WorksheetsY9 Plate Tectonics Knowledge Check
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the process that causes tectonic plates to move?
Magma
Crust
Convection Currents
Constructive Margins
What are the two types of crust?
Oceanic and Continental
Continental and Crust
Lower and Upper
Stuffed Crust and Deep Pan Crust
What is the name of this plate margin?
Constructive
Destructive
Collision
Conservative
What is the name of this plate margin?
Constructive
Destructive
Collision
Conservative
What is the name of this plate margin?
Constructive
Destructive
Collision
Conservative
What is the name of this plate margin?
Constructive
Destructive
Collision
Conservative
Which of the following margins has no volcanic activity?
Constructive
Destructive
Collision
Conservative
In which layer of the Earth would you find convection currents?
(a)
What forms when two CONTINENTAL plates collide?
Rift Valley
Mid Ocean Ridge
Fold Mountains
Volcanoes
This is where plate material may be destroyed (or recycled) and returned to the mantle.
Destructive Margin
Constructive Margin
Conservative Margin
Which of the statements is true?
Oceanic crust is denser than continental
Ocean crust is thicker than continental
Oceanic crust cannot melt but continental can
Oceanic crust is equal density to continental
Which of the following two statements are true?
Oceanic plates always subducted into the mantle at margins
Volcanoes occur at every plate margin
Earthquakes occur at every plate margin
Volcanoes and earthquakes are increasing due to climate change
What is the name given to the 'super continent' that existed around 280 million years ago?
Wegner
Pangea
Continental Harmony
Panna Cotta
What is the new theory that explains how plates move?
Slob Push
Continental Slab
Conveyor Belt Pull
Slab Pull
What was the name of the scientist who discovered the continental drift theory?
Arsene Wenger
Alfred Wegner
Ally Whoop
Abso Lutely Noidea
