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ES Review - Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Early observers thought continents may have been joined based on what observations
a)
rocks and fossils
b)
earthquakes.
c)
magnetism.
d)
coastline
2.
Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...
a)
America, Greenland, and Europe.
b)
Antarctica, India, and America.
c)
all of Earth’s continents.
d)
South Africa, India, Australia, and South America.
3.
Where are most divergent boundaries located?
a)
Along the middle of most ocean floors
b)
Along the margins of most continents
c)
Across the middle of many continents
d)
All the above options are correct
4.
The Himalayan mountains have some of the highest peaks like Mt. Everest, on which type of convergent boundary are they located?
a)
Oceanic/Continental
b)
Oceanic/Oceanic
c)
Continental/Continental
d)
None of the above
5.
What type of features are associated with a divergent boundary?
a)
Rift valleys
b)
Volcanic mountains
c)
Fold mountains
d)
Fault block mountains
6.
The mechanism that moves continents is based on heat energy moving by
a)
Radiation in the core
b)
Conduction in the lithosphere
c)
Convection in the Asthenosphere
d)
None of these options is true
7.
What type of rock makes most of the oceanic crust
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Basalt
c)
Metamorphic
d)
Limestone
8.

Breaks in the crust called __________ form where plates meet.

a)

mountains

b)

rift valleys

c)

faults

d)

trenches

9.

Plates slide past each other at _________________ boundaries.

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

d)

universal

10.

What is the motion of Earth's plates like?

a)

fast and in stages

b)

slow and in stages

c)

fast and constant

d)

slow and constant

11.
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
12.
A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
13.

Why does subduction occur?

a)

Old crust is more dense and gravity helps pull the crust back into the mantle.

b)

Old crust is less dense and it sinks back into the mantle.

c)

Old crust is warm and melts back into the mantle.

d)

Old crust has no where else to go but through trenches.

14.

The layer that makes up the crust and the top part of the mantle is

a)

mantle

b)

asthenosphere

c)

lithosphere

d)

outer core

15.

The only liquid layer inside the Earth.

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer core

d)

Inner core

16.
one tectonic plate moves under another
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
divergent plate boundary
c)
transform plate boundary
d)
subduction
17.
What feature is formed on the continental crust at an oceanic-continental convergent boundary?
a)
volcanoes
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
ocean trench
d)
none of these features are formed at a oceanic-continental convergent boundary
18.
What type of boundary is in this image?
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
divergent plate boundary
c)
transform plate boundary
d)
subduction
19.

What type of boundary is in this image?

a)

convergent plate boundary

b)

divergent plate boundary

c)

transform plate boundary

d)

triangulation

20.
The diagram shows layers of sedimentary rock and examples of the fossils each layer contains, Which layer contains the oldest fossils? 
a)
A. Layer 2
b)
B. Layer 4
c)
C. Layer 1
d)
D. Layer 3
21.
Which fossil layer is the youngest? 
a)
A. Layer A
b)
B. Layer B
c)
C. Layer C
d)
D. Layer D
22.
What are the 3 main fossil fuels?
a)
A. Coal, oil, and vegetable oil. 
b)
B. Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
c)
C. Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
d)
D. Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources