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Plate Tectonics Review

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Massive pieces of land that are part of the Earth's crust and upper mantle
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Trenches
c)
Divergent boundary
d)
Continental shelves
2.
The deepest part of the ocean; long, narrow ditches
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Trenches
c)
Divergent boundary
d)
Continental shelves
3.
___________ help explain why Earth is not getting any larger even though the tectonic plates are always moving.
a)
earthquakes
b)
subduction zones
c)
fossils
d)
volcanoes
4.
The OLDEST seafloor is located? 
a)
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
b)
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge
5.
True or False : Sea-floor Spreading adds new material to the ocean floor?
a)
True
b)
False
6.
What did scientists use to map the oceans floor?
a)
Echo-location
b)
Sonar
c)
Space Shuttles
d)
Animals
7.
What are Mid-Ocean Ridges?
a)
A chain of underwater waterfalls 
b)
A chain of underwater volcanos
c)
A chain of underwater mountains
d)
A chain of underwater rocks
8.
The oceanic crust _________ when it reaches the continental crust.
a)
sinks
b)
rises
c)
expands
9.

Which of the following scientists developed the hypothesis of Continental Drift?

a)

Wegener

b)

Hess

c)

Einstein

d)

Churchill

10.

The three animals, mesosaurus, lystrasaurus, and cynognathus represent what type of evidence that the continents actually moved?

a)

zoological evidence

b)

glacial evidence

c)

evidence of climate change

d)

fossil evidence

11.

What is the force that causes continents to move?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

conveyor belts

12.

The cycling of materials due to differences in density is called _______________.

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

radiation

d)

molting

13.

Which of the following discoveries is evidence supporting the idea of continental drift?

a)

the discovery of matching plant and animal fossils found on different continents

b)

the discovery that most earthquakes are near plate boundaries

c)

the discovery that rock age increases as distance from mid-ocean ridges increases

d)

the discovery of sea-floor rock patterns to magnetic reverals

14.

Look at this image. Which explanation best summarizes the hypothesis shown in the figure?

a)

The present continents will gradually move to form a single landmass called Pangaea.

b)

The continents were once a large landmass name Pangaea, which broke apart and gradually drifted to the present-day locations of the continents.

c)

The continents were once a large landmass, but the north and south magnetic poles pulled the continents apart toward the poles

d)

The continents were once a large landmass, but the ocean levels rose, and these oceans separate today's continents.

15.

In the early 1900s, a hypothesis was introduced that proposed a single large landmass broke into smaller landmasses and formed the continents, which drifted in their present locations. Which is the name of this hypothesis?

a)

continental drift

b)

continental shift

c)

plate movement

d)

plate tectonics

16.

Look at this image, which shows changes at mid-ocean ridges. The highlighted section shows how one location of the sea floor moves over time. Which process is demonstrated in this image?

a)

Continental drift

b)

earthquakes

c)

plate collisions

d)

sea-floor spreading

17.

There are long mountain belts that divide the sea floor and generate new sea floor as magma rises and erupts onto Earth's surface. What are these mountain belts known as?

a)

magnetic poles

b)

mid-ocean ridges

c)

ocean trenches

d)

subduction zones

18.

___________ is the process by which one tectonic plate is pulled beneath another plate.

a)

subduction

b)

ridge push

c)

mid-ocean ridge

d)

convection

19.
Which type of plate is older?
a)
continental
b)
oceanic
20.
What type of plate is thicker?
a)
continental 
b)
oceanic
21.
What is it called when two oceanic plates move apart and new crust is formed?
a)
crustal integrating
b)
sea-floor spreading
22.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
23.
What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?
a)
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
b)
glacier scars and evidence from temperature
c)
mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
d)
all of the above
24.
Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?
a)
He could not explain HOW the continents moved
b)
He didn't have evidence
c)
His data was wrong
d)
He didn't use the right technology to gather data
25.
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
a)
Africa and North America
b)
South America and Europe
c)
South America and Africa
d)
Antartica and Africa
26.
What does the word Pangea mean?
a)
big land mass
b)
old land
c)
all land
27.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
28.

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

29.

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

30.

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

a)

Covergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

31.

New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

a)

Divergent Oceanic

b)

Divergent Continental

c)

Convergent Oceanic

d)

Transform

32.

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

a)

seafloor spreading

b)

subduction

c)

continental drift

d)

recycling

33.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submergent
34.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subducting
35.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
36.

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

a)

the rotation of the Earth.

b)

convection currents in the Asthenosphere

c)

the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

d)

the Moho discontinuity.

37.

In some areas of the world, like California and Japan, earthquakes are a common occurrence. How can this best be explained?

a)

The strong ocean currents are undermining both areas causing earthquakes.

b)

Both areas are located near the edge of the Pacific Ocean, the unstable sand causes earthquakes.

c)

Both areas are subjected to strong ocean wind and waves that causes earthquakes.

d)

Both areas are on the boundary of active plates, the motion of the plates causes earthquakes.

38.

Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that

a)

the oceanic crust is melting.

b)

the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

c)

volcanic islands are forming.

d)

the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

39.

What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

a)

the subducton of the sea floor

b)

the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

c)

convection currents in the asthenosphere

d)

the friction force between the plates that move past each other

40.

Continental plates are ______ dense and ________ than ocean plates.

a)

more; thinner

b)

more; thicker

c)

less; thinner

d)

less; thicker

41.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
42.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Island Arc
43.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
44.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
45.

The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...

a)

death ring

b)

fire zone

c)

ring of fire

d)

zone of fire

46.
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ________.
a)
divergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform fault
d)
subduction zone
47.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
48.
Oceanic crust is
a)
Younger and less dense than continental crust
b)
Thinner, younger and more dense than continental crust
c)
Older, thicker and less dense that continental crust
d)
Bigger and younger than continental crust
49.
What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?
a)
Mountains
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Rift
50.

What geologic feature will occur at a hot spot ?

a)

volcano

b)

folded mountain

c)

deep sea trench

d)

crevasse

51.

A prime example of an area over a hot spot is :

a)

Japan

b)

the Andes Mountains

c)

the East African Rift

d)

the Hawaiian Islands

52.

What plate is the hot spot from the previous question located ?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

African

d)

South American

53.

As one moves away from a hot spot, the crust will get :

a)

younger

b)

older

c)

the will be no change in age

54.

What does heat do when convection currents are moving?

a)

Sinks

b)

Rises

c)

Stays in place

55.

Which picture shows material that is more dense?

a)

The picture of the left

b)

The picture on the right

56.
In convection, COOL air
a)
Rises
b)
Sinks
57.
What is the heat source for convection in the mantle?
a)
the Crust
b)
the Mantle
c)
the Core
58.
What is the cooling source for convection in the mantle?
a)
the Crust
b)
the Mantle
c)
the Core
59.
When molten  material is heated in the mantle it becomes
a)
more dense
b)
less dense 
60.
When molten  material is cooled in the mantle it becomes
a)
more dense
b)
less dense 
61.

Convection currents occur due to...

a)

rotation of earth

b)

differences in temperature and density

c)

electrons moving

d)

gravitational pull

62.

Which of the following is one reason Earth's tectonic plates to move?

a)

energy from the Sun

b)

magnetic Pole Reversal

c)

convection currents in the mantle

d)

faults in Mountain Ranges