WorksheetsPlate tectonics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is plate tectonics?
Continent- sized slabs that make up the crust and the mantle
When plates Move Together Mountains or Volcanoes are formed.
When plates Move past each other earthquakes occur.
all of the above all of the above
A transform boundary is best known for the frequent _______ it causes?
Trenches
Mid- Ocean ridges
Earthquakes
Erosion Erosion
Theory of _____ _______?
Convergent boundaries
Plate tectonics
Divergent boundaries
Transform boundaries
Where does volcanoes and seismic activity mostly occur along?
plate boundaries
ring of fire
North pole
Mountain ranges Mountain ranges
What type of plate boundary is when two come together?
convergent
divergent
transform
hot spot
Which plate will go under the other?
Oceanic
Continental
If two oceanic plates collide it will make a?
Trench
Ridges
Hot spots
faults
Two Continental plates will make a ?
Rift valley
deep- ocean trench
mountain range
mid- ocean ridge mid- ocean ridge
Two plates slip each other is an example of what Plate boundary?
Convergent
Transform
divergent
hot spots
Where do most volcanoes form?
Over a hot spot
in the ocean
at plate boundaries
What is a hot spot?
are place where volcanoes are erupting
a place in the middle of a tectonic plate where magma rises
a place where ocean water is
What plate boundary is called when two plates move apart?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Hot spots
How do mountains form?
When two Continental plates come together
When two oceanic plates come together
When one oceanic and one Continental
All of the above
How was the mid- ocean ridge form?
Two oceanic plates separated
Two Continental plates separated
Both plates separated
How was the Hawaii islands form?
Two oceanic plates came together
A hot spot
Two Continental plates came together
Two oceanic plates separated
How were the Himalayas form?
Two Continental plates came together
Two oceanic plates came together
Two Continental separated
Two oceanic plates separated
Who was Alfred Wegener?
The person who came up with the theory of Continental drift
The person who thought convection currents in the mantel
What is a convergent boundary?
Two plates come together
Two plates slip past each other
Two plates separate from each other
What is a transform boundary?
Two plates come together
Two plates slip past each other
two plates separate from each other
What is a divergent boundary?
Two plates come together
Two plates slip past each other
Two plates separate from each other
