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Science - Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the lithosphere composed of?

a)

brittle crust, top part of the upper mantle

b)

the earth's crust

c)

Hot magma from the inner mantle

d)

solid iron from the earth's core

2.

What is the oceanic crust composed of?

a)

mud

b)

rock

c)

basalt and gabbro

d)

iron

3.

What is continental crust composed of?

a)

rock

b)

granitic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

c)

iron, Fe

d)

basalt

4.

What is the Asthenosphere composed of?

a)

rock

b)

semi-plastic rock

c)

iron

d)

basalt

5.

What is the Mantle composed of?

a)

magma

b)

lava

c)

iron

d)

Silicate rocks

6.

What is the outer core composed of?

a)

liquid iron and nickle

b)

Lava

c)

Iron

d)

Basalt

7.

What is the inner core composed of

a)

Solid iron and nickle

b)

rock

c)

iron

d)

magma

8.

Convection Current

a)

Earth's crust

b)

Result of differential heating

c)

Magnetic field

d)

Inner core

9.

Continental drift

a)

continents moving around the globe

b)

continents

c)

continents growing bigger

d)

basalt

10.

Pangea

a)

a supercontinent

b)

a supercontinent that was around millions of years ago

c)

iron

d)

a country in Europe

11.

Ring of Fire

a)

a volcano

b)

an earthquake

c)

A ring of volcanoes and earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean.

d)

A ring of volcanoes and earthquakes in the Atlantic Ocean

12.

belts

a)

a line of volcanoes

b)

earthquakes

c)

basalt

d)

iron

13.

founder of plate tectonics

a)

Alfred Warner

b)

Antonio Walsh

c)

Amanda Williamson

d)

Isaac

14.

Mid ocean ridge

a)

A mid-ocean ridge or mid-oceanic ridge is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics.

b)

A mid-ocean ridge or mid-oceanic ridge is an underwater mountain range, formed by rocks

c)

A mid-ocean ridge or mid-oceanic ridge is an underwater mountain range, formed by erosion

d)

A mid-ocean ridge or mid-oceanic ridge is an underwater mountain range, formed by water

15.

Rift Valley is in

(a)  

16.

North America - Juan de cucca plate

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

17.

African Plate - South American Plate

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

18.

African Plate - Antarctic plate

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

19.

Erasian Plate - Philippine plate

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

20.

Caribbean Plate - North american plate

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

21.

Indonesian-Austrain Plate - Pacific plate

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

22.

Cocos Plate - Nazca Plate

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

23.

North American - Pacific plate

a)

transform

b)

divegent

c)

convergent