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Earth's Interior / Plate Tectonics Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A region where a plume of magma can break through a weak place in the lithosphere.

a)

hot spot

b)

sun spot

c)

exmarksthe spot

d)

fun spot

2.

Name of the last supercontinent.

a)

Pangaea

b)

Pancreas

c)

Panorama

d)

Panfried

3.

The boundary created when two plate move towards each other.

a)

divergent boundary

b)

strike slip boundary

c)

convergent boundary

d)

agent boundary

4.

The process in which one plate is pushed under another plate.

a)

subconscious

b)

subduction

c)

submarine

d)

subpar

5.

A string of volcanic islands created near a trench in the ocean.

a)

island string

b)

Azkaban Island

c)

treasure island

d)

island arc

6.

The theory that states that plates were continental crust and plowed through ocean floor.

a)

continental shift

b)

continental grift

c)

continental drift

d)

continental thrift

7.

The study of the earth’s geological past relative to its magnetic field.

a)

paleosaurus

b)

paleologist

c)

paleocortex

d)

paleomagnetism

8.

The space between two plates when they move apart.

a)

gift

b)

sift

c)

rift

d)

drift

9.

The area where one plate is pulled beneath another.

a)

selection zone

b)

subduction zone

c)

get in the zone

d)

auto zone

10.

The boundary created when two plates slide past one another.

a)

divergent boundary

b)

strike slip boundary

c)

diligent boundary

d)

convergent boundary

11.

The deep feature created where subduction is occurring.

a)

wrench

b)

french

c)

trench

d)

drench

12.

The boundary created when two plates move away from each other.

a)

convergent plate boundary

b)

divergent plate boundary

c)

strike slip boundary

d)

detergent boundary

13.

A rigid piece of the crust and upper, upper mantle.

a)

photospheric plate

b)

stratospheric plate

c)

biospheric plate

d)

lithopheric plate

14.

The seismic wave that is recorded second by the seismograph.

a)

land wave

b)

surface wave

c)

primary wave

d)

secondary wave

15.

The theory that states that plates are made up of continental and oceanic crust and move by convection currents in the asthenosphere.

a)

continental drift

b)

plate tectonics

c)

continental tectonics

d)

plate drift

16.

The rigid layer of the earth that includes the crust and the solid portion of the outer mantle.

a)

mistakosphere

b)

incorrectsphere

c)

wrongsphere

d)

lithosphere

17.

Deformation of the earth’s crust.

a)

harmonics

b)

supersonics

c)

pentatonics

d)

tectonics

18.

An underwater volcanic cone with an eroded peak.

a)

guyot

b)

patriot

c)

galliot

d)

parrot

19.

These waves include primary and secondary waves.

a)

body waves

b)

surface waves

c)

land waves

d)

air waves

20.

The concept that the thickness of the earth’s crust is constantly changing in an attempt to keep the thickness equal.

a)

isostasy

b)

creasy

c)

eaustasy

d)

youcrazy

21.

An underwater volcanic cone with its peak still intact.

a)

seamount

b)

seawater

c)

seashore

d)

seamonkey

22.

The fastest moving seismic wave.

a)

land wave

b)

surface wave

c)

primary wave

d)

secondary wave

23.

The portion of the earth’s crust that is like silly putty.

a)

asthenosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

biosphere

24.

Shock waves or vibrations created by an earthquake.

a)

seismic shift

b)

seismic meter

c)

seismic graph

d)

seismic waves

25.

The seismic wave that travels along the earth’s surface.

a)

body wave

b)

surface wave

c)

primary wave

d)

secondary wave