WorksheetsForces of Nature CGF3MO: 4.1 - Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
2.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
3.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
4.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
5.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
6.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
7.
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
a)
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
b)
New crust is underwater where it sinks
c)
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
8.
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
Energy from the Sun
b)
Magnetic Pole Reversal
c)
Convection currents in the mantle
d)
Faults in Mountain Ranges
9.
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
10.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
11.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
At plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
12.
When one plate sides under neath another, it _________ and the magma _________.
a)
hardens, sinks
b)
melts, sinks
c)
hardens, rises
d)
melts, rises
13.
The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?
a)
divergent
b)
continent-to-continent convergent
c)
ocean-to-continent convergent
d)
transform
14.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
15.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
16.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
17.
Hot spots are volcanically active areas that are not near tectonic plate boundaries.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Fredrick Vine
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Tuzo Wilson
19.
Which was NOT evidence of Alfred Wegener's?
a)
Seafloor spreading
b)
fossils
c)
puzzle piece
d)
glacier evidence
20.
Who is the American geologist who proposed the idea of sea-flooring spreading
a)
Harry Hess
b)
J. Tuzo Wilson
c)
J. F. Kennedy
d)
Sam Isley
21.
Divergent plate boundaries are...
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Neither
22.
Convergent plate boundaries are....
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Neither
23.
What boundary is shown?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
24.
Canadian, Dr. Tuzo Wilson, was the geologist that developed the theory of volcanic hotspots and the theory of which type of plate boundary?
a)
Divergent boundary
b)
Convergent-subductive boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Convergent-collision boundary
25.
What is the name of the plate that is coloured pink in this image?
a)
Vancouver Plate
b)
San Andreas Plate
c)
Cocos Plate
d)
Juan De Fuca Plate
26.
What is the name of this ocean trench?
a)
Pacific Trench
b)
Marianas Trench
c)
Philipeans Trench
d)
Puerto Rico Trench
27.
The transform fault seen on this map of the country of Turkey is the
a)
San Andreas Fault
b)
African Rift Fault
c)
North Anatolian Fault
d)
Dead Sea Fault
28.
The ocean trench located south of Alaska, at the north end of the Pacific Plate, is called the ....
a)
Aleutian Trench
b)
Alaska Trench
c)
North Pacific Trench
d)
Bering Straight Trench
29.
What is the name of the divergent plate boundary located between the Nubian Plate and the Somali plate, seen here as a red line in this image?
a)
East African Rift
b)
Kenyan Rift
c)
San Andreas Fault
d)
Congo Fault
30.
What is the name of the plate that is pink in this image?
a)
Eurasian plate
b)
Philipedans sea plate
c)
Indian Plate
d)
Antarctic Plate
31.
What was created when the Indian Plate converged with the Eurasian Plate?
a)
Indian Ocean Trench
b)
The island of Sri Lanka
c)
The Andes mountains
d)
The Himalyanan mountains
32.
The Arabian Plate, seen in yellow in this image, is classified as a .....
a)
Major plate
b)
Minor plate
c)
Macro plate
d)
Dinner plate
33.
The Ring of Fire is located around which tectonic plate?
a)
Atlantic Plate
b)
Eurasian Plate
c)
Australian Plate
d)
Pacific Plate
34.
Which of the following is not a major plate?
a)
Antartica plate
b)
South American Plate
c)
Carribbean plate
d)
Eurasian Plate
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