WorksheetsUnit 10 - Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the theory of plate tectonics predict about the location of earthquakes and volcanoes?
a)
They are evenly distributed across Earth’s surface.
b)
They occur mostly on the ocean floor.
c)
They occur mostly on the continents.
d)
They occur mostly at plate boundaries.
2.
Earth’s plates are moved by convection currents in the
a)
upper mantle
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
core
3.
Earth's plates are pieces of the
a)
asthenosphere
b)
mantle
c)
lithosphere
d)
core
4.
Earth’s tectonic plates sit atop and slide along with of these layers?
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
core
d)
crust
5.
Where are nonvolcanic mountain chains most likely to form?
a)
at a boundary between two colliding continental plates.
b)
at a boundary where one oceanic plate slides under another oceanic plate
c)
at a boundary where an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate
d)
in the middle of a continental plate
6.
Where do mid-ocean ridges form?
a)
where two continental plates collide
b)
where one oceanic plate slides under another oceanic plate
c)
where a continental plate slides under an oceanic plate
d)
where two oceanic plates move apart
7.
A hot spot can produce
a)
a mid-ocean ridge
b)
a chain of islands
c)
a rift valley
d)
a tectonic plate
8.
What happens when two oceanic plates collide?
a)
One plate pushes up the other forming mountains.
b)
They form a rift valley.
c)
They combine to form one plate.
d)
One plate slides under another.
9.
Which features of the ocean floor result from interactions of Earth's plates?
a)
trenches and seamounts
b)
canyons and seamounts
c)
rift valleys and canyons
d)
rift valleys and trenches
10.
What type of boundary produces volcanic mountain ranges?
a)
one continental plate and one oceanic plate at a convergent boundary
b)
transform boundary
c)
two continental plates at a convergent bounary
d)
There is no way to tell what kind of boundary makes mountain ranges.
11.
What event formed most of the islands in the South Pacific?
a)
earthquakes
b)
meteors
c)
volcanoes
d)
land slides
12.
What geological feature is most commonly formed from an earthquake?
a)
sink hole
b)
trench
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
fault
13.
Where are nearly 75% of earth's volcanoes located?
a)
Around the Pacific Ocean in the ring of fire
b)
in North America
c)
around the Atlantic Ocean in the ring of fire
d)
in Antarctica
14.
Convergent boundary plates move
a)
apart
b)
side to side
c)
together
d)
they don't move
15.
The event that occurred along line XY was
a)
erosion
b)
faulting
c)
sedimentary deposition
d)
a volcanic eruption
16.
According to the table, very minor earthquakes happen
a)
1 per year
b)
18 per year
c)
6,200 per year
d)
thousands per day
17.
Where does a dense tectonic plate push under a less dense plate?
a)
subduction zone
b)
hot spot
c)
plate boundary
d)
fault
18.
This is the place where two tectonic plates meet.
a)
Hot spot
b)
subduction
c)
plate boundary
d)
fault
19.
An area of volcanic activity that is not near a plate boundary
a)
Hot spot
b)
subduction
c)
plate boundary
d)
fault
20.
The geological feature formed from an earthquake
a)
Hot spot
b)
subduction
c)
plate boundary
d)
fault
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