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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
what is is pangea?
a)
pancakes
b)
canada
c)
a supercontinent
d)
papa johns
2.
What process is occurring here?
a)
sea-floor spreading
b)
subduction
c)
mountain formation
d)
process? there's no process here.
3.
At which type of boundary will volcanoes form?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
convergent and divergent
4.
The crust plus the top portion of the mantle make up which layer of Earth?
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
mantle
d)
crust
5.
What happens to lithosphere at this type of boundary?
a)
It is created
b)
it is destroyed
c)
it is neither created nor destroyed
d)
nothing is happening to the lithosphere. It always stays the same.
6.
What happens to lithosphere at this type of boundary?
a)
it is created
b)
it is destroyed
c)
it is neither created nor destroyed
d)
Nothing is happening to the lithosphere. It always stays the same.
7.
What happens to lithosphere at this type of boundary?
a)
it is created
b)
it is destroyed
c)
it is neither created or destroyed
d)
It is growing.
8.
How does an underwater mountain chain form?
a)
sea floor spreading
b)
subduction
9.
What type of boundary formed the Himalaya mountains?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
10.
What type of boundary formed the East African Rift Valley?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transfrom
11.
What process occurs as one plate sinks beneath another?
a)
sea floor spreading
b)
subduction
12.
As plates pull apart under the ocean, what is formed?
a)
coral reefs
b)
new ocean floor
13.
At what boundary do plates pull apart or divide?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
14.
The German Scientist who proposed the theory of Continental Drift
a)
Gregor Mendel
b)
Francis Crick
c)
Drew A. Blank
d)
Alfred Wegener
15.
The plastic-like layer in the Earth that helps the plates float and move:
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Crust
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Mantle
16.
Where do volcanoes come from?
a)
Places where plates move apart
b)
Places where plates are moving together
c)
Hot Spots
d)
All of these options
17.
What was Pangea?
a)
An ancient Mountain Range that divided Africa
b)
A large valley where civilization began.
c)
A supercontinent where all Earth's land masses were joined.
d)
A large meteor that hit Earth and destroyed all of the dinosaurs
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