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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

a)

core

b)

lithosphere

c)

asthenosphere

d)

mesosphere

2.

What is the liquid layer of the Earth's core called:

a)

lithosphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

3.

What type of fault usually occurs because of tension?

a)

folded

b)

normal

c)

strike-slip

d)

reverse

4.

What type of fault usually occurs because of compression?

a)

folded

b)

normal

c)

strike-slip

d)

reverse

5.

In a reverse fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?

a)

upward

b)

downward

c)

horizontally

d)

stays the same

6.

In a normal fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?

a)

horizontally

b)

upward

c)

stays the same

d)

downward

7.

What kind of force can lead to mountains with sharp, jagged peaks?

a)

tension

b)

compression

c)

stress

d)

rebound

8.

What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?

a)

a collision

b)

a mid-ocean ridge

c)

a boundary

d)

a rift zone

9.

What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?

a)

convergent

b)

horizontal

c)

divergent

d)

transform

10.

What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?

a)

transform

b)

horizontal

c)

divergent

d)

convergent

11.

What type of boundary is formed when plates slide past each other?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

horizontal

d)

transform

12.

Which of these did NOT provide evidence for continental drift?

a)

sea-floor spreading

b)

oceanic plate theory

c)

the fossil record

d)

magnetic reversals

13.

According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed called

a)

Pangaea.

b)

Laurasia

c)

Panthalassa

d)

Eurasia

14.

Where does sea-floor spreading take place?

a)

convergent boundaries

b)

transform boundaries

c)

oceanic volcanoes

d)

mid-ocean ridges

15.

Used to measure the movement of tectonic plates

a)

seismograph

b)

global positioning system

c)

seismic waves

d)

rift zones

16.

Hardens to form new rock at mid-ocean ridges

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

fossils

d)

liquid hot minerals

17.

Used to measure the density of the Earth's layers

a)

GPS

b)

seismograph

c)

seismic waves detector

d)

sea-floor spreading

18.

Used as evidence for continental drift

a)

fossils

b)

volcanoes

c)

earthquakes

d)

magnetic reversal

19.

Used as evidence for sea-floor spreading

a)

magnetic poles

b)

fossils

c)

new-rock formations in ocean

d)

magnetic reversal

20.

Stress that squeezes a rock layer

a)

subsidence

b)

uplift

c)

compression

d)

tension

21.

The raising of a rock layer

a)

uplift

b)

compression

c)

tension

d)

subsidence

22.

Stress that stretches a rock layer

a)

compression

b)

uplift

c)

subsidence

d)

tension

23.

The sinking of a rock layer

a)

subsidence

b)

tension

c)

uplift

d)

compression