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WorksheetsCh 10&11
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The theory that explains why and how continents move is called
a)
sea floor spreading
b)
plate tectonics
c)
mid ocean ridge
d)
Pangea
2.
Convection, ridge push and slab pull work together to produce....
a)
constant tectonic plate motion
b)
push pull
c)
earthquakes
d)
fracture zones
3.
What is one way in which tectonic plate movement affects climate?
a)
keep temperatures constant
b)
prevent ice from melting
c)
creates mountains that affect wind patterns
d)
keep air temperatures constant
4.
The splitting of Pangaea into 2 continents was part of
a)
super-continent cycle
b)
slab pull
c)
convection cell
d)
accretion
5.
What happens when oceanic and continental plates collide?
a)
continental plates subduct beneath oceanic
b)
mountains can be created through uplift and volcanic eruptions
c)
volcanoes immediately become dormant in the area
d)
asthenosphere and lithosphere are disrupted
6.
When continental plates collide,
a)
mountains form
b)
oceans form
c)
asthenosphere is disrupted
d)
impact is deafening
7.
Which sentence best describes subduction
a)
one plate collides under another
b)
one plate destroys another
c)
one plate sinks beneath another
d)
one plate divides another
8.
What type of mountain is most likely to form when two oceanic plates collide
a)
folded
b)
volcanic
c)
fault-block
d)
domed
9.
Fold in which the youngest rock layer is in the center is called...
a)
monocline
b)
decline
c)
syncline
d)
anticline
10.
An underwater mountain chain that formed by sea-floor spreading is called a...
a)
divergent
b)
subduction zone
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
convergent boundary
11.
Convection occurs because heated material becomes...
a)
less dense and rises
b)
denser and rises
c)
denser and sinks
d)
less dense and sinks
12.
The region along tectonic plate boundaries where one plate moves beneath another is called a
a)
transform boundary
b)
subduction zone
c)
rift valley
d)
convergent boundary
13.
When the weight of an area on Earth's crust increases, the lithosphere
a)
sinks
b)
melts
c)
rises
d)
collides
14.
The force per unit area that changes the shape and volume of rock is
a)
footwall
b)
rising
c)
isostasy
d)
stress
15.
Shear stress...
a)
bends,twists, or breaks rock
b)
causes isostasy
c)
causes rock to melt
d)
causes rock to expand
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