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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

2.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

transform

c)

divergent

3.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

4.

What evidence was NOT used by Wegener as proof of continental drift?

a)

land features

b)

erosion

c)

climate

d)

fossils

5.

What is a plate boundary where both plates move away from each other?

a)

divergent

b)

plate

c)

convergent

d)

transform

6.

Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a

a)

landform

b)

continent

c)

fossil

d)

landmass

7.

According to Wegener's theory of continental drift,

a)

Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

b)

the continents do not drift

c)

Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

d)

the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have slowly moved.

8.

What is Pangaea?

a)

the name of a German scientist

b)

the name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

c)

another name for continental drift

d)

the name of an ancient fossil

9.

What is the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle?

a)

continental drift

b)

mid-ocean ridge

c)

faults

d)

subduction

10.

What is Wegener's idea that continents are slowly moving over Earth's surface called?

a)

divergence

b)

faults

c)

plates

d)

continental drift

11.
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
12.

Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago. This continent is called

a)

America

b)

Super Earth

c)

Pangaea

d)

Eurasia

13.
What is the difference between the lithosphere and asthenosphere that makes up the mantle?
a)
The lithosphere is ismade of dense solid meal whle the asthenosphere is made of liquid molten metal
b)
The lithosphere is a mixture of gasses while the asthenosphere is made of solid rock
c)
The lithosphere is molten rock that moves while the asthenosphere is ridid and thin
d)
The lithosphere is made of solid rock while the asthenosphere is more flexible hot rock that moves.
14.

_______________ current within the mantle cause the earth's plates to move and shift s molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity

a)

Convection

b)

Radiation

c)

Conduction

d)

Wind

15.

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

a)

plate tectonics

b)

plate boundaries

c)

continental drift

d)

oceans