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WorksheetsAPES Geology 4: Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
2.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
3.
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
4.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
5.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
6.
Which layer of the earth is between the core and the crust?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
7.
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
8.
Which section would see exponential population growth?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
9.
Use Figure 10-1. Urban populations increased approximately ____% from 1950 to 2000.
a)
3
b)
8
c)
40
d)
68
10.
Compared with a population with low genetic diversity, a genetically diverse population is more likely to include individuals that
a)
are distributed over a large range
b)
vary greatly by age
c)
vary greatly by appearance and behavior
d)
each carry a large number of genes
11.
During primary succession, which of the following organisms often serve as pioneer species?
a)
lichens
b)
grasses
c)
small herbs
d)
trees
12.
Which layer has a part that is thick with a clay-like consistency that transfers heat through convection?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
All of them
13.
Which of the following occur when stress overcomes a locked fault, releasing stored energy.
a)
Rift Valleys
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Earthquake
14.
when a plate moves over a hot spot and the heat form the rising mantle plume will melt the crust
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Mountains
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Subduction
15.
What event in the mantle allows the plates to move?
a)
Subduction
b)
Convection Currents
c)
Density
d)
Faults
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