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The Giant Plate Tectonics Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.
a)
continental
b)
oceanic
c)
plates
d)
mantle
2.

Why is the inner core solid?

a)

Convection currents

b)

dinosaurs squished it down

c)

the pressure of the other layers

d)

it is colder than the outer core

3.
Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?
a)
Outer Core
b)
Inner Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Lithosphere
4.
What layer is a semisolid and acts like silly putty?
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Mantle
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
crust
5.
Which type of crust is more dense?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
bread
d)
pizza
6.
What evidence did Alfred Wegener use in his theory?
a)
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
b)
evidence of glaciers found on continents that are warm today
c)
mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents
d)
all of the above
7.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Alfredo Sauce
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Alfred the Butler
8.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
9.
These images all display examples of what type of boundary?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
10.
California has a high risk of earthquakes due to what type of plate boundary?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
subduction
11.

The OLDEST seafloor is located ________.

a)

Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

b)

Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

12.
Hawaii has high volcanic activity due to the fact that it rests on a...
a)
divergent boundary
b)
transform boundary
c)
hot spot
d)
convergent boundary
13.

Where are most volcanoes found?

a)

Southern Hemisphere

b)

Ring of Fire

c)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

d)

Hot Spots

14.

The strongest force that causes plate movement is...

a)

gravity

b)

pressure

c)

convection currents

15.
Which theory states that Earth's lithosphere is divided into large sections that float on the upper mantle? 
a)
Theory of plate tectonics
b)
Theory of seafloor spreading
c)
Theory of continental drift
d)
Theory of Evolution
16.

What layer of the Earth consists of the crust and the top of the mantle? (A)

a)

inner core

b)

lithosphere

c)

asthenosphere

d)

outer core

17.

The plates of the lithosphere move along the asthenosphere due to what driving force?

a)

radiation

b)

erosion

c)

protons

d)

convection currents

18.
What layer of the Earth is broken into sections called plates?
a)
mantle
b)
core
c)
lithosphere
d)
asthenosphere
19.

The tectonic plates float on the _____ (Part B on the diagram).

a)

asthenosphere

b)

core

c)

crust

d)

lithosphere

20.

The supercontinent that existed millions of years ago is known as _________.

a)

Silerville

b)

Pangaea

c)

Rodinia

d)

Pancake

21.
Other scientists rejected Wegener's Continental Drift Theory because...
a)
He did not have evidence
b)
He couldn't explain how the continents moved
c)
He wasn't a scientist
d)
He was a bad communicator
22.
When studying the ages of rocks in the seafloor, scientists determined that...
a)
the oldest seafloor is at the mid-ocean ridge
b)
oldest seafloor is farthest from the ridge
c)
youngest seafloor is farthest from the ridge
23.
New Earth crust is made...
a)
in Mrs. Siler's Underwater Research Facility
b)
far away from a mid-ocean ridge
c)
from the magma of a mid-ocean ridge
24.
Who was the naval officer and scientist behind seafloor spreading?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Bill Nye
d)
Alfred Wegener
25.
What happens to pressure as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Pressure Decreases
b)
Pressure Increases
c)
Nothing
26.
What happens to temperature as we move from the crust to the inner core?
a)
Decreases
b)
Increases
c)
Nothing
27.

Traces of tropical plants found in Antarctica tell us that...

a)

Antarctica was once closer to the equator and much warmer

b)

Even farther away from the equator and much colder

c)

penguins stole all the tropical plants

d)

Antarctica is still warm today

28.

When oceanic crust sinks below continental crust, it creates a trench on the surface and a

a)

subduction zone

b)

island zone

c)

mantle drift

d)

mid-ocean ridge

29.

Identify Layer A

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

30.

Identify Layer B

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

31.

Identify Layer C

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

32.

Identify Layer D

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

33.

True or false: A divergent boundary can only occur under the ocean.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

This type of boundary often creates mountain ranges.

a)

Convergent: Continental v. Continental

b)

Transform

c)

Convergent: Continental v. Ocean

d)

Divergent

35.

​True or False: A hypothesis can provide the mechanism.

a)

True

b)

False

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