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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
Mountains form from....
a)
Tectonic plates sliding past one another
b)
Collision of tectonic plates
c)
Tectonic plates moving away from each other
d)
Tectonic plates disappearing
2.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
3.
Plate movement is caused by _____
a)
The rotation of the Earth
b)
Ocean tides
c)
Convection currents in the mantle
d)
The moon's gravity
4.
Which of the following is the softer moving area of the mantle that contains convection current?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Outer core
d)
Oceanic crust
5.
This image represents this type of boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Transform
c)
Convergent
d)
Subduction
6.
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
7.
At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way?
a)
Tectonic plates move towards each other
b)
Tectonic plates slide past each other
c)
Tectonic plates move up and down
d)
Tectonic plates move away from each other
8.
A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is
a)
a valley
b)
an ocean
c)
a canyon
d)
a volcano
9.
What is a tectonic plate?
a)
A piece of the Earth's crust
b)
A piece of Earth's mantle
c)
A piece of Earth's core
d)
A piece of Earth's Moon
10.
Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Reform
11.
What is the name of the area where one crust slides underneath another
a)
Transform zone
b)
subduction zone
c)
Divergent zone
d)
School zone
12.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
13.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
14.
The outer layer of the Earth is called the __________.
a)
core
b)
crust
c)
mantle
d)
plates
15.
The liquid layer below the Earth's crust is the
a)
core
b)
lava
c)
magma
d)
mantle
16.
The core of the earth is made of solid...
a)
chocolate
b)
copper
c)
carbon dioxide
d)
iron
17.
Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Observant
d)
Transform
18.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Move away from each other
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
Slide beneath one another
19.
When two tectonic plates interact, what can be caused?
a)
Beach erosion and Tornadoes
b)
Tsunamis and storms
c)
Earthquakes and volcanoes
d)
Tornadoes and Hurricanes
20.
The earth is hotter in the center than near the crust.
a)
True
b)
False
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