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Year 9 Plate tectonics 11th January 2021

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are tectonic plates?

a)

Extra large ceramic plates

b)

Sections of the Earth's crust that are divided up, their margins create volcanoes and earthquakes

c)

The Earth's crust

d)

The top of the earth

2.

Which of these features is NOT found at a constructive plate margin?

a)

Subduction Zone

b)

Rising Magma

c)

Plates moving apart

d)

Volcanoes

3.

What features are found at a destructive plate boundary?

a)

Subduction Zone

b)

Fold Mountains

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Magma Sinks

4.

Which of these is an example of a Conservative plate boundary?

a)

Mid Atlantic Ridge

b)

Himalayas Mountain Range

c)

The Andes Mountain Range

d)

San Andreas Fault

5.

What is the correct order of the interior sections of the Earth?

a)

Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core, Crust

b)

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

c)

Outer Core, Inner Core, Mantle, Crust

d)

Inner Core, Crust, Mantle, Outer Core

6.

What are Convection Currents?

a)

The movement of heat through the Mantle

b)

The movement of heat through the Outer Core

c)

The movement of heat through the Crust

d)

The movement of heat through the Interior of the Earth

7.

The Earth's crustal plate move because ...

a)

The Earth's Gravity drag the plates together, apart, against one another

b)

The Gravity of the Moon drag the plates together, apart, against one another

c)

Convection currents in the mantle drag the plates together, apart, against one another

d)

The Magnetism of the Earth's Core drag the plates together, apart, against one another

8.

Subduction is ....

a)

Where oceanic crust is drawn down beneath continental crust by convection currents

b)

Where continental crust is bent and mountains are formed

c)

When a volcano is formed by rising magma

d)

They process which forms earthquakes

9.

In which type of plate boundary do the tectonic plates move apart?

a)

conservative

b)

constructive

c)

destructive

10.

Which type of plate boundary involves one piece of oceanic crust sliding under a piece of continental crust

a)

conservative

b)

constructive

c)

destructive

11.

Where is the Ring of Fire

a)

round the Atlantic Ocean

b)

round the Pacific Ocean

c)

Round the Mediterranean Sea

d)

Around the Himalayan Mountains

12.

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

a)

plate tectonics

b)

plate boundaries

c)

continental drift

d)

oceans

13.

Breaks in the crust called __________ form where plates meet.

a)

mountains

b)

rift valleys

c)

faults

d)

trenches

14.

What is the motion of Earth's plates like?

a)

fast and in stages

b)

slow and in stages

c)

fast and constant

d)

slow and constant