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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Exam Review (C)
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 12hrs 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the German Scientist that came up with the theory of the Continental Drift?
a)
Albert Einstein
b)
Ms. Stukel
c)
Galileo
d)
Alfred Wegener
2.
What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory?
a)
Fossils, Fish, and Land
b)
Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate
c)
Fossils, Land forms, and Climate
d)
Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock
3.
Where did Wegener find plant fossils that today would not be able to survive on that type of land?
a)
North America
b)
Antarctica
c)
China
d)
India
4.
What is the force that moves the continents?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Conveyor belts
5.
Originally the Continental drift theory was not well received by other scientist. Why?
a)
There was a competing theory at the time that was more believable.
b)
There was no data showing the continents ever moved.
c)
The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents.
d)
The scientist presenting the data was unreliable.
6.
All of the continents were once part of one large continent called...
a)
Panacea
b)
Pangea
c)
North America
d)
Gondwana
7.
The continents move very slowly, only a few __________per year.
a)
meters
b)
kilometers
c)
centimeters
d)
miles
8.
In the Atlantic ocean, where is the youngest seafloor located?
a)
Towards the edges, near the eastern and western continents
b)
Towards the middle of the ocean
c)
Towards the north and south poles
d)
Young seafloor is located randomly throughout the ocean
9.
How do scientists figure out the age of the seafloor?
a)
They research it from ancient sea maps that trading vessels would use in the 1700s
b)
They use the moon phases and eclipses to calculate the age
c)
They use seismographs and the depth as well as location of earthquakes to calculate the age
d)
They take drill ships to many locations in the oceans and collect, then date, rock samples.
10.
True or False: The Mid-Atlantic ridge in the Atlantic ocean is the ONLY example of a divergent boundary (<---->)
a)
True
b)
False
11.
True or False: The continents on the eastern (the Americas) and western (Europe, Africa) side of the Atlantic Ocean are moving closer together.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
What two words are BEST used to describe how the seafloor spreads?
a)
Magma and convection
b)
Earthquakes and convection
c)
Magma and convention
d)
Volcanoes and earthquakes
13.
The zone where one plate slides under another is called the
a)
Convergent zone
b)
Subduction zone
c)
Transform zone
d)
Mantle zone
14.
The entire cycle of heating occurring in the mantle is called
a)
Convection currents
b)
Compound currents
c)
heat currents
d)
subcurrents
15.
When looking at mid ocean ridges the oldest rocks are
a)
In the middle
b)
Found close to the rift zone
c)
Found far from the mid ocean ridges
16.
What technology was used during WWII to detect enemy submarines and produce the first map of the seafloor?
a)
Sonar
b)
Radar
c)
GPS
17.
Undersea mountain range.
a)
Rift
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
seafloor spreading
d)
Continental drift
18.
Process by which new ocean crust forms.
a)
Seafloor spreading
b)
Continental drift
c)
Mid-ocean ridge
d)
Rift
19.
True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Sea-floor spreading begins at the
a)
Deep ocean trench
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
Continent's edge
21.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
22.
A divergent boundary occurs where plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
23.
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
a)
Crust is recycled in subduction zones at the same time it is created at mid-ocean ridges
b)
New crust is underwater where it sinks
c)
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
d)
The oldest crust just breaks apart as the plates move
24.
The average density of continental crust is 2.8 g/cm3 and the average density of oceanic crusts is 3.2 g/cm3. If these two plates came together, what would happen?
a)
The two plates would push apart and form a rift zone.
b)
The oceanic plate would rise up over the continental plate.
c)
The oceanic plate would sink under the continental plate.
d)
The two plates would meet head on and rise up to form mountains.
25.
What type of plate activity is creating the Himalayas?
a)
divergence of the Indian Ocean and Asia
b)
convergence of India and Asia
c)
strike slip faulting
d)
subduction
26.
Mid-ocean ridges can be found in
a)
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
b)
the Pacific and the Indian Oceans
c)
all of Earth's oceans
d)
only the Atlantic Ocean
27.
Which type of crust is more dense?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
divergent
d)
pizza
28.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
lateral
29.
A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
horizontal
30.
What is the process in which hot molten rock rises, then cools and sinks back to the core?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
convection
d)
divergence
31.
Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
d)
subduction
32.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?
a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
lateral
d)
convergent
33.
A fault forms at a _________ boundary.
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
horizontal
d)
convergent
34.
The physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________.
a)
mesosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
mantle
35.
What type of boundary is shown at A?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
36.
What is happening at point B?
a)
subduction
b)
a divergent boundary
c)
convection
d)
an earthquake
37.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
38.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
39.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
40.
Identify the Major Plate labeled B
a)
African Plate
b)
Antarctic Plate
c)
Pacific Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate
41.
Identify the Major Plate labeled I
a)
African Plate
b)
Antarctic Plate
c)
Pacific Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate
42.
Identify the Major Plate labeled N
a)
African Plate
b)
Antarctic Plate
c)
Pacific Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate
43.
Identify the Major Plate labeled J
a)
African Plate
b)
Antarctic Plate
c)
Pacific Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate
44.
Identify the Major Plate labeled D
a)
Indo-Australian Plate
b)
North American Plate
c)
South Americana Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate
45.
Identify the Major Plate labeled L
a)
Indo-Australian Plate
b)
North American Plate
c)
South Americana Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate
46.
Identify the Major Plate labeled G
a)
Indo-Australian Plate
b)
North American Plate
c)
South Americana Plate
d)
Eurasian Plate
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