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Plate Tectonics and Earth's Layers

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

Which of the following lists the Earth's layers from innermost to outermost?

a)

Inner Core, Crust, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere

b)

Inner core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust

c)

Outer Core, Inner Core, Mantle, Crust

2.

What is Pangea?

a)

a fern that lives close to the equator

b)

a large ice sheet

c)

a supercontinent made of the present-day continents

3.

Seafloor spreading is a process that...

a)

Destroys oceanic crust

b)

Occurs at the mid-ocean ridges

c)

Causes continents to plow through the seafloor

4.

Which is most likely to form along a convergent tectonic boundary?

a)

a delta

b)

an ocean basin

c)

a mountain range

d)

a valley

5.

What happens at a transform plate boundary?

a)

Plates move away from each other

b)

Plates move toward each other

c)

Plates slide past each other

6.

In divergent plate boundary...

a)

two plates separate

b)

two continental plates collide

c)

two plates slide past one another

7.

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

a)

Earth’s outer layer is made up of large, moving pieces called plates

b)

Cracks in the Earth's crust cause volcanoes

c)

The Earth was created by meteors crashing into each other

8.

When oceanic and continental crust converge, the oceanic plate will dive beneath the continental plate. What best explains the results of this action?

a)

The oceanic crust is moved upward by the radiation of heat

b)

The oceanic crust will melt as it moves deeper in the earth.

c)

The continental crust will form a mountain range.

d)

The two crusts will form an ocean basin

9.

Which layer of the Earth is liquid and composed mostly of iron and nickel?

a)

inner core

b)

crust

c)

outer core

d)

mantle

10.

What are tectonic plates?

a)

slabs of oceanic crust

b)

slabs of continental crust

c)

slabs of crust and upper mantle

11.

What was the name of the theory that Alfred Wegener proposed explaining why the continents moved?

a)

seafloor spreading

b)

continental drift

c)

land moving

d)

rifting

12.

The evidence to prove continental drift was discovered prior to Wegener's death?

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Scientists understand that continents move because of the _________ moves underneath the ________

a)

lithosphere and mantle

b)

convection currents and magentism

c)

asthenosphere and lithosphere

14.

A region, known as the Ring of Fire, follows the border of the Pacific Ocean basin. Why do so many earthquakes and volcanoes occur in this region?

a)

Transform boundaries completely surround this region of the Pacific Ocean

b)

Only powerful convergent plates are located along the Ring of Fire.

c)

Two plates are diverging in the center of the Pacific Ocean basin.

d)

Numerous tectonic plate boundaries are located along the edges of this region.

15.

The movement of Earth's plates results in changes in Earth's surface. Some of these changes occur very quickly, while others may take millions of years. Which of the following is most likely formed from a rapid change?

a)

a mountain range

b)

a mid-ocean ridge

c)

a volcano

d)

a valley

16.

As new information is discovered, scientific theories are changed. Sometimes, old theories are revised. Why is this a necessary practice for science?

a)

It ensures that the newest ideas are the ones used to develop medicines and important safety equipment.

b)

New scientists need to get credit for their ideas or no one will go into science professions

c)

Old theories are dependent on primitive technology that was flawed, so new technology must be used

d)

The process allows for an increasingly accurate understanding of the world.

17.

Mountains like the Himalayas in southern Asia form because these plate boundaries collide...

a)

Divergent Plate Boundary

b)

Convergent Plate Boundary

c)

Transform Plate Boundary