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Plate Motion Study Guide

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Plate Boundary
2.
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
3.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
4.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
5.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
6.

Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Plate

d)

Divergent

7.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
8.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
9.
The area where two tectonic plates meet.
a)
mantle
b)
focus
c)
plate boundary
d)
convection
10.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
11.

What type of plate movement makes a mid-ocean ridge?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

12.
The theory of _______ states that Earth’s crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that are in constant, slow motion.
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
seafloor spreading
d)
divergent boundaries
13.
Which type of plate boundary occurs at B?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
country
14.
The feature labeled D is part of the continuous underwater mountain range that circles Earth. It is called ___.
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
trenches
c)
deep-sea vent
d)
abyssal plain
15.
Which type of plate boundary is shown at A?
a)
transform boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
divergent boundary
d)
fractured boundary
16.
Oceanic crust is
a)
Younger and less dense than continental crust
b)
Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust
c)
Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust
d)
Bigger and younger than continental crust
17.

The layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates

a)

Crust

b)

Core

c)

Mantle

18.

What happens at or near plate boundaries

a)

earthquakes only

b)

volcanoes and earthquakes

c)

volcanoes only

19.

Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water

a)

outer layer

b)

mantle

c)

core

20.

Very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer

a)

oceanic crust

b)

continental crust

c)

plates

d)

mantle

21.

Slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement

a)

trench

b)

rifting

c)

mid-ocean ridge

d)

volcano

22.

Fossils are evidence of life from the past.

a)

Ture

b)

False

23.

Which boundary has new crust added to the edges of the plates?

a)

Convergent Boundary

b)

Divergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

24.

Which boundary has crust being destroyed in the mantle?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Transform Boundary

c)

Convergent Boundary

25.

Earthquakes cause plates to move.

a)

True

b)

False

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