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WorksheetsDynamic Earth quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the earth's layers is broken up into several large tectonic plates?
Asthenosphere
Crust
Lithosphere
Outer core
Which scientists is credited with proposing the ideas that led to the development of the plate tectonics theory?
Charles Darwin
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
Alfred Wegener
Which of these layers if found directly above the earth's core?
Asthenosphere
Inner core
Mantle
Outer core
What kind of plate boundary runs across Iceland?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Nordic boundary
Transform boundary
What is NOT likely to happen at a divergent boundary?
Mountain formation
Rift valley
Seafloor spreading
Volcano formation
Mid-ocean ridges are places where tectonic plates are doing what?
Colliding
Sliding past each other
Spreading apart
None of the above
Which of the following geologic events can occur at a transform boundary?
Earthquake
Mountain formation
Volcanic eruption
Rift formation
California's San Andreas Fault is identified as which of the following?
Blind thrust fault
Dip-slip fault
Normal fault
Strike-slip fault
Mountain formations can results when which of the following occurs?
Two oceanic plates collide
Two continental plates collide
Two oceanic plates spread apart
None of the above
What is the border between two tectonic plates called?
Boundary
Collision zone
Rift
Trench
