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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 41mins
Name for the single land mass that broke apart 200 million years ago to create the 7 continents.
Pangea
Panorama
Pandora
Continental Mass
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
mid-ocean ridge
sea-floor spreading
Mariana trench
fault lines
Deepest spot in the ocean
Igneous Intrusion
Convection Current
Strike Slip Fault
Mariana Trench
A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle
deep-ocean trenches
mid-ocean ridge
Mariana trench
Mount Everest
The process caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid
Convection Current
Plate Tectonics
Igneous Intrusion
Pangea
The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
earthquake
rift valley
transformation
subduction
Plate tectonics is the idea that....
the earth's crust is made of large pieces called plates, that cannot move
the earth's crust is made of large pieces called plates, that have moved over time
the continents float on the oceans like plates
True or False: The tectonic plates are still moving today.
True
False
Plates sliding past each other is called a _____________ boundary.
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Plates colliding or coming together is known as a ____________ boundary.
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Plates spreading apart or separating is known as a _________ boundary.
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
What is causing the tectonic plates to move?
Convection causing a rotation of the material in the mantle
Boiling water under Earth's surface
Earthquakes
Ocean Water
What is it called when oceanic crust and continental crust collide?
Divergent Zone
Volcano Zone
Hawaii
Subduction Zone
