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Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 3hrs 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

The movement of earth's plates is caused by....

a)

The magnetic field caused by the core

b)

convection currents in the crust

c)

convection currents in the mantle

d)

the pushing and pulling of the plates against one another

2.

What type of boundary exists on Washington State's West Coast?

a)

continental-continental convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

continental-oceanic convergent boundary

d)

transform

3.

What does mantle convection cause to happen?

a)

Cool material to rise

b)

Warm material to sink

c)

Fossils to form

d)

Tectonic plate motion

4.

What is a cause of sea-floor spreading?

a)

depositing layers

b)

diverging tectonic plates

c)

heat and pressure

d)

mountain formation

5.

As you go deeper into the earth the....

a)

pressure increases and temperature increases

b)

pressure increases and temperature decreases

c)

pressure decreases and temperature decreases

d)

pressure decreases and temperature increases

6.

What happens at plate boundaries?

a)

Earthquakes

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

volcanoes

d)

all of these

7.

A divergent boundary is a boundary between two plates that....

a)

slide along each other

b)

move away from each other

c)

move toward each other

d)

converge

8.

Which feature forms when two plates of different densities collide?

a)

a mid-ocean ridge

b)

subduction zone

c)

rift valley

d)

transform boundary

9.

What kind of movement created the Himalaya mountains?

a)

erosion

b)

reversal of Earth's magnetic field

c)

divergent boundaries

d)

convergent boundaries

10.

Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Galileo Galilee

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Alfred Wegener

11.

The form of heat transfer that occurs through direct contact is.....

a)

conduction

b)

radiation

c)

convection

d)

thermal

12.

what type of heat transfer can cause a change in the density of a liquid like the mantle?

a)

convection

b)

thermal

c)

radiation

d)

conduction

13.

Evidence to support Wegeners claim of Pangaea includes

a)

Puzzle like fit of continents

b)

Fossils matching on different continents

c)

Matching rock layers on different continents

d)

all of these

14.

In sea-floor spreading, where does molten material rise from the mantle and erupt?

a)

Along the edges of all the continents

b)

along the mid-ocean ridge

c)

in deep-ocean trenches

d)

at the north and south poles

15.

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by..

a)

gravity

b)

subduction

c)

convection currents in the asthenosphere

d)

earth's magnetic field

16.

Geological theory that states that pieces of earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion

a)

deep-ocean trenches

b)

plate tectonics

c)

subduction

d)

sea-floor spreading

17.

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions is

a)

convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

rift valley

d)

transform boundary

18.

Earth's asthenosphere is a....

a)

a layer of hot rock that moves

b)

layer of molten metal

c)

a dense ball of solid metal

d)

a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin

19.

Earth's magnetic field results from the spinning of the ...

a)

mantle

b)

inner core

c)

outer core

d)

crust

20.

A collision between two pieces of continental lithosphere at a converging boundary produces a..

a)

mid-ocean ridge

b)

deep-ocean trench

c)

rift valley

d)

mountain range

21.

The risk of earthquakes is high along the Pacific coast of US because

a)

there have been no earthquakes there lately

b)

that's where the Juan de Fuca and North American plates meet

c)

serious earthquakes are rare east of the rockies

d)

satellites detect increasing elevation of ground surface

22.

What type of rock is formed when molten magma or lava solidifies?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

23.

An example of indirect evidence about Earth's interior are seismic waves from earthquakes

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What are the three main layers of Earth

a)

crust, mantle, seismic waves

b)

mantle, core, seismic waves

c)

crust, mantle, core

d)

core, crust, basalt

25.

The crust is a solid layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin?

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The lithosphere is formed by what layers in the Earth?

a)

The crust and inner core

b)

The crust and outer core

c)

The crust and the upper mantle

d)

The crust and the lower mantle

27.

Which layer of Earth is solid but able to flow?

a)

asthenosphere

b)

inner core

c)

outer core

d)

mesophere

28.

Which layer is liquid and is responsible for the magnetic poles?

a)

crust

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

outer core

29.

The outer core is a dense ball of solid nickel and iron.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Which is in order from the coolest, lowest pressure to the hottest layer with highest pressure.

a)

crust, outer core, asthenosphere, lithosphere

b)

outer core, asthenosphere, lithosphere crust

c)

asthenosphere, lithosphere, outer core, crust

d)

crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, outer core

31.

What type of crust is primarily made of granite?

a)

continental crust

b)

oceanic crust

c)

upper mantle

d)

all of these

32.

Convection in the mantle is a process where heat causes a change in the _______ of a substance.

a)

state of matter

b)

pressure

c)

density

d)

all of the above

33.

Evidence about ancient climates indicate that

a)

Glaciers once covered much of what is now India and parts of Africa

b)

No continent occupied the Southern Hemisphere

c)

Rafts were used to transport plants and animals to new continents

d)

Evidence from meteorites were found in Europe.

34.

Where do deep ocean trenches occur?

a)

diversion boundaries

b)

oceanic-continental convergent boundaries

c)

subduction zones

d)

both answers two and three

35.

Even with the multiple pieces of evidence, why was Wegener's continental drift idea still rejected by scientists?

a)

He didn't have a mechanism for what caused the continents to move away from one another.

b)

Glacial striations were found on multiple continents so it was inaccurate evidence.

c)

He couldn't clearly communicate his evidence ideas when speaking.

d)

There wasn't enough fossil evidence to support his idea - island hopping sounded more accurate.

36.

What layer of Earth is approximately 5-70 km thick?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

37.

What is the name of the last super-continent.

a)

Beto

b)

Pegusus

c)

Permethia

d)

Pangaea