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2 Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: The Earth's surface is moving at about the rate your fingernail grows.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is Pangaea?

a)

the name of a German scientist

b)

the name of the super-continent that existed around 200 million years ago

c)

another name for continental drift

d)

the name of an ancient fossil

3.

The geological theory of _______ states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion.

a)

subduction

b)

plate tectonics

c)

deep-ocean trenches

d)

sea-floor spreading

4.

What are the two types of crust

a)

continental and oceanic

b)

ocean and upper

c)

lower and upper

d)

pizza and subway

5.

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

a)

crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

b)

mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

c)

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

d)

outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

6.

This layer of Earth is the thickest part

a)

crust

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

inner core

7.

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.

8.

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 Mantle (Earth's interior)

d)

None of these options is true

9.

What is the difference between the lithosphere and asthenosphere that makes up the mantle?

a)

The lithosphere is ismade of dense solid meal whle the asthenosphere is made of liquid molten metal

b)

The lithosphere is a mixture of gasses while the asthenosphere is made of solid rock

c)

The lithosphere is molten rock that moves while the asthenosphere is ridid and thin

d)

The lithosphere is made of solid rock while the asthenosphere is more flexible hot rock that moves.

10.

A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

a)

Convergent Boundary

b)

Divergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Subduction

11.

The San Andréa fault in California is one example of a...

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

d)

All of the above

12.

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

13.

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

14.

_______________ Currents within the mantle cause the earth's plates to move and shift s molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity

a)

Convection

b)

Radiation

c)

Conduction

d)

Wind

15.

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

a)

plate tectonics

b)

plate boundaries

c)

continental drift

d)

oceans

16.

What is the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary?

a)

Subduction

b)

Induction

c)

Abduction

d)

Reduction

17.

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

a)

along the edges of all the continents.

b)

along mid-ocean ridges.

c)

in deep-ocean trenches.

d)

at the north and south poles.

18.

Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?

a)

Converging

b)

Diverging

c)

Sliding

d)

No movement

19.

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

20.

Where would the oldest rock be found?

a)

L

b)

M

c)

N

d)

O

21.

In the Atlantic ocean, where is the youngest seafloor located?

a)

Towards the edges, near the eastern and western continents

b)

Towards the middle of the ocean

c)

Towards the north and south poles

d)

Young seafloor is located randomly throughout the ocean

22.

The study of the Earth's magnetic record

a)

ridge push

b)

convection

c)

paleomagnetism

d)

subduction

23.

Which picture shows the correct 'picture' of the magnetic orientation of sea-floor on opposite sides of an ocean ridge?

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

24.

Which of the following is the correct way to describe magnetic stripes of the oceanic crust?

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

25.

Which of the following is CORRECT?

a)

The asthenosphere generates the Earth's magnetic field

b)

The mantle generates the Earth's magnetic field, where charges move in convection cells in the inner core

c)

The Dynamo Effect generates the Earth's magnetic field, where charges move in convection cells in the outer core

d)

The solid iron core generates the Earth's magnetic field

26.

The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is associated with ____.

a)

A transform boundary drives volcanism in Hawaii

b)

The Pacific Plate moving over a fixed hot spot

c)

Convergent boundaries generate volcanism in Hawaii

d)

Divergent boundaries generate volcanism in Hawaii