound waves
c)
light waves
d)
EM waves
13.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
14.
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
15.
What are mid-ocean ridges?
a)
A chain of underwater waterfalls
b)
A chain of underwater volcanos
c)
A chain of underwater mountains
d)
A chain of underwater rocks
16.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
17.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
18.
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
19.
The image shows the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Which type of boundary occurs at this ridge where the ocean floor is spreading apart?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform fault
20.
If the focus of an earthquake occurs beneath the sea floor, as the seismic waves travel through the ocean, they create a massive and destructive
a)
epicenter
b)
tsunami
c)
focus
d)
mountain
21.
Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Fault
c)
Hypocenter
d)
Tremor
22.
Once magma reaches the earth's surface it is called.....
a)
Silica
b)
Rock
c)
lava
23.
Volcanoes can be found...
a)
on land
b)
under water
c)
on islands
d)
all of the above
24.
What is the difference between magma and lava?
a)
Lava is inside the Earth, magma is outside.
b)
Lava is outside the Earth, magma is inside.
25.
This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.
a)
Circle of Fire
b)
Ring of Lava
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Circle of Magma
26.
An area where magma melts through the crust in the middle of a plate is called a ________.
a)
island arc
b)
hot spot
c)
geyser
d)
pipe
27.
What is A?
a)
conduit
b)
magma chamber
c)
lava flow
d)
crater
28.
Which of the following is evidence for continental drift?
a)
old maps
b)
volcanoes
c)
earthquakes
d)
fossils
29.
What is the name of the Boundary that represents #7?
a)
Reverse
b)
Transform
c)
Convergent
d)
Divergent
30.
What is the name of the boundary that represents #1?
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Strike-slip
d)
Divergent
31.
Point A is where the earthquake actually occurred, what is it called?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Fault
d)
Seismic Station
32.
What process is occurring at Z?
a)
Convection currents
b)
Subduction
c)
Two plates moving apart
d)
New ocean floor forming
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