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WorksheetsChapter 1 Test Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
What happens to the particles in a fluid when it's temperature increases?
a)
its particles occupy less space
b)
its particles move more quickly
c)
its particles move more slowly
d)
its density decreses
3.
According to Alfred Wegener's hypothesis ...
a)
Earth's surface is made of seven major land masses called plates
b)
the continents are constantly moving
c)
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
d)
the continents were never joined together in a single land mass
4.
Geologists obtain indirect evidence about Earth's interior by...
a)
recording and studying seismic waves
b)
estimating temperature inside Earth
c)
looking at rock and mineral samples
d)
measuring pressure differences at Earth's surface
5.
When heat energy is added to a fluid, convection currents in the fluid will...
a)
eventually stop
b)
change direction
c)
speed up
d)
continue at the same speed
6.
What is the correct order (start from the surface) of Earth's layers?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
7.
Earth's inner core is...
a)
a dense ball of solid metal
b)
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
c)
a layer of hot rock
d)
a layer of molten metal
8.
When you touch a hot pan the energy moves from the pan to your hand. This is called..
a)
heat transfer
b)
indirect evidence
c)
subduction
d)
magnetic energy
9.
Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by...
a)
conduction
b)
radiation waves
c)
convection currents
d)
density
10.
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a convergent boundary produces a ....
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep-ocean trench
c)
mountain range
d)
rift valley
11.
The place where two plates come together is known as a ...
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
rift valley
d)
convergent boundary
12.
To determine the density of an object you must ....
a)
divide the mass by the volume
b)
divide the weight by the mass
c)
divide the volume by the mass
d)
divide the mass by the weight
13.
Wegener's hypothesis was known as....
a)
Pangaea
b)
Continental Drift
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Convection Currents
14.
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his hypothesis?
a)
evidence from landforms
b)
evidence from human remains
c)
evidence from coal beds
d)
evidence from climate
15.
If subduction occurs faster than new ocean crust is created then the ocean will...
a)
stay the same
b)
grow in size
c)
shrink in size
d)
dry up
16.
Most geologists rejected Wegener's theory because..
a)
he could not identify a force that could move the continents
b)
he was interested in what Earth was like millions of age
c)
he used several different types of evidence to support a hypothesis
d)
they weren't interested in new ideas
17.
What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900's to map the mid ocean ridge?
a)
satellites
b)
sonar
c)
submarines
d)
deep-sea diving
18.
In sea-floor spreading molten material from the mantle and erupts...
a)
along the edges of all the continents
b)
at the north and south poles
c)
in deep-ocean trenches
d)
along the mid-ocean ridges
19.
How did scientists discover that rocks farther away from the mid-ocean ridge were older were older than the rocks near the mid-ocean ridge?
a)
by observing eruptions of molten material on the sea floor
b)
by mapping rocks on the sea floor using sonar
c)
by determining the age of rock samples obtained by drilling on the sea floor
d)
by measuring how fast sea-floor spreading occurs
20.
What did scientists in a submersible see when they observed the mid-ocean ridge?
a)
a convergent boundary
b)
convection currents in the ocean
c)
the movement of Earth's plates
d)
rocks formed by the rapid hardening of molten material
21.
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as...
a)
convection
b)
continental drift
c)
conduction
d)
subduction
22.
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by..
a)
conduction of heat energy
b)
earth quakes in the crust
c)
Earth's magnetic field
d)
convection currents in the mantle
23.
The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant slow motion is the theory of..
a)
subduction
b)
sea-floor spreading
c)
deep-ocean trenches
d)
plate tectonics
24.
A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions is known as a ....
a)
divergent boundary
b)
transform boundary
c)
convergent boundary
d)
rift valley
25.
A rift valley forms at a....
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
transform plate boundary
c)
divergent plate boundary
d)
deep-ocean trench
26.
Using data from seismic waves, geologists have learned that Earth's interior is made up of several..
a)
continents
b)
plates
c)
ridges
d)
layers
27.
Earths mantle is...
a)
a layer of hot plastic rock
b)
a layer of molten metal
c)
a dense ball of solid metal
d)
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
28.
Earth's magnetic field is a result of movement in the...
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
29.
Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's ...
a)
continents
b)
mantle
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core
30.
In the process of heat transfer, heat energy always moves from...
a)
liquid to solid
b)
colder to hotter
c)
solid to liquid
d)
hotter to cooler
31.
Deep ocean trenches are...
a)
located mostly along continental coastlines
b)
found only in the Pacific Ocean
c)
found in all of Earth's oceans
d)
located in the middle of the oceans
32.
The light colored less-dense continent crust is composed mostly of...
a)
granite
b)
pumice
c)
basalt
d)
limestone
33.
Pressure decreases from Earth's center toward the surface of Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Along a transform boundary, two plates move away from each other in opposite directions.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Along the Mid-Atlantic ridge, the North American plate and the Eurasia plate are moving apart at a very slow rate.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
A measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance is called ..
a)
Rift
b)
Density
c)
Volume
d)
Mass
37.
What is the name of the supercontinent that has since drifted apart?
a)
Piccasso
b)
Pariah
c)
Pangaea
d)
Piranna
38.
Two of Earth's plates move towards each other along a transform boundary.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Granite is a light colored rock with a coarse texture that makes up the continental crust.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
The lithosphere sits ______ of the asthenosphere.
a)
on the side
b)
on top
c)
below
41.
When two plates of the continental crust come together it is called....
a)
cruising
b)
crashing
c)
collision
d)
camping
42.
When liquids of different densities are poured together the most dense will go to the...
a)
bottom
b)
top
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