WorksheetsPlate Techtonics
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subductive Zone
d)
Transform
2.
At which type of boundary are mountains formed?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subductive Zone
d)
Transform
3.
At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?
a)
Tranform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Subductive Zone
4.
What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
a)
collision
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
a boundry
d)
a rift zone
5.
What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
6.
What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
7.
What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
8.
According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed called
a)
Pangaea.
b)
Wegener.
c)
Panthalassa.
d)
Euraisa.
9.
The process that takes place at mid-ocean ridges is called
a)
sea-floor spreading.
b)
uplift.
c)
continental drift.
d)
subduction.
10.
Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Sedergent
d)
Transform
11.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
12.
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...
a)
along the coast
b)
along tectonic plate boundaries
c)
in the Arctic
d)
in the ocean
13.
Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
A peninsula
d)
An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.
14.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
15.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
16.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
17.
What is the name of the area where one crust slides underneath another
a)
no flex zone
b)
subduction zone
c)
transverse zone
d)
school zone
18.
This image is of...
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
19.
This image is of....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
20.
What process causes new oceanic crust?
a)
Continental drift
b)
Sea floor spreading
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Radiation
21.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
22.
Name the three types of plate boundaries.
a)
convergent, divergent, transform
b)
convergent, divergent, transformers
c)
divergent, insurgent, allegient
d)
conduction, convection, radiation
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