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WorksheetsPLATE TECTONICS 2
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which of the following will mostly occur or be formed from the movement of Pacific Plate and North American Plate?
(a)
What type of plate boundary is most likely to occur at point B in the diagram?
(a)
What can one infer about the distribution of volcanoes and occurrence of earthquakes in relation to plate tectonics theory?
they are evenly distributed throughout the earth
they occur along plate boundaries
they occur on continents
they occur in ocean basins
The lithosphere is made up of the upper mantle and the (a)
Which of the following is NOT expected to be seen in the Pacific area?
active volcanoes
mountain ranges
rift valleys
volcanic islands
What driving mechanism causes the movements of plates?
(a)
Which among the four diagrams above represents the transform boundary?
(a)
What layer of the earth is characterized as rigid, brittle and cool?
(a)
The theory which explained that continents were slowly drifted away from one another to their present positions?
(a)
What type of plate boundary can be associated in the formation of Mt Everest, a part of Himalayan mountain Range which originated from the interaction of Eurasian and Indian plates?
(a)
San Andreas fault was originated from the interaction of the Pacific Plate and North American plate. Which of the following plate boundaries can be associated with such geologic feature?
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
(a) is the process wherein one plate slides under another`
Folded mountains are generally formed from the convergence of continental plate and oceanic plate
true
false
Convergence of two oceanic plates would result into formation of undersea volcanoes
true
false
Based on Wegener's Continental Drift theory, which plant fossils can be found in South Africa, Australia and India?
(a)
What causes the formation of landforms in the earth's crust?
(a)
Based on the tectonic map above, what type of plate boundary can be associated in the formation of Cascade Range that originated from the interaction of Juan De Fuca plate that is forced underneath the North American plate?
(a)
The approximate rate of plate movement each year
(a)
