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WorksheetsChapter 5 Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 28mins
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Class
Date
1.
How do geologist obtain indirect evidence about Earth's Interior?
a)
measuring pressure differences
b)
estimating temperature inside Earth
c)
directly looking at the layers
d)
Recording and studying seismic waves
2.
What is the correct order of the Earth's layers, from the surface in?
a)
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
b)
mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
c)
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
3.
When you touch a hot pot or pan, energy moves from the pot to your hand, it is called ...
a)
magnetic energy
b)
heat transfer
c)
subduction
d)
indirect evidence
4.
The transfer of energy through empty space is called
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
5.
Heat transfer through fluids occurs by
a)
convection currents
b)
radiation
c)
conduction
d)
density
6.
When the heat source is removed from a fluid, convection currents in the fluid will
a)
speed up
b)
change direction
c)
eventually stop
d)
continue forever
7.
According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,
a)
Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
b)
the continents do not move
c)
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
d)
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass
8.
Which type of evidence was NOT used by Wegener to support his continental drift hypothersis
a)
landforms
b)
fossils
c)
human remains
d)
climate
9.
In seafloor spreading molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
a)
along the edges of the continents
b)
along mid-ocean ridges
c)
in deep-ocean trenches
d)
at the north and south pole
10.
The process by which the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle
a)
convection
b)
continental drift
c)
subduction
d)
conduction
11.
Old oceanic crust is more dense than new crust because it is....
a)
hot
b)
cold
12.
Most geologists think the movement of Earth's plates is caused by
a)
conduction
b)
earthquakes
c)
convection currents
d)
Earth's magnetic field
13.
A place where two plates slip past each other is known as
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
d)
rift valley
14.
A rift valley forms at a
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
deep-ocean trench
15.
Using data from seismic waves, geologist have learned that Earth's interior is made up of several
a)
continents
b)
layers
c)
ridges
d)
trenches
16.
Earth's mantle is
a)
a layer of molten metal
b)
a layer of hot rock
c)
a dense ball of solid metal
d)
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
17.
Earth's magnetic field results from movements in the
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
18.
Scientists think convection currents flow in Earth's
a)
continents
b)
mantle
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core
19.
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep-ocean trench
c)
rift valley
d)
mountain range
20.
Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a
a)
landform
b)
continent
c)
fossil
d)
landmass
21.
Mid-ocean ridges are
a)
found in all of Earth's oceans
b)
found only in the Pacific Ocean
c)
located mostly along coastlines
d)
long deep-ocean trenches
22.
The place where two plates come together is known as a
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
d)
rift valley
23.
When continental plates pull apart at a divergent boundary on land a _____ forms
a)
Mountain Range
b)
Rift Valley
c)
Volcano
24.
The part of the mantle called the ______ is made of soft rock that bends like plastic
a)
lithosphere
b)
crust
c)
asthenosphere
d)
outercore
25.
The process of _______ continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge
a)
seafloor spreading
b)
mountain building
c)
subduction
26.
__________ is a rock with a fine, dark texture that makes up the oceanic crust
a)
granite
b)
basalt
27.
The lithosphere is broken into sections called _______, which float on top of the asthenosphere
a)
plate tectonics
b)
crust
c)
shells
d)
Mantle
28.
Wegener believed that the continents had once been joined in one landmass called ______
a)
Pangea
b)
Europa
c)
Northern Asia
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