WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Thinking about convection, what happens to cold air, water, or magma?
Falls
Rises
Doesn't Move
What type of plates collide?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Where does the internal energy that drives convection come from?
The sun
The oven
The core
The fire
What types of plates divide?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Thinking about convection, what happens to warm air, water, or magma?
Falls
Rises
Doesn't move
What type of plates slide?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
What is convection?
Warm falls and cold rises
Warm and cold don't move
Warm rises and cold falls
What do you call something that continues, has a pattern, goes in a circle, has no beginning or end?
Circle
Loop
Ring
Cycle
What causes plate motion?
Correction
Convection
Connection
Convention
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
connection, divergent, transform
convergent, dividing, transform
convergent, divergent, transform
convergent, divergent, transfer
Do cycles have a starting or ending point?
no
yes
How do transform plates move?
Collide
Divide
Slide
What do convergent plates cause?
Earthquakes
Mountains, Volcanoes, Deep Ocean Trenches
Mid-Ocean Ridges, Rift Valleys, Volcanic Activity
Nothing
How do divergent plates move?
Collide
Divide
Slide
What do divergent plates cause?
Earthquakes
Mountains, Volcanoes, Deep Ocean Trenches
Mid-Ocean Ridges, Rift Valleys, Volcanic Activity
How do convergent plate moves?
Collide
Divide
Slide
What do transform plates cause?
Earthquakes
Mountains, Volcanoes, Deep Ocean Trenches
Mid-Ocean Ridges, Rift Valleys, Volcanic Activity
Who first explained the theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Tuzo Wilson
Who first explained the theory of Plate Tectonics?
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Tuzo Wilson
Who first explained the theory of Sea-Floor Spreading?
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Tuzo Wilson
What was the name of the super-continent?
Panama
Pangea
Pancakes
Which type of crust has less density?
Continental Crust
Oceanic Crust
Which type of crust has more density?
Continental Crust
Oceanic Crust
