WorksheetsPlate Tectonics and Ring of Fire Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
2.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
3.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
4.
The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.
a)
crust
b)
plates
c)
directions
d)
seismos
5.
Which of the following is NOT a cause of an earthquake?
a)
Collapse of Cavern
b)
Eruption of Volcano
c)
Lightning Strikes
d)
Moving Tectonic Plates
6.
Which ocean in the world is also known as the "Ring of Fire"
a)
Atlantic
b)
Indian
c)
Arctic
d)
Pacific
7.
Most tsunamis occur here.
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
8.
Volcanic eruptions can also cause tsunamis.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
what is this???
a)
subduction
b)
convergent
c)
diversion
d)
transform
10.
The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...
a)
death ring
b)
fire zone
c)
ring of fire
d)
zone of fire
11.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
12.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
13.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
14.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
15.
What is Pangaea?
a)
The name of a German Scientist
b)
the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
c)
another name for continental drift
d)
the name of an ancient fossil
16.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
17.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
18.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
19.
Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?
a)
The shape of the continents
b)
Similar fossils found on separate continents
c)
Tree fossils found in odd places
d)
All of the above
20.
Who suggested the Continental Drift theory?
a)
Aldrin Weiner
b)
Alfred Wegener
c)
George Williams
d)
IDK 😭
21.
What is this a picture of?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
pangea
d)
glacier scaring
22.
The movement of Earth's crust along plate boundaries produces
a)
earthquakes
b)
volcanoes
c)
mountains
d)
All of these options.
23.
Can volcanic eruptions effect climate?
a)
yes
b)
no
24.
An erupting volcano can cause...
a)
rain
b)
other disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.
c)
dragon attacks
d)
an early Christmas
25.
What percent of the Earth's volcanoes reside in the Ring of Fire?
a)
75%
b)
100%
c)
90%
d)
0%
26.
The loudest sound ever recorded was...
a)
Mt. Vesuvius erupting
b)
Mt. Krakatoa erupting
c)
Mt. Kilauea
d)
A mouse whispering in the forest.
27.
The San Andreas fault is located in Conneticut
a)
true
b)
false
28.
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
Energy from the Sun
b)
Magnetic Pole Reversal
c)
Convection currents in the mantle
d)
Faults in Mountain Ranges
29.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
30.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
31.
Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?
a)
Fossils
b)
Mountains
c)
Glaciers
d)
Sand Erosion
32.
Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries
a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Plate
d)
Divergent
33.
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
a)
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
b)
New crust is underwater where it sinks
c)
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
34.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
35.
subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?
a)
islands
b)
volcanoes
c)
earthquakes
d)
all of the above
36.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
At plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
37.
The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?
a)
divergent
b)
continent-to-continent convergent
c)
ocean-to-continent convergent
d)
transform
38.
Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Sedergent
d)
Transform
39.
The area where two tectonic plates meet.
a)
mantle
b)
focus
c)
plate boundary
d)
convection
40.
What type of boundary is the SAN ANDREAS FAULT on?
a)
Covergent
b)
Transformers
c)
Divergent
d)
Transform
41.
A break or crack in the Earth's crust is called a...
a)
plate
b)
fault
c)
fold
d)
crack
42.
What is the term for a fluid's tendency to resist flow?
a)
Movement
b)
Silica
c)
Pressure
d)
Viscosity
43.
Volcanoes that have recently erupted are known as:
a)
Extinct Volcano
b)
Dormant Volcano
c)
Active Volcano
d)
What's a volcano?
44.
A volcano that has erupted in the last 2000 years but not recently is known as....
a)
Dormant
b)
Active
c)
Extinct
d)
Angry
45.
75% of America's volcanoes are found in this state...
a)
Washington
b)
Oklahoma
c)
California
d)
Alaska
46.
The Ring of Fire is famous for
a)
deadly volcanoes
b)
terrible earthquakes
c)
terrifying tsunamis
d)
all of the above
47.
What was the largest volcanic eruption in history?
a)
Mt St Helens VEI 4
b)
Mt Mc Kinley
c)
Mt Tambora VEI 7
d)
Krakatoa VEI 6
48.
Which super volcano is going to erupt some day here in the US?
a)
Yellowstone
b)
Mt Saint Helens
c)
Krakatoa
d)
Long Island
49.
What is ELE?
a)
Environmental Law Enforcement
b)
Extinction Level Event
c)
pop singer
d)
first robotic sub
50.
What does VEI stand for?
a)
Vehicle Emissions Information
b)
Volcanic Eruption Intensity
c)
first robot to Mars
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