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Earth Layers, Tectonic Plates and Inclined Planes Test Review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tectonic plates float on top of the ________

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer Core

2.
Name this boundary
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Sergent
3.
Name the boundary
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
sergent
4.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
sergent
5.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
6.
Which of the following is associated with transform boundary?
a)
volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes and fault line
7.
Which of the following land formation occurs at a divergent continental/continental boundary?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
Pacific hot spot
d)
rift valley
8.
Mountains form from....
a)
Plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
d)
none of these
9.
Earth's plates are....
a)
Constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth
b)
Never moved
c)
Move seldom and very fast
d)
move when they feel like it
10.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
11.

Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ____ is formed.

a)

mountains

b)

Island arc

c)

rift valley

d)

trench

12.
What are mid-ocean ridges?
a)
A chain of underwater falls
b)
A chain of underwater volcanoes
c)
A chain of underwater mountains
d)
A chain of underwater rocks
13.
Created by a divergent boundary
a)
rocky mountain
b)
Mariana's Trench
c)
mid-Atlantic ridge
d)
volano
14.
What type of boundary creates a new seafloor?
a)
convergent continental to continental
b)
convergent ocean to continental
c)
convergent ocean to ocean
d)
divergent 
15.

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

a)

tectonic plates

b)

North American Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

African Plate

16.

Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Volcanic eruptions

d)

Mountain building

17.

Occurs when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

a)

convergent boundary

b)

subduction

c)

volcanic eruptions

d)

divergent boundary

18.

Occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other

a)

Transform Boundary

b)

Ocean Basin

c)

Divergent Boundary

d)

Spreading ridges

19.
What layer has a solid inner part and a liquid outer part?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
none
20.
What layer is the thinnest?
a)
Crust 
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
They are all the same size
21.
What are the three main layers of the Earth?
a)
Center, Middle, Outer
b)
Center, Mantle, Crush
c)
Core, Mantle, Crust
d)
Core, Middle, Crush
22.
It is possible to drill through the crust.
a)
Sure, they have already done it.
b)
Yeah, they will get it done soon.
c)
No way, it would make the world explode
d)
Nah, we've only drilled a little bit, like 1/100th of the way through.
23.
This layer of the Earth is found between the core and the crust.
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
24.
The layer that lies beneath the mantle and surrounds the inner core. 
a)
mantle
b)
outer core
c)
inner core
d)
crust
25.

Is a layer of weak, or soft, mantle that is made of rock that flows slowly. Tectonic plates move on top of this layer.

a)

Inner Core

b)

Asthensophere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Outer Core

26.
This is the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth, made up of two parts, is divided into pieces call tectonic plates.
a)
Inner Core
b)
Asthensophere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Outer Core
27.
Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up and down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
28.
Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth
a)
increases
b)
decreases 
c)
goes up or down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
29.

Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that has plasticity, or is weak enough to flow?

a)

asthenosphere

b)

crust

c)

lithosphere

d)

inner core

30.

The ____ is the largest layer of the Earth

a)

inner core

b)

crust

c)

mantle

d)

outer core

31.
What layer of Earth do we live on?
a)
Crust
b)
Core
c)
Mantle
32.

An object that makes work easier is a

a)

Slope and Rise

b)

Load

c)

Simple Machine

d)

Mechanical Advantage

33.

The longer the inclined plane, the ___________________ to move the object

a)

the less force you need

b)

the more force you need

c)

the more force you need

d)

same force is needed

34.
 The unit for force is _____. 
a)

Neutrons 

b)

Newtons

c)

Tons

d)

Inches 

35.

Which of the following is not an example for inclined planes?

a)

Ramp

b)

Ladder

c)

Slide

36.

Which layer is made (mostly) of SOLID iron and nickel?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

37.

Which layer is made (mostly) of LIQUID iron and nickel?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

38.

Which layer is the hottest?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

39.

Which layer is the coolest?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

40.
Which information is needed to  determine  how fast a  truck  is traveling? 
a)
direction and  mass  
b)
distance  and time 
c)
size and  speed 
d)
time  and  weight  
41.
A unusually fast zombie was chasing after Carl to eat him. What was the zombie’s speed at 6 seconds if he traveled 36 meters?
a)
6 meters/seconds
b)
6 seconds/meters
c)
.17 meters/second
d)
None of the above
42.
Soccer ball A goes 15 feet in 3 seconds, and Ball B goes 12 feet in 2 seconds. Which ball moved the fastest?
a)
Soccer Ball A
b)
Soccer Ball B
c)
Their speeds are equal.
43.
What is the formula to calculate speed?
a)
S = t/d
b)
S = d/t
c)
S = d x t
d)
S = t x d
44.

Mid-ocean ridges form at _____

a)

Ocean-Ocean Divergent

b)

Continent-Continent Divergent

c)

Ocean-Ocean Convergent

d)

Continent-Continent Convergent

45.

Rift Valleys form at _____

a)

Ocean-Ocean Divergent

b)

Continent-Continent Divergent

c)

Ocean-Ocean Convergent

d)

Continent-Continent Convergent

46.

Mountain building at which type of plate boundary

a)

Ocean-Ocean Divergent

b)

Continent-Continent Divergent

c)

Ocean-Ocean Convergent

d)

Continent-Continent Convergent

47.

The San Andreas fault system is an example of which type of plate boundary

a)

Ocean-Ocean Divergent

b)

Continent-Continent Divergent

c)

Continent-Continent Transform

d)

Continent-Continent Convergent

48.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O

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