WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The idea that continents slowly move over the earth's surface is
a)
Continental drift
b)
sea floor spreading
c)
fossils
2.
___________ hypothesis was that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass
a)
Niels Bohr
b)
Alfred Wegener
c)
Gregor Mendel
3.
___________ hypothesis was that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass
a)
Niels Bohr
b)
Alfred Wegener
c)
Gregor Mendel
4.
The once super continent was called
a)
super continent
b)
Pangaea
c)
world mass
5.
The Earth's lithosphere separated into pieces called
a)
boundaries
b)
plates
c)
litho-pieces
d)
asthenia-pieces
6.
Plates that move apart are called
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
oppositional
7.
Plates that collide together are called
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
oppositional
8.
Plates that slip past each other are called
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
oppositional
9.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
10.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
11.
Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?
a)
Fossils
b)
Mountains
c)
Glaciers
d)
Sand Erosion
12.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
13.
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
14.
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
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