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The Process of Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

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1.

These are active regions between the plate tectonic plates.

a)

hot spots

b)

plate boundaries

c)

trenches

2.

What kind of plate boundary shows in the picture above?

a)

Convergent plate boundary

b)

Divergent plate boundary

c)

Transform fault boundary

3.

When do hot materials from the mantle move upward and fill up the the spaces as the oceanic crust is ripped apart?

a)

when destructive plate margins occur

b)

when constructive plate margins occur

c)

when there's a fault in plate tectonics

4.

These are constant spreading of new seafloor as the rocks cool, forming underwater mountain ranges.

a)

continental ridges

b)

oceanic ridges

c)

fault ridges

5.

When do formation of new lithosphere pushes the older lithosphere, exerting pressure on it?

a)

during two plates move apart

b)

during two plates collide

c)

during two plates move upward

6.

What is the deepest trench known in the world?

a)

Mariana Trench

b)

Philippine Trench

c)

Java trench

7.

This collision may rise through the crust, resulting in volcanic activities.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

subduction

8.

The plates slide horizontally against each other without the construction or destruction of lithosphere.

a)

constructive plate margins

b)

conservative plate margins

c)

destructive plate margins

9.

What kind of heat transfer is under the mechanism of motion of plate tectonic?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

10.

These are convective flow of the mantle that exerts a force.

a)

mantle drag

b)

slab pull

c)

ridge push

11.

What will happen if rocks are heated in the mantle?

a)

it becomes buoyant and go down to the surface

b)

it becomes buoyant and compress to each other

c)

it becomes buoyant and rise to the surface

12.

What will be generated after the rocks cool and sink back to reheated and rise again to repeat the cycle?

a)

conduction cell

b)

convection cell

c)

subduction cell

13.

When do plate motion is enhance?

a)

when the flow of the asthenosphere is significantly faster than the movement of the lithosphere above it

b)

when the flow of the lithosphere is significantly faster than the movement of the asthenosphere above it

c)

when the flow of the asthenosphere is siginificantly faster than the movement of the lithosphere below it

14.

It is a phenomenon when the trailing slabs of the lithosphere are pulled along asthenosphere.

a)

slab push

b)

slab pull

c)

ridge push

15.

It is the process of lithosphere to slide down as the other side of the plate causes higher elevation.

a)

ridge push

b)

ridge pull

c)

slab pull

16.

When do hot materials from the mantle move upward and fill up the the spaces as the oceanic crust is ripped apart?

a)

when destructive plate margins occur

b)

when constructive plate margins occur

c)

when there's a fault in plate tectonics