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Earth's Layers & Plate Boundaries

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?

a)

Transform

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Reform

2.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
3.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
4.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
5.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
6.
Which layer has convection currents?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Crust
7.
subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?
a)
islands
b)
volcanoes
c)
earthquakes
d)
all of the above
8.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
At plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
9.
When one plate sides under neath another, it _________ and the magma _________.
a)
hardens, sinks
b)
melts, sinks
c)
hardens, rises
d)
melts, rises
10.
The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?
a)
divergent
b)
continent-to-continent convergent
c)
ocean-to-continent convergent
d)
transform
11.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
12.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
13.
Which of the following is NOT a tectonic boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Sedergent
d)
Transform
14.
What is this image...
a)
Revolving boundary
b)
San Andreas (Transform)
c)
Convergent
15.
Two tectonic plates collide at a _______ plate boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
16.
The area where two tectonic plates meet.
a)
mantle
b)
focus
c)
plate boundary
d)
convection
17.
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...
a)
along the coast
b)
along tectonic plate boundaries
c)
in the Arctic
d)
in the ocean
18.
This landform can occur at a divergent plate boundary.
a)
ocean trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
tall mountains
d)
transform fault
19.
A continental rift valley can be formed from stretching continental crust at...
a)
transform plate boundaries
b)
convergent plate boundaries
c)
divergent plate boundaries
d)
all plate boundaries
20.
A mid-ocean ridge occurs at a ________ plate boundary.
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
21.
What type of boundary is the SAN ANDREAS FAULT on?
a)
Covergent
b)
Transformers
c)
Divergent
d)
Transform
22.
What is the name of the plate boundary that slides past each other?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Mr. C the Slide Man
23.
Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
A peninsula
d)
An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct. 
24.
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Plate Boundary
25.
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
26.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
27.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
28.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
29.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
30.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
31.

Broken pieces of the Earth's Lithosphere that rest and move on the upper layer of the mantle, is what?

a)

Pangea

b)

Tectonic Plate

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Gravity

32.

Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Plate

d)

Divergent

33.
A fault is formed by the movement of a __________ plate boundary
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
34.
Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
35.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
36.
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
37.

_______ are created and found in soil, in rocks, in seashells, or deep in the earth.

a)

Elements

b)

Crystals

c)

Minerals

38.

What is the name of the tectonic plate labeled at "X"?

a)

North American Plate

b)

South American Plate

c)

African Plate

d)

Indo-Australian Plate

39.

What geologic event will occur at a transform boundary?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Ocean basin

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Mountain building

40.

Which diagram(s) illustrate the type of movement that could result in the formation of continental mountain building?

a)

Diagram 1

b)

Diagram 2

c)

Diagram 3

d)

Diagram 1 & 3

41.

Which diagram(s) illustrate the type of movement that could result in the formation of an ocean basin?

a)

Diagram 1

b)

Diagram 2

c)

Diagram 3

d)

Diagram 1 & 3

42.

The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

43.

Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.

a)

continental

b)

plates

c)

oceanic

d)

mantle

44.

There are how many different types of crust?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

45.

What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

46.

What is the core made of?

a)

steel

b)

iron aluminum

c)

iron

d)

iron and nickel

47.

Why is the inner core solid?

a)

it's unknown

b)

the pressure

c)

what it's made of

d)

it is colder than the outer core

48.

Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

mantel

d)

Lithosphere

49.

The oceanic floor is made of?

a)

Granite

b)

Cookies

c)

Basalt

d)

Water

50.

The continental floor is made up of?

a)

Flowers and grass

b)

Granite

c)

Basalt

d)

Crust

51.

What happens to temperature as we move from the crust to the inner core?

a)

Decreases

b)

Nothing

c)

Increases

52.

Which layer of Earth has the GREATEST density?

a)

crust

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

inner core

53.

Which model best represents the mechanical layers of the Earth?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

54.
The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation

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