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WorksheetsTectonic Motion
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
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1.
Which of these is not a major tectonic plate?
a)
Eurasian plate
b)
Oceanic plate
c)
Pacific plate
d)
North American plate
2.
Which of these is not a major tectonic plate?
a)
Eurasian plate
b)
Oceanic plate
c)
Pacific plate
d)
North American plate
3.
Tectonic plate movement can cause all of the following except...
a)
Mountains
b)
Earthquakes
c)
Volcanoes
d)
Tides
4.
Divergent plate boundaries cause...
a)
the lithosphere to be destroyed.
b)
new lithospheres to form.
c)
mountains to get smaller.
d)
floods to overflow.
5.
What happens when two continental plates collide?
a)
Folded Mountains.
b)
Earthquakes
c)
Hurricanes
d)
Plateaus
6.
Describe the motion at a mid ocean ridge.
a)
Two plates slide past each other.
b)
One plate collides with the other.
c)
Two plates move away from each other.
d)
One plate is forced under the other plate.
7.
When a oceanic crust goes under a continental crust, what can occur?
a)
the mountain get bigger.
b)
it will move to the other side and form another crust.
c)
it will pull apart.
d)
it can melt and form magma in a volcano.
8.
What happens at transform boundaries?
a)
islands are formed.
b)
earthquakes occur.
c)
folded mountains occur.
d)
sinkholes occur.
9.
What can occur at convergent boundaries?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
All of these.
10.
When oceanic and continental crusts collide,
a)
oceanic will sink below the continental and melt.
b)
both crusts slide past each other.
c)
continental will sink below the oceanic.
d)
they will collide and form folded mountians.
11.
Where two plates usually move away from each other.
a)
convergent boundaries.
b)
transform boundaries.
c)
mid ocean ridge.
d)
continental and continental crust collision.
12.
Why do plates move around?
a)
they float on the liquid outer core.
b)
they float on the asthenosphere.
c)
the wind is blowing on them, making them move.
d)
earthquakes make them move.
13.
What is a tectonic plate?
a)
all of the continents.
b)
only the crust that is broken.
c)
a chunk of the lithosphere that floats on the asthenosphere.
d)
only the upper mantle that is floating on the asthenosphere.
14.
What is the lithosphere?
a)
the crust and upper mantle.
b)
the layer between the crust and mantle.
c)
part of the core.
d)
the lower part of the mantle.
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