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Plate Tectonics Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name for the single land mass that broke apart 200 million years ago to create the 7 continents.

a)

Pangea

b)

Panorama

c)

Pandora

d)

Continental Mass

2.

The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor. At the same time, older strips of rock move outward from either side of the ridge

a)

mid-ocean ridge

b)

sea-floor spreading

c)

Mariana trench

d)

fault lines

3.

Deepest spot in the ocean

a)

Igneous Intrusion

b)

Convection Current

c)

Strike Slip Fault

d)

Mariana Trench

4.

A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle

a)

deep-ocean trenches

b)

mid-ocean ridge

c)

Mariana trench

d)

Mount Everest

5.

The process caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid

a)

Convection Current

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

Igneous Intrusion

d)

Pangea

6.

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

a)

earthquake

b)

rift valley

c)

transformation

d)

subduction

7.

Plate tectonics is the idea that....

a)

the earth's crust is made of large pieces called plates, that cannot move

b)

the earth's crust is made of large pieces called plates, that have moved over time

c)

the continents float on the oceans like plates

8.

True or False: The tectonic plates are still moving today.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Plates sliding past each other is called a _____________ boundary.

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

10.

Plates colliding or coming together is known as a ____________ boundary.

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

11.

Plates spreading apart or separating is known as a _________ boundary.

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

12.

What is causing the tectonic plates to move?

a)

Convection causing a rotation of the material in the mantle

b)

Boiling water under Earth's surface

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Ocean Water

13.

What is it called when oceanic crust and continental crust collide?

a)

Divergent Zone

b)

Volcano Zone

c)

Hawaii

d)

Subduction Zone

14.
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
a)
Convergent, Divergent, and Transparent
b)
Convergent, Observant, and Transform
c)
Convergent, Divergent, and Transform
15.
How is continental crust different from oceanic crust?
a)
Continental crust is thicker, and is made of basalt
b)
Continental crust is thinner, and is made of granite
c)
Continental crust is thicker, and is made of granite
16.
What type of boundary may result in deep ocean trenches, volcanic islands, and volcanic mountains?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Both Convergent and Divergent
17.
Who was the geologist who developed the theory of seafloor spreading?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Bill Nye
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Albert Einstein
18.
Where is new seafloor created?
a)
At the trenches
b)
At the mid-ocean ridges
c)
On the continental shelf