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Plate Tectonics Test Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call a mountain chain on the ocean floor?

a)

seafloor spreading

b)

mid ocean ridge

c)

tectonic plate

d)

subduction

2.

Warm, less dense magma __________ in the mantle.

a)

rises

b)

sink

3.

What is the name of the fossil found on both sides of the South Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Glossopteris

b)

Lystrosaurus

c)

Mesosaurus

d)

Tyrannosaurus Rex

4.

What do we call it when magnetic north changes places with magnetic south?

a)

magnetic reversals

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

magnetic minerals

d)

magnetosphere

5.

Which layer does convections occur?

a)

lithosphere

b)

inner core

c)

outer core

d)

mesosphere

6.

What was the name of the supercontinents in the theory of continental drift?

a)

Gondwana

b)

Laurasia

c)

Pangaea

d)

Panthalassa

7.

Why was Wegener's theory not accepted when he proposed it?

a)

He could not explain how and why the continents moved.

b)

He could not explain how the Mesosaurus got on Africa

c)

He was not a geologist.

d)

He could not explain coal beds in Antarctica.

8.

What is the Glossopteris?

a)

a land mammal

b)

a tree fern

c)

a swimming reptile

d)

a continent

9.

Which mechanism for plate movement is the most important?

a)

convection

b)

ridge push

c)

slab pull

d)

seafloor spreading

10.

Cooler, more dense magma ________ in the mantle.

a)

rises

b)

sinks

11.

What is the process of adding new crust at a mid-ocean ridge?

a)

convection

b)

subduction

c)

seafloor spreading

d)

earthquake

12.

Which plate boundary is where crust is destroyed?

a)

divergent plate boundary

b)

convergent plate boundary

c)

transform plate boundary

d)

convection

13.

Which type of convergent plate boundary do volcanoes occur?

a)

oceanic, continental

b)

oceanic, oceanic

c)

continental, continental

14.

Which plate boundary is new crust added?

a)

transform plate boundary

b)

convergent plate boundary

c)

divergent plate boundary

15.

At which plate boundary does subduction occur?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

16.

What happens to the age of the ocean floor as you move away from the mid-ocean ridge?

a)

it gets younger

b)

it stays the same

c)

it gets older

d)

it hardens and doesn't move

17.

What type of convergent plate boundary produces mountains?

a)

oceanic, oceanic

b)

continental, continental

c)

continental, oceanic

18.

Where do mid-ocean ridges form?

a)

at a convergent plate boundary

b)

at a transform plate boundary

c)

at a divergent plate boundary

19.

What is a large slab of earth's crust and rigid upper mantle called?

a)

mountain

b)

plate boundary

c)

ocean

d)

tectonic plate

20.

Which plate boundary do plates slide past each other horizontally?

a)

divergent plate boundary

b)

transform plate boundary

c)

convergent plate boundary

21.

What type of convergent plate boundary do the deepest trenches occur?

a)

oceanic, oceanic

b)

continental, oceanic

c)

continental, continental

22.

What theory states that the continents were once part of one large landmass, that over time broke into pieces and drifted apart?

a)

plate tectonics

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

continental drift

d)

convection

23.

Which plate boundary is crust NOT created or destroyed?

a)

transform plate boundary

b)

convergent plate boundary

c)

divergent plate boundary

24.

What mechanism causes older crust to be moved away from the mid-ocean ridge?

a)

ridge push

b)

slab pull

c)

convection

25.

What process occurs in the mantle where heat energy is moved from an area of low density to an area of high density?

a)

slab pull

b)

convection

c)

ridge push

26.

What process is pulling older, more dense oceanic crust into the mantle?

a)

seafloor spreading

b)

convection

c)

subduction

d)

magnetic reversals

27.

What theory states that the Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle are broken into section called plates?

a)

plate tectonics

b)

continental drift

c)

seafloor spreading

d)

subduction theory

28.

What plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?

a)

transform plate boundary

b)

convergent plate boundary

c)

divergent plate boundary

29.

The San Andreas Fault is what type of plate boundary?

a)

convergent plate boundary

b)

transform plate boundary

c)

divergent plate boundary

30.

Where would you most likely have an earthquake, volcano, mountain building or trenches occur?

a)

along plate boundaries

b)

in the middle of the plate

c)

on top of a continent

d)

away from populated areas

31.

What type of evidence supports coal beds and fern trees on Antarctica?

a)

animal fossils

b)

magnetic minerals

c)

geologic

d)

climate

32.

In an oceanic, oceanic convergent plate boundary, which plate is the one that sink?

a)

the plate boundary on the left

b)

the younger plate boundary

c)

the older plate boundary

d)

both plate boundaries sink

33.

Why do continental, continental convergent plate boundaries buckle to form mountains?

a)

they are the same density

b)

they are different densities

c)

they are not in the ocean

d)

they are both in the middle of a continent