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Plate Tectonics Introduction

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where are the youngest rocks on Earth found?

a)

Along mid-ocean ridges

b)

Along transform boundaries

c)

On the edges of the continents

d)

Near ocean trenches

2.

Who was the scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift?

a)

Alfred Powell

b)

Harry Hess

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Ernest Rutherford

3.

Tectonic plates are made of?

a)

The mantle

b)

Continental and oceanic lithosphere

c)

The outer core

d)

The mesosphere

4.

What does the theory of Continental Drift explain?

a)

Ocean currents move continents around the planet

b)

Convection works deep within the asthenosphere

c)

Mid-ocean ridges force tectonic plates to move

d)

Continents were once together and slowly drifted to where they are today

5.

Where does seafloor spreading take place?

a)

Convergent boundaries

b)

The continentals shelves

c)

Transform boundary

d)

Mid-ocean ridges

6.

What is the driving force behind the movement of the tectonic plates?

a)

Gravity

b)

Convection

c)

Wave motion

d)

Seismic activity

7.

The super continent that existed when all continents were together was named

a)

Gondwana

b)

Laurasia

c)

Eurasia

d)

Pangea

8.

This type of boundary creates rift zones and shallow earthquakes

a)

Transform

b)

Continental-Continental Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Oceanic-Continental Convergent

9.

Subduction zones occur along

a)

Transform boundaries

b)

Continental-Continental boundaries

c)

Divergent boundaries

d)

Oceanic-Continental boundaries

10.

What is the process of convection?

a)

The process of hot material rising and cooler material sinking in circular patterns

b)

The process of hot rock solidifying and forming new crust

c)

The process of explaining what goes up must come down

d)

Strong ocean currents moving tremendous amounts of material

11.

At this boundary plates slide past one and other and earthquakes are created

a)

Transform

b)

Continental-Continental Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Oceanic-Continental Convergent

12.

At this boundary, old crust is destroyed and deep earthquakes occur

a)

Transform

b)

Continental-Continental Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Oceanic-Continental Convergent

13.

Mountains are created along

a)

Transform boundaries

b)

Continental-Continental Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Oceanic-Continental Convergent

14.
At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way? 
a)
Tectonic plates move towards each other
b)
Tectonic plates slide past each other
c)
Tectonic plates move up and down
d)
Tectonic plates move away from each other
15.

Volcanoes are created along

a)

Divergent and Convergent boundaries

b)

Transform and Convergent boundaries

c)

Divergent and Transform boundaries

d)

The boundary between Illionois and Wisconsin

16.

Ocean trenches are found along

a)

Transform boundaries

b)

Continental-Continental boundaries

c)

Divergent boundaries

d)

Oceanic-Continental boundaries

17.

Earthquakes can happen along

a)

All boundaries

b)

Divergent and transform boundaries

c)

Convergent and divergent boundaries

d)

Transform and Convergent boundaries

18.

How do the plates move along convergent boundaries?

a)

They move towards one another

b)

They move away from one another

c)

They move past one another

d)

One moves up and one moves down

19.
 A land feature that is produced at a convergent boundary is
a)
a valley
b)
an ocean
c)
a canyon
d)
a volcano
20.
What is the process in which hot molten rock rises, then cools and sinks back to the core?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
convection
d)
divergence
21.

How do the plates move along transform boundaries?

a)

They move towards one another

b)

They move away from one another

c)

They move past one another

d)

one moves up and one moves down

22.
What type of boundary is shown at A?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
23.
Which type of crust is more dense?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
divergent
d)
pizza
24.

How do the plates move along a divergent boundary?

a)

They move towards one another

b)

They move away from one another

c)

They move past one another

d)

One move up the other moves down

25.

Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

d)

subduction

26.
What is happening at point B?
a)
subduction
b)
a divergent boundary
c)
convection
d)
an earthquake
27.
What is the process in which two plates move toward each other but one sinks under the other?
a)
subduction
b)
convection
c)
divergence
d)
transformation
28.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
29.
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
a)
volcanoes
b)
deep sea trenches
c)
underwater mountain ranges
d)
earthquakes
30.
The outer layer of the Earth is called the __________.
a)
core
b)
crust
c)
mantle
d)
plates
31.
The liquid layer below the Earth's crust is the
a)
core
b)
lava
c)
magma
d)
mantle
32.
The earth is hotter in the center than near the crust.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
This image represents this type of boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Transform
c)
Convergent
d)
Subduction
34.
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
35.
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
36.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
37.
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
38.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
39.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
40.
Which type of wave arrives first during an earthquake?
a)
Primary (p-wave) waves
b)
Secondary (s-wave) waves
c)
Rayleigh Waves
d)
Love Waves
41.
What boundary creates mountains?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
fast
42.

This is considered as the fastest kind of seismic waves.

a)

Love waves

b)

Body waves

c)

Primary waves

d)

Secondary waves

43.

It can travel through solids only

a)

Love waves

b)

Rayleigh waves

c)

Primary waves

d)

Secondary waves

44.
An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 
a)
seismogram
b)
focus seismic map
c)
focus
d)
seismograph 
45.

Primary (P) Waves can pass through...

a)

solids only

b)

liquids only

c)

gases only

d)

solids, liquids, and gases

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