WorksheetsContinental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 23mins
What type of boundary is illustrated in the diagram?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What type of crust is involved in the illustration?
Oceanic-Oceanic
Continental-Continental
Oceanic-Continental
What type of crust is involved in the illustration?
Oceanic-Oceanic
Continental-Continental
Oceanic-Continental
What type of boundary is illustrated in the diagram?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What layer is labeled #6 in the diagram?
lithosphere
mesosphere
asthenosphere
outer core
What layer is labeled #7 in the diagram?
lithosphere
mesosphere
asthenosphere
outer core
Which number represents the crust?
1
2
3
4
Which number designates the inner core?
3
4
5
6
What type of boundary would create a feature as seen in the image?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
None of the above
This boundary is an example of constructive, destructive, or neither?
constructive
destructive
neither
What type of boundary is illustrated in the diagram?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Is this boundary constructive, destructive, or neither?
Constructive
Destructive
Neither
What area is created when thinner, denser plate is forced under the thicker, less dense plate?
trench
subduction zone
ridge
mountains
Which of the characteristics describe continental crust? (select two)
Thick
Thin
more dense
less dense
Which of the characteristics describe oceanic crust? (select two)
Thick
Thin
more dense
less dense
Which German-born scientist first proposed the theory of continents moving slowly across the Earth?
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
James Hutton
Harry Hess
Which of the following pieces of evidence was NOT supported in the Theory of Continental Drift?
Fossil Correlation
Geologic Evidence
Topographic Fit
Time capsules unearthed
What two theories led the way for the modern Theory of Plate Tectonics? (Select two)
Law of Superposition
Theory of Continental Drift
Theory of Uniformtarianism
Sea-floor Spreading
Which landform is not supported by the MODERN Theory of Plate Tectonics?
Faults
Volcanoes
Canyons
Mountains
What type of feature is the result of continental-continental crust diverging?
Fault
Subduction Zone
Ridge
Rift Valley
What type of heat transfer occurs in fluids?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Electromagnetic
Which layer of the Earth is broken into plates floating on a semi-liquid?
asthenosphere
mesosphere
mantle
lithosphere
What layer of semi-liquid rock do the tectonic plates slowly float?
lithosphere
mesosphere
asthenosphere
crust
