Worksheetsplate tectonics
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submergent
2.
The area where two or more plates meet is called a __________________.
a)
fault
b)
plate boundary
c)
plate edge
d)
ring of fire
3.
Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
detergent
4.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
5.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submergent
6.
Plate movement is caused by ______________.
a)
the rotation of the Earth
b)
ocean tides
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
the moon's gravity
7.
The crust and the uppermost mantle make up the ________________.
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
atmosphere
d)
hydrosphere
8.
Plates move away from one another at ___________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transorm
d)
submergent
9.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
10.
What is the term for a heavier, denser plate sliding under a less dense plate?
a)
plate boundary
b)
submersion
c)
accretion
d)
subduction
11.
The plastic-like layer that is located directly under the lithosphere is known as the ____________.
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
atmosphere
d)
photosphere
12.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
13.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Island Arc
14.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
15.
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
16.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
17.
The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...
a)
Pangea
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Gravity
18.
Rift valleys are formed by _______ plate boundaries
a)
Continental-Continental Divergent
b)
Continental-Continental Convergent
c)
Oceanic-Oceanic Divergent
d)
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent
19.
Mid Ocean ridges are formed by ___________________________ plate boundaries
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
20.
Mountains are created when....
a)
Two continental plates collide
b)
Two oceanic plates pull apart
c)
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
d)
Two continental plates pull apart
21.
A giant landmass that existed 200 million years ago
a)
Wegener
b)
Pangaea
c)
Archyopteryx
d)
Ammonite
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