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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 89

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The cracks in Earth's crust are called ___________.
a)
tectonic plates
b)
faults
c)
magma
d)
lava
2.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
3.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
4.
The area around the Pacific Ocean where lots of earthquakes and volcanoes happen is called the ____________.
a)
Ring of Earth
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Ring of Stone
d)
Ring of Diamond
5.
Lava that is still deep inside the earth is called ____________________________.
a)
lava
b)
magma
c)
volcano
d)
earthquake
6.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Slide/Transform

7.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Slide/Transform

8.
What is a divergent boundary? 
a)
two plates moving towards each other
b)
two plates grinding/sliding past each other.
c)
two plates moving away from each other
d)
plates that don't move at all
9.
What forms at the divergent boundary? 
a)
deep-ocean trench
b)
mid-ocean Ridge
c)
land ridge
d)
the Pacific Ocean
10.
Plates move away from one another at ___________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
volcanic
d)
submerged
11.
Plates slide grind/slide  past one another at ____________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submerged
12.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
13.
What is the term for the process by which a heavier, denser plate slides under a less dense plate?
a)
plate boundary
b)
submersion
c)
accretion
d)
subduction
14.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
15.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submerged
16.
At which plate boundary is crust neither created nor destroyed?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submerged
17.
The lithospheric plates are constantly moving at a rapid rate.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Some volcanoes are formed without being near plate boundaries.  These are known as
a)
deep ocean trenches
b)
subduction zones
c)
faults
d)
hot spots
19.
Which land feature forms at a divergent boundary?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep-ocean trench
20.
Which process occurres at a convergernt plate boundary?
a)
sea-floor spreading
b)
subduction
21.
What is the name of the area around the Pacific Plate in which many earthquakes occur and volcanoes are formed?
a)
San Andres Fault
b)
Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Himalaya Mt. Range
d)
Ring of Fire
22.
The Himalaya Mountains were formed by the collision of 2 continental plates.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
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
24.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
25.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
26.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
27.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
28.
Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?
a)
Fossils
b)
Mountains
c)
Glaciers
d)
Sand Erosion
29.

Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Plate

d)

Divergent

30.
The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...
a)
Pangea
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Gravity
31.
Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
32.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
33.
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
a)
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
b)
New crust is underwater where it sinks
c)
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
34.
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
35.
The physical layer of Earth made of solid rock and soil is called the ___________. 
a)
mesosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
mantle
36.
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
37.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
38.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
39.
A fault is formed by the movement of a __________ plate boundary
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
40.

Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Plate

d)

Divergent

41.
Mountains form from....
a)
Tectonic plates sliding past one another
b)
Collision of tectonic plates
c)
Tectonic plates moving away from each other
d)
Tectonic plates disappearing
42.
Which of the following is the softer moving area of the mantle that contains convection current?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Outer core
d)
Oceanic crust
43.
This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.
a)
Mantle convection currents
b)
Oceanic convection currents
c)
Atmospheric convection currents
d)
Solar convection currents
44.

Which material is more dense?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

45.

Convection cycles move in the mantle. How does this affect the crust?

a)

crust has no motion

b)

crust moves in random direction

c)

crust moves in same direction convection cycle moves

46.

What is magma made of?

a)

solid rock

b)

melted rock

c)

small pieces of sediment

47.

Density has to do with what two things?

a)

Material and Volume

b)

Mass and Volume

c)

Mass and Density

d)

Material and Density

48.

Which state of matter is least dense?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

49.

If magma increases in temperature (get hot) what will happen?

a)

It moves down (sinks)

b)

It moves up (rises)

50.

If magma decreases in temperature (cooler) what will happen to the magma?

a)

It will move down (sink)

b)

It will rise up (float)

51.

Why does hot mantle rise (go/move up)?

a)

hot = less dense

b)

hot = no change

c)

hot = more dense

52.
Who is the German Scientist that came up with the theory of the Continental Drift? 
a)
Albert Einstein 
b)
Ms. Stukel 
c)
Galileo
d)
Alfred Wegener
53.
What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory? 
a)
Fossils, Fish, and Land
b)
Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate
c)
Fossils, Land forms, and Climate
d)
Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock 
54.
What is the force that moves the continents? 
a)
Conduction 
b)
Convection 
c)
Radiation 
d)
Conveyor belts 
55.
Originally the Continental drift theory was not well received by other scientist.  Why? 
a)
There was a competing theory at the time that was more believable. 
b)
There was no data showing the continents ever moved. 
c)
The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the continents. 
d)
The scientist presenting the data was unreliable.  
56.

Transform boundary move in what direction?

a)

Away from each other

b)

They collide

c)

Slide past each other

d)

Create mountians

57.

What direction do Divergent plates travel?

a)

North and South

b)

East and West

c)

Towards each other

d)

Away from each other

58.

Convergent plates move in what direction?

a)

North and South

b)

They slide past each other

c)

They move towards each other

d)

They move in opposite directions

59.

Which layer of Earth are the tectonics plate found in?

a)

lithosphere

b)

asthenosphere

60.
During convection, more dense currents _________ and less dense currents _________.
a)
sink, rise
b)
rise, sink
61.

A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other in the opposite direction

a)

Sea floor spreading

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Convergent Boundary

62.

The region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere.

a)

Asthenopshere

b)

Subduction Zone

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Transform Boundary

63.

The formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the up-welling of magma at mid-ocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side.

a)

Transform Boundary

b)

Divergent Boundary

c)

Sea Floor Spreading theory

d)

Plate Tectonic Theory

64.

The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride

a)

Sea Floor Spreading Theory

b)

Continental Drift Theory

c)

Plate Tectonic Theory

d)

Plates of Plates Theory

65.

The theory that the lithosphere is broken up into large plates that move and then rejoin; considered the unifying theory of geology

a)

Sea Floor Spreading

b)

Plate Tectonic Theory

c)

Continental Drift Theory

d)

Plate of Plate Theory

66.

An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed

a)

Himalayas

b)

Pangea

c)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

d)

Density

67.

extremely deep areas in the ocean that are created by a subducting plate

a)

Trench

b)

Rock Cycle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Continental Crust

68.
What two words are BEST used to describe how the seafloor spreads?
a)
Magma and convection
b)
Earthquakes and convection
c)
Magma and convention
d)
Volcanoes and earthquakes
69.
True or False: Our continents will eventually become a supercontinent (like Pangaea) again, far in the future
a)
True
b)
False
70.
True or False: The plates will never stop moving
a)
True
b)
False
71.
What causes the crust to move?
a)
convection
b)
conduction
c)
tension
d)
radiation
72.
The entire cycle of heating occurring in the mantle is called
a)
Convection currents
b)
Compound currents
c)
heat currents
d)
 subcurrents
73.
Undersea mountain range.
a)
Rift
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
seafloor spreading
d)
Continental drift
74.

Process by which new ocean crust forms.

a)

Seafloor spreading

b)

Continental drift

c)

Mid-ocean ridge

d)

Rift

75.
The OLDEST seafloor is located? 
a)
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
b)
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge
76.
What is label G
a)
Trench
b)
Mid ocean ridge
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
77.
What are Mid-Ocean Ridges?
a)
A chain of underwater waterfalls 
b)
A chain of underwater volcanos
c)
A chain of underwater mountains
d)
A chain of underwater rocks
78.
True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?
a)
True
b)
False
79.

Sea-floor spreading begins at the

a)

Deep ocean trench

b)

Mid-ocean ridge

c)

Continent's edge

80.
New crust is always formed at the...
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep-ocean trench
c)
asthenosphere
81.

What is label D

a)

Trench

b)

Mid ocean ridge

c)

abyssal plain

d)

sea mount

82.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
83.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
84.
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
a)
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
b)
New crust is underwater where it sinks
c)
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
85.
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...
a)
along the coast
b)
along tectonic plate boundaries
c)
in the Arctic
d)
in the ocean
86.
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
87.
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
88.
What process is occurring at Z?
a)
Convection currents       
b)
 Subduction 
c)
Two plates moving apart
d)
New ocean floor forming
89.
Why does the ocean floor sink beneath the continent at Z?
a)
The ocean floor is less dense than the continent.
b)
The ocean floor is more dense than the continent.
c)
The ocean floor is moving faster than the continent.
d)
The ocean floor is moving slower than the continent.

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