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WorksheetsLithosphere/Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 58mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
3.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
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.
Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?
a)
Fossils
b)
Mountains
c)
Glaciers
d)
Sand Erosion
6.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
7.
The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...
a)
Pangea
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Gravity
8.
Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Plate
d)
Divergent
9.
Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
10.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
11.
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
12.
Folded mountains are created when....
a)
Two continental plates collide
b)
Two oceanic plates pull apart
c)
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
d)
Two continental plates pull apart
13.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
14.
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
15.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
16.
Which layer has convection currents?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
17.
subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?
a)
islands
b)
volcanoes
c)
earthquakes
d)
all of the above
18.
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
19.
When one plate sides under neath another, it _________ and the magma _________.
a)
hardens, sinks
b)
melts, sinks
c)
hardens, rises
d)
melts, rises
20.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
21.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
22.
A mid-ocean ridge occurs at a ________ plate boundary.
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
23.
What type of boundary is the SAN ANDREAS FAULT on?
a)
Covergent
b)
Transformers
c)
Divergent
d)
Transform
24.
Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
a)
Tectonic plates on the crust move.
b)
The mantle increases in size.
c)
Pressure in the crust increases.
d)
Pressure in the crust decreases.
25.
Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle?
a)
The sun
b)
The crust
c)
the mantle
d)
the core
26.
The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...
a)
death ring
b)
fire zone
c)
ring of fire
d)
zone of fire
27.
Which is true about hotter material in the mantle?
a)
more dense, sinks
b)
less dense, sinks
c)
less dense, rises
d)
more dense, rises
28.
During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...
a)
along the continents
b)
at the mid ocean ridges
c)
deep ocean trenches
d)
at north and south poles
29.
Which layer of the Earth is liquid iron?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
30.
Which is a series of volcanic islands that form along a plate boundary?
a)
Island arc
b)
Island chain
31.
What happens when magma reaches Earth's surface?
a)
It stays as magma.
b)
It turns to lava.
c)
I
32.
What is occurring at D?
a)
rift valley
b)
mountains
c)
trench
d)
mid-ocean ridge
33.
What is occurring at E?
a)
rift valley
b)
mountains
c)
trench
d)
mid-ocean ridge
34.
What type of crust is B?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
35.
What is occurring at A?
a)
volcano
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
trench
d)
subduction
36.
What is occurring at A?
a)
volcano
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
trench
d)
subduction
37.
What is occurring at G?
a)
subduction
b)
rift valley
c)
trench
d)
mid-ocean ridge
38.
What island is the oldest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
E
d)
D
39.
What direction is the plate moving?
a)
west
b)
northeast
c)
southwest
d)
east
40.
What event occurs at the letter A?
a)
earthquake
b)
subduction
c)
volcano
41.
What event occurs at B?
a)
rift-valley
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
trench
42.
Hotspots are found ___.
a)
at divergent boundaries
b)
at convergent boundaries
c)
at transform boundaries
d)
within a plate (intraplate)
43.
Volcanoes further away from those close to a hotspot are ____
a)
Older
b)
Younger
c)
the exact same age
44.
Volcanoes occur when magma pressure builds up under the crust. This happens mostly at:
a)
Divergent Boundaries
b)
Ocean shorelines
c)
Mountain range
d)
Subduction zone
45.
In volcanic areas, groundwater heated by magma is a source of
a)
lava flows
b)
silicia
c)
geothermal energy
d)
pyroclastic flows
46.
Seismic waves that travel the fastest are
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
c)
surface waves
47.
The place on the surface of the Earth above where the earthquake occurs is the
a)
seismograph
b)
epicenter
c)
richter
d)
focus
48.
What is the name of the device used to measure and record seismic waves generated by
a)
Richter scale
b)
Mercalli scale
c)
Seismogram
d)
Seismograph
49.
What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first occurred?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Focus
50.
Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Focus
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
51.
Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Seismogram Scale
d)
Bernoulli Scale
52.
To "quanify" means
a)
to describe the results
b)
to use numbers to explain
c)
to draw a diagram
d)
none of these
53.
The rock has large pink crystals. These are examples of which type of observations?
a)
qualitative
b)
quantitative
c)
none of these
54.
Meta means....
a)
shape
b)
change
c)
false
d)
to make
55.
A century is how many years?
a)
one thousand
b)
one hundred
c)
one million
56.
A kilogram is equal to...
a)
10 grams
b)
100 grams
c)
1000 grams
d)
1 million grams
57.
Lithification is a process that makes...
a)
rocks
b)
light
c)
stars
d)
clouds
58.
A divergent plate boundary happens when plates ...
a)
slide past each other
b)
move away from each other
c)
move towards each other
d)
none of these
59.
Submarine -marine means water, what does sub mean?
a)
ship
b)
vehicle
c)
below
d)
none of these
60.
Micro means little or small. What does micrograph mean?
a)
to see small things
b)
to measure small things
c)
to hear small things
d)
to write small things
61.
What is in the middle of a geocentric solar system- centric means center/ middle?
a)
Earth
b)
the sun
c)
the moon
d)
the Milky Way
62.
Igneous rocks are rocks formed from
a)
pressure
b)
little rocks
c)
fire
d)
none of these
63.
What does "chron" mean?
a)
color
b)
time
c)
ill
d)
measure
64.
graph means
a)
draw/ write
b)
color/shade
c)
spin/sit
d)
essay/novel
65.
Geology is the study of rocks and what the _________ is made of.
a)
science
b)
life
c)
earth
d)
penguins
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