WorksheetsEEn 2.1.1 Quiz B - Plate Movement/ Boundaries
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 54mins
Which layer of the Earth is the thinnest?
mantle
outer core
inner core
crust
What is the name of the layer of the Earth that exists between points A and B?
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
Where does the heat come from that drives the convection currents in the mantle?
The sun
The crust
the mantle
the core
Plate movement is caused by ______________.
ridge push at divergent boundaries
gravity pull at convergent boundaries
convection currents in the mantle
ALL of these processes
What is Pangaea?
The name of a German Scientist
the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
another name for continental drift
the name of an ancient fossil
What do geologists call the earth’s crust and upper mantle?
asthenosphere
lithosphere
mesosphere
atmosphere
What evidence did Wegener use to support the Theory of Continental Drift?
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces
glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature
mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents
all of the above
Fossils of a particular animal species have been found in both southern Africa and South America but nowhere else. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY the reason why?
The fossils evolved into different organisms
The climate changed and became much colder.
In the past, Africa and South America were part of the same land mass
In the future, Africa and South America will be part of the same land mass
Name the boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
sergent boundary
Which of these formed the Appalachian Mountains?
sea-floor spreading
continental plates colliding
river sediment deposition
frequent earthquake activity
What large-scale land form results when when two ocean plates converge?
mountain
rift or ridge
volcano
deep-ocean trench
What large-scale land form results when an ocean plate and a continental converge?
mountain
rift or ridge
coastal volcano
deep-ocean trench
What occurs when two plates come together and the denser one is forced under back into the mantle?
reduction
conduction
subduction
convection
What is a divergent boundary?
where plates move into each other
where plates are moving away form each other
where plates move past each other
area where plate slips under another plate
Seafloor spreading occurs when Molten Lava erupts from a mid-ocean ridge.
True
False
What large-scale land form results when when two plates diverge?
mountain
rift or ridge
volcano
deep-ocean trench
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
plate
fault
fold
crack
What is associated with transform boundaries?
mountains
volcanoes
earthquakes
islands
