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Plate Tectonics 2

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of EVENT will occur at this boundary?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Volcano Eruption

c)

Tornado

d)

Mountain Building

2.

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

a)

Energy from the Sun

b)

Convection currents in the mantle

3.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
4.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
5.
Who is known as the "Father of Continental Drift"?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Abraham Ortelius
c)
Alfred Wegner
d)
John Tuzo Wilson
6.
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
a)
plate
b)
fault
c)
fold
d)
crack
7.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
8.

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.

a)

Pangea

b)

Gondwanda

c)

Laurasia

d)

Neverland

9.
Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?
a)
Fossils
b)
Mountains
c)
Glaciers
d)
Sand Erosion
10.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
a)
core
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
mesosphere
11.
What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
12.
What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
13.
What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
14.

According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed called

a)

Pangaea.

b)

Wegener.

c)

Panthalassa.

d)

Euraisa.

15.

The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of

a)

global positioning.

b)

magnetic reversal.

c)

continental drift.

16.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
17.

A mid-ocean ridge (plates separating) occurs at a ________ plate boundary.

a)

transform

b)

convergent

c)

divergent

18.

What was Alfred Wegener responsible for?

a)

Theory of matter

b)

Theory of Continental drift

c)

Theory of relativity

19.

What evidence helped Wegener support his theory?

a)

Climate change

b)

Fossils

c)

Land Features

d)

All of the Above