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Plate Tectonics 2

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the process of using sound to generate two dimensional models.

a)

Sonar

b)

Radar

c)

Microwaves

d)

Digital Satellite

2.

What force drives Plate Tectonics?

a)

Energy

b)

Heat Transfer

c)

Electricity

d)

Convection Currents

3.

What drives convection currents?

a)

Heat Transfer

b)

The transfer of energy

c)

Larger convection currents

d)

Mantle

4.

This is a boundary that causes earthquakes only.

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Divergent boundaary

c)

Insurgent boundary

d)

Transform boundary

5.

This is a famous and very dangerous transform boundary

a)

The Kansas City Fault

b)

The San Andreas Fault

c)

The Baja Fault

d)

The It's You Fault

6.

The is a dating process used very old rock.

a)

Radioactive Dating

b)

Superposition

c)

Radiometric Dating

d)

Relative Dating

7.

This volcano has thick viscus lava.

a)

Cone

b)

Composite

c)

Shield

d)

The option is not listed

8.

These volcanoes have a distinct cone shape.

a)

Shield Volcano

b)

Blend Volcano

c)

Cone Volcano

d)

Composite Volcano

9.

Which is correct?

a)

Convection Currents drive Heat Transfer

b)

Heat Transfer drives Plate Tectonics

c)

Plate Tectonics drive Heat Transfer

d)

Convection Currents drive Plate Tectonics

10.

What does this photo represent? (in terms of geology)

a)

The map of earth

b)

A red dotted line

c)

The Pacific Ocean

d)

The Ring of Fire

11.

Which of these forces reshape earth

a)

Tornados

b)

Weathering

c)

Forest Fires

d)

Water Irrigation

12.

This is an example of Mechanical Weathering

a)

Freezing and thawing shattering rock over time

b)

Low levels of acid in rain wearing at rock over time

c)

Machines that control weather

d)

None of these are valid

13.

Roots can grow into rock and cause the rock to crack.

a)

False, plants are very week

b)

True but only on Tuesdays

c)

True, roots can break rocks over time

d)

True but you must break the rock first

14.

This can cause the shape of the earth to change.

a)

Wind abrasion

b)

Sun abrasion

c)

Sound abrasion

d)

Micro abrasion

15.

In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location (not to be confused with weathering which involves no movement).

a)

Wintering

b)

Explosion

c)

Weathering

d)

Erosion

16.

Chemical or Mechanical weathering: Earthquakes shattering rocks

a)

Chemical Weathering

b)

Mechanical Weathering

17.

Name the boundary

a)

Canvergent Boundary

b)

Coinvergent Boundary

c)

Consurgnet Boundary

d)

Convergent Boundary

18.

Name The Boundary

a)

Detergent Boundary

b)

Divergent Boundary

c)

Demergent Boundary

d)

Eat at Joes! Eat at Joes! Eat at Joes!

19.

What does this graphic represent?

a)

Soup or Position

b)

Soap'er Potion

c)

The youngest and the oldest

d)

Superposition