WorksheetsTectonic Plates
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
Same rocks in Texas as those in Antarctica, this is proof of-
a)
coastal erosion
b)
plate tectonics
c)
ocean currents
d)
glacial melting
2.
Sand Andreas Fault formed at this type of boundary-
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
d)
Hot Spot
3.
Mid Ocean Ridge forms at type of boundary-
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
d)
Hot Spot
4.
Volcanoes form with at type of boundary-
a)
convergent continent to continent
b)
divergent continental
c)
convergent continent to ocean
d)
transform
5.
Himilayan Mountains
a)
converging continent to continent
b)
earthquake in subduction zone
c)
converging ocean to continent
d)
transformational
6.
This is an example of -
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
7.
This is an example of -
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
8.
Islands form with at type of boundary-
a)
convergent ocean to ocean
b)
convergent continental to continental
c)
convergent ocean to continental
d)
transform
9.
This is an example of -
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
10.
This is an example of -
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
11.
This is an example of -
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
12.
This is an example of -
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
13.
Fossils, landforms, glaciers, and puzzle were all evidence of-
a)
big bang theory
b)
tectonic plate theory
c)
sea floor spreading theory
d)
volcanic theory
14.
What causes the tectonic plates to move?
a)
convection of magma
b)
the earth's magnetic field
c)
the earth spinning
d)
earth's gravitational pull
15.
This image represents this type of boundary
a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
convergent
d)
tectonic
16.
This is the theory that states that all the continents started as a single massive continent and have been MOVING apart for over 200 million years and the man that proposed it.
a)
The Big Bang Theory, Einstein
b)
The Pangea Theory, Hutton
c)
The Tectonic Plate Theory, Darwin
d)
The Continental Drift Theory, Wegner
17.
This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.
a)
Mantle convection currents
b)
Oceanic convection currents
c)
Atmospheric convection currents
d)
Solar convection currents
18.
The movement of plates at a divergent boundary
a)
move towards each other
b)
slide past each other
c)
move up and down
d)
move away from each other
19.
A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is
a)
a valley
b)
an ocean
c)
a canyon
d)
a volcano
20.
What is a tectonic plate?
a)
A peice of the earths crust
b)
A peice of the mantle
c)
A peice of the core
d)
A peice of the whole world
21.
What is the name of the layer that contains the uppermost mantle and crust
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Transosphere
22.
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
23.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
24.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
25.
What is the name of the area where one crust slides underneath another
a)
no flex zone
b)
subduction zone
c)
transverse zone
d)
school zone
26.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
N.A.S.E.A.A.A
c)
Wegner World
d)
Pangea
27.
This image is of....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
28.
This image is of...
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
29.
Sea floor spreading happens at what type of boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Mountainous
30.
What process causes new oceanic crust?
a)
Continental drift
b)
Sea floor spreading
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Radiation
31.
When the Pacific plate and the Australian plate transform or slip, what will occur?
a)
earthquake
b)
mountain
c)
volcano
32.
A trench is most likely to form when:
a)
two plates of the same density pull apart.
b)
a less dense plate moves under a more dense plate.
c)
a more dense plate moves under a less dense plate.
33.
When two tectonic plates converge, one being an oceanic plate and the other a continental plate, what is generated above sea level?
a)
mountain ranges
b)
landslides
c)
tsunamis
34.
Oceanic crust is thinner and more dense than continental crust.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Earth's crust is constantly being recycled. New crust is formed when molten rock comes to the surface and is cooled.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
A deep valley that forms along a subduction zone-
a)
an earthquake
b)
a volcano
c)
a trench
37.
What is a major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy?
a)
earthquakes
b)
volcanic eruptions
c)
divergent boundaries
38.
Which geological feature is most likely formed when tectonic plates pull away from each other?
a)
ridge
b)
plateau
c)
mountain
39.
Most of the tectonic plates are named after
a)
the continents that sit on them.
b)
the person who discovered that plate.
c)
the oceans around them.
40.
Where tectonic plates diverge, what land form will most likely form?
a)
beach
b)
rift valley
c)
coral reef
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