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Quiz #2-Tectonic Plates

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Check the all the major plates.

a)

EURASIAN PLATE

b)

NORTH AMERICAN PLATE

c)

PHILIPPINE PLATE

d)

PACIFIC PLATE

e)

ARABIAN PLATE

2.

A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere.

(a)  

3.

This theory that explains the breakup of Pangaea into several continents.

(a)  

4.

About 250 million years ago, the world’s 7 major continents were all group in a supercontinent called (a)   .

5.

Each plate is slowly but continuously moving.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

What happened to Pangea?

a)

a. It divides into two major landmasses.

b)

b. It divides into several pieces millions of years ago.

c)

c. It remains solid and undivided.

d)

d. It sinks and disappear in the ocean.

7.

Plate Tectonic Theory states that the;

a)

A. earth’s crust is solid and never be broken.

b)

B. pieces of the earth’s crust are moving fast.

c)

C. pieces of the earth’s crust are moving slowly.

d)

D. continental and oceanic crust are moving away from each other.

8.

What makes the plates move?

a)

A. movement of the magma under the plates.

b)

B. boiling water in the mantle.

c)

C. heat of the inner core.

d)

D. water in the ocean where the plates are located.

9.

The mantle within the earth’s surface flows due to convection currents.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

What theory explains the breakup of Pangea into several continents?

a)

Atomic Theory

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

Plate Tectonic theory

d)

Quantum Mechanical Theory