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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Reviewwww
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 49mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Reform
2.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
3.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
4.
subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?
a)
islands
b)
volcanoes
c)
earthquakes
d)
all of the above
5.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
At plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
6.
When one plate sides underneath another, it _________ and the magma _________.
a)
hardens, sinks
b)
melts, sinks
c)
hardens, rises
d)
melts, rises
7.
The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?
a)
divergent
b)
continent-to-continent convergent
c)
ocean-to-continent convergent
d)
transform
8.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
9.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
10.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
11.
Two tectonic plates collide at a _______ plate boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
12.
The area where two tectonic plates meet.
a)
mantle
b)
focus
c)
plate boundary
d)
convection
13.
A continental rift valley can be formed from stretching continental crust at...
a)
transform plate boundaries
b)
convergent plate boundaries
c)
divergent plate boundaries
d)
all plate boundaries
14.
Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge?
a)
Indian
b)
Dead Sea
c)
Atlantic
d)
Artic
15.
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
16.
Which is true about hotter material in the mantle?
a)
more dense, sinks
b)
less dense, sinks
c)
less dense, rises
d)
more dense, rises
17.
What happens to temperature as you go deeper in the Earth?
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
fluctuates
d)
remains the same
18.
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
19.
Which of the following was not evidence to support Wegener's continental drift theory?
a)
magnetic reversals on the ocean floor
b)
identical fossils on continents
c)
mountain ranges
d)
coastlines fit like a puzzle
20.
Which layer of Earth is the source of lava that erupts from volcanoes?
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere
21.
A viscous, plastic-like layer below the lithosphere.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
Asthenosphere
22.
According to Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift,
a)
Earth’s surface is made up of seven major landmasses.
b)
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking.
c)
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass called pangaea.
23.
Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called
a)
landmass
b)
fossil
c)
continent
d)
pangaea
24.
Old oceanic crust is more dense then new oceanic crust because it is
a)
moving toward a deep ocean trench
b)
hotter
c)
cooler
d)
closer to the mid ocean ridge
25.
The theory that states that pieces of the Earth's Lithosphere are in constant slow motion is the theory of
a)
sea floor spreading
b)
subduction
c)
plate tectonics
d)
compression
26.
A fault caused when plates move towards each other
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
slip strike fault
27.
a fault caused by rocks moving away from each other
a)
strike slip fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
normal fault
28.
How does a reverse fault form?
a)
The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
b)
Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.
c)
Blocks slide past each other.
d)
The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
29.
What Geologic Activity is occurring in this picture?
a)
Sea-floor Spreading
b)
Volcano forming
c)
Earthquake
d)
Mountain building
30.
Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle?
a)
The sun
b)
The crust
c)
the mantle
d)
the core
31.
German Scientist who proposed the idea of Continental Drift.
a)
Copernicus
b)
Hess
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Wegener
32.
What is the name of the super continent proposed by Wegener?
a)
Eurasia
b)
Laurasia
c)
Pangaea
d)
Wegnea
33.
If India has glacier grooves, what do we know about India's past?
a)
It stayed in one place
b)
Humans cut the grooves
c)
It used to be closer to the poles
d)
Nothing, grooves aren't important
34.
American Scientist who proposed the theory of Sea Floor Spreading
a)
Hess
b)
Hubble
c)
Richter
d)
Wegener
35.
Harry Hess used what kind of technology to map the bottom of the ocean?
a)
Boat
b)
Meter Stick
c)
Radar
d)
Sonar
36.
What feature (landform) was located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Fault
b)
Ridge
c)
Subduction
d)
Trench
37.
What happens to the depth of the ocean as you get closer to the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
a)
Depth decreases
b)
Depth increases
c)
Depth stays the same
38.
The part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is the
a)
lithosphere
b)
crust
c)
asthenosphere
d)
mantle
39.
Supporting Evidence: fossils, continent shape, landforms
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
40.
Supporting Evidence: subduction, earthquakes, volcanoes, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, older theories
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
41.
Supporting Evidence: discovery of Mid-Atlantic Ridge, core rock samples showing older rocks the farther that you get from the mid ocean ridge
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
42.
The name for the actual lithospheric plates
a)
Tectonic Plates
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Pangaea
d)
Continental Drift
43.
The process for new oceanic lithosphere forming at mid ocean ridges
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Seafloor Spreading
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Pangaea
44.
Ocean trenches always form at subduction zones where dense oceanic crust subducts.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
The circular pattern of heating, rising, cooling, sinking of magma in the mantle causing tectonic plates to move.
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
Convection Currents
c)
Pangaea
d)
Subduction
46.
Volcanoes are most often formed at this boundary.
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Normal
d)
Transform
47.
Hot spots are volcanically active areas that are not near tectonic plate boundaries.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
Area in the MIDDLE OF A PLATE that makes volcanoes called?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Hot Spot
d)
Transform
49.
The HAWAIIAN ISLANDS are an example of what?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Hot Spot
d)
Transform
50.
MOUNT ST. HELENS is an example of what?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Hot Spot
d)
Transform
51.
The HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS are an example of what?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Hot Spot
d)
Transform
52.
Where do volcanoes come from?
a)
Places where plates move apart
b)
Places where plates are moving together
c)
Hot Spots
d)
All of these options
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