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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 59mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which layer of the Earth is the thinnest?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
innercore
2.
Which layer of the Earth contains the most mass?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
3.
Which layer of the Earth is made mostly of iron and is solid?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
4.
Which layer of the Earth is divided into plates?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Core
5.
Which layer is made of rock that flows slowly and the tectonic plates move around on?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Core
6.
Which layer is the strong part of the mantle that does not move?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Core
7.
How do we learn about the Earth's interior?
a)
Digging deep holes
b)
Guessing
c)
Using the seismic data from earthquakes
d)
By studying the geologic column
8.
Who wrote the theory of Continental Drift?
a)
Alfred Wagener
b)
Alfred Hitchock
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Mrs. Zipperer
9.
All of the following except what can be used to prove continental drift?
a)
continents fitting together like a puzzle
b)
fossils from the same organisms are found on different continents
c)
evidence from glaciers
d)
finding people on all continents
10.
What is the name given to the "supercontinent" or the continent when all the continents were together?
a)
Pangea
b)
Panthalassa
c)
Laurasia
d)
Gondwana
11.
What type of boundary does sea-floor spreading occur on?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Subduction
12.
Tectonic Plates move because of all the following except _________.
a)
Ridge Push
b)
Slab Pull
c)
Convection
d)
Transform
13.
What is occurring in this picture?
a)
Ridge Push
b)
Slab Pull
c)
Convection
d)
Subduction
14.
What is occurring in this picture at letter C?
a)
Ridge Push
b)
Slab Pull
c)
Convection
d)
Subduction
15.
What is occurring in this picture at letter A?
a)
Ridge Push
b)
Slab Pull
c)
Convection
d)
Subduction
16.
What is occurring in this picture where letter C goes down into the mantle?
a)
Ridge Push
b)
Slab Pull
c)
Convection
d)
Subduction
17.
What is formed when two continental plates meet on a convergent boundary?
a)
trench
b)
mountain
c)
valley
d)
ridge
18.
What happens when a continental crust meets an oceanic crust on a convergent boundary?
a)
mountains are formed
b)
ridges are formed
c)
the oceanic slides under the continental crust
d)
the continental crust slides under the oceanic crust
19.
What happens at divergent boundaries?
a)
Plates collide
b)
Plates move away from each other
c)
Plates Slide past each other
d)
none of the answers are correct
20.
What happens at convergent boundaries?
a)
Plates collide
b)
Plates move away from each other
c)
Plates Slide past each other
d)
none of the answers are correct
21.
What happens at transform boundaries?
a)
Plates collide
b)
Plates move away from each other
c)
Plates Slide past each other
d)
none of the answers are correct
22.
What usually happens as a result of transform boundaries?
a)
mountains are formed
b)
ridges are formed
c)
earthquakes
d)
tornadoes
23.
This type of stress occurs when rock is squeezed at convergent boundaries.
a)
deformation
b)
compression
c)
tension
d)
folding
24.
This type of stress occurs when rock is stretched at divergent boundaries.
a)
deformation
b)
compression
c)
tension
d)
folding
25.
This type of stress occurs when rock changes shape due to stress.
a)
deformation
b)
compression
c)
tension
d)
folding
26.
This happens when rock layers bend because of compression.
a)
deformation
b)
compression
c)
tension
d)
folding
27.
This picture of folded mountains shows what part?
a)
Anticline
b)
Syncline
c)
Monocline
d)
Incline
28.
This picture of folded mountains shows what part?
a)
Anticline
b)
Syncline
c)
Monocline
d)
Incline
29.
This picture shows what kind of folded mountains?
a)
Anticline
b)
Syncline
c)
Monocline
d)
Incline
30.
The cat is standing on the...
a)
foot wall
b)
hanging wall
c)
left
d)
weirdest elevator ever
31.
The block of rock that lies below a fault is called
a)
hanging wall
b)
foot wall
32.
What type of fault is this?
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
33.
What type of stress causes these folds?
a)
compression
b)
shearing
c)
tension
34.
What type of fault is this?
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
35.
What type of fault is this?
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
36.
What type of fault occurred in this picture?
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
37.
Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle!
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
sheear
d)
rubber-binder
38.
A type of fault where the hanging wall slides down...caused by tension.
a)
normal fault
b)
strike-slip fault
c)
reversynclinese fault
39.
What type of stress is this?
a)
compression
b)
shearing
c)
tension
40.
Which Plate Boundary does the picture illustrate?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Convergent Boundary
41.
Which fault doesn't move up or down?
a)
Strike-slip Fault
b)
Normal Fault
c)
Reverse Fault
42.
What type of fault is shown in this picture?
a)
normal
b)
reverse
c)
strike slip
43.
A type of fault where the hanging wall slides down...caused by tension.
a)
Normal fault
b)
Strike-slip fault
c)
Reverse Fault
44.
The rock below the fault plane is known as the ___
a)
footwall.
b)
fracture.
c)
hanging wall.
d)
hinge.
45.
What process is at work in a reverse fault ?
a)
Shear
b)
Tension
c)
Compression
46.
What is this boundary?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
neutral
47.
What is this boundary?
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
subduction
d)
divergent
48.
The continual process of cold material sinking and hot material rising is called this.
a)
Convection
b)
Tension
c)
Subduction
d)
Collision
49.
What type of fault occurs on a transform boundary?
a)
strike-slip
b)
transform
c)
normal fault
d)
reverse fault
50.
What type of fault occurs on a convergent boundary?
a)
strike-slip
b)
transform
c)
normal fault
d)
reverse fault
51.
What type of fault occurs on a divergent boundary?
a)
strike-slip
b)
transform
c)
normal fault
d)
reverse fault
52.
What is the reason the Earth doesn't keep expanding as a result of new oceanic crust being made?
a)
New crust isn't made
b)
The material goes into the subduction zone
c)
The material makes mountains
d)
The Earth is getting bigger
53.
What is the movement called when oceanic crust meets continental crust caused by ridge push?
a)
Slab pull
b)
Convection
c)
Subduction
d)
Foot wall
54.
The place where new ocean floor forms is called the...
a)
mid ocean ridge
b)
abyssal plain
c)
trench
d)
continental shelf
55.
What is often formed when convergent boundaries come together?
a)
Mountains
b)
Oceans
c)
Canyons
d)
Plateaus
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