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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This layer of the earth is 200km thick beneath the crust and contains hotter softer rock that flows like lava

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Inner Core

d)

Mantle

2.

When to continental plates collide this process is called

a)

Convergent Subduction

b)

Divergent Collision

c)

Convergent Collision

d)

Transform Subduction

3.

The lithosphere is one of the least dense layers of earth where life exists also known as the

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

4.

When to plates move apart the boundary is

a)

convergent

b)

transform

c)

convergent subduction

d)

divergent

5.

The movement of Earth's tectonic plates is generated by

a)

convection currents

b)

radioactive processes

c)

thermonuclear dynamics

d)

electric slide

6.

Oceanic crust sinks beneath continental crust because it is

a)

More Dense

b)

Weighed down by water

c)

Weighed down by magma

d)

Less Dense

7.

When oceanic plates move toward a continental plate it creates a

a)

coral zone

b)

tectonic zone

c)

subduction zone

d)

collision zone

8.

When two plates slide past each other this is known as a

a)

convergent collision boundary

b)

transform boundary

c)

convergent subduction boundary

d)

divergent boundary

9.

The Earth's inner and outer core is mostly composed of which two metals

a)

mercury and nickel

b)

mercury and copper

c)

iron and nickel

d)

iron and alluminum

10.

This middle layer of earth, solid rock and is where convection currents occur

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Outer Core

c)

Athenosphere

d)

Mantle