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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 46mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The African plate and the Arabian plate are both thick crust that is not dense. They are diverging along their shared boundary. What land form has been created along that boundary? Use map 1
a)
Ocean Trench
b)
Mountains
c)
Mid Ocean Ridge
d)
Rift Valley
2.
Where is the Ring of Fire located? Use map 2
a)
It is located along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
b)
It surrounds the Pacific & Nazca plates
c)
It is on the western side of the Indo-Australian plate?
d)
It surrounds the South American plate
3.
What type of boundary exists between the western side of the North American plate and the eastern side of the Pacific plate? Use map 3
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Subduction
4.
What type of boundary is located between the Philippine & Pacific plates? Use map 3
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Subduction
5.
There is a chain of volcanic islands off the coast of Alaska. Which statement best describes what created them? Use map 3
a)
A convergent boundary between an oceanic plate and a continental plate
b)
A divergent boundary between an oceanic plate and a continental plate
c)
A divergent boundary between two oceanic plates
d)
A convergent boundary between two continental plates
6.
Which land form was created by the boundary between the western North American plate and the eastern Pacific plate? Use map 3
a)
Mid Ocean Ridge
b)
Ocean Trench
c)
Volcanic Ridge
d)
Fault Line
7.
What type of boundary is between the Australian and Antarctic plates? Use map 4
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
d)
Subduction Boundary
8.
Which boundary will cause sea floor spreading? Use map 4
a)
Nazca Plate & South American Plates
b)
Indian Plate & Eurasian Plate
c)
South American Plate & African Plate
d)
Australian Plate & Pacific Plate
9.
What kind of crust is the Nazca Plate? Use map 4
a)
Eurasian
b)
Trench
c)
Continental
d)
Oceanic
10.
What type of crust is the Arabian Plate? (near Africa) Use map 4
a)
Magma
b)
African
c)
Continental
d)
Oceanic
11.
At which boundary would a subduction zone be found? Use map 4
a)
Indian & Eurasian Plates
b)
South American & Nazca Plates
c)
North American & Pacific Plates
d)
African & Indian Plates
12.
Along which boundary would a Mid Ocean Ridge be located? Use map 4
a)
North American & African Plates
b)
Indian & Eurasian Plates
c)
North American & Pacific Plates
d)
Nazca & South American Plates
13.
What land form was created by the Indian & Eurasian plates? Use map 4
a)
Mountains
b)
Mid Ocean Ridge
c)
Subduction Zone
d)
Volcanoes
14.
What is the asthenosphere?
a)
The hottest part of the earth
b)
A solid ball of metal at the center of the planet
c)
The region below the lithosphere, in which the rock is less rigid than that above
d)
The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
15.
What causes plates to move along the surface of the earth?
a)
Dense rock floating the surface of the crust
b)
Convection currents in the mantle
c)
The sinking of the asthenosphere
d)
The plasticity of the lithosphere
16.
Which layer of the earth contains the tectonic plates?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Lithoshere
c)
Mantle
d)
Inner Core
17.
What causes convection currents?
a)
Hot materials rise to float above cooler, denser materials
b)
Hot materials sink below cooler materials
c)
Cold rock rises to float above less dense rock
d)
Cold rock becomes less dense than the center of the earth
18.
Convection currents are capable of moving tectonic plates but also accomplish a very important task. What else do these currents do?
a)
They carry the precious metals from the core of the earth up to the surface so they can be mined.
b)
They provide heat from beneath the crust to heat the world's ocean.
c)
They cause the earth's magnetic field.
d)
They regulate the temperature of the planet by spreading heat from the core into the other layers of the earth.
19.
Which is the best description of the characteristics of the asthenosphere?
a)
solid, but flowing
b)
liquid, but dense
c)
hot, but solid metal
d)
brittle, but shifting
20.
The boundary between the Pacific plate and the Australian plate is a transform boundary. What event is likely to occur at this boundary?
a)
Mountain formation
b)
Subduction of the pacific plate
c)
Volcano formation
d)
An earthquake
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