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plate tectonics

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what are plate tectonics

a)

giant pieces of the earth's lithosphere move around constantly.

b)

giant pieces of the earth's stratosphere move around constantly

2.

pangea

a)

is the super continent

b)

is the first continent

c)

is a big plat

d)

is a big continent

3.

what is the crust

(a)  

4.

what is the mantle

a)

middle part of the earth

b)

top part of the earth

c)

bottom part of the earth

d)

not on earth

5.

core

a)

the inner most part of the earth

b)

the outer most part of the earth

c)

the lower part of the earth

d)

on the sun

6.

what are plates

a)

small pieces of earth

b)

giant pieces of earth

c)

pieces of lithosphere that flote on the asthenosphere

7.

more dense - oshantic plates is--------- then contentle plat

(a)  

8.

is less dense the oposit of more dense


Continental plats are less dense then oshanic plats.

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

maybe

d)

i don't know

9.

continental plates

a)

plates with people on it

b)

plates with sea on it

c)

plates with food on it

d)

plates with land on it

10.

oceanic plates

a)

plates with people on it

b)

plates with ocean on it

c)

plates with food on it

d)

plates with land on it

11.

plate boundary

a)

where no plates come

b)

where the earth is gone

c)

where two plates meat

d)

where 1 plate sitts

12.

what are the 3 types of plates

a)

convergent where two plates called

b)

divergent where two plates move apart

c)

transform where two plates slide past each other

d)

meatform where two plates get full

13.

where 2 continental plates converge

a)

mountains

b)

rift valley

14.

volcanoes...

a)

form when one plate tectonics moves under another

b)

form when lave makes a hole in the ground

c)

form when people dig to deep

d)

form when tow plates slide past each other

15.

earthquakes

a)

occurs when rock brakes ushale at a flat line due tectonic strane

b)

occurs when rock moves up and over one another

16.

rift valley

a)

at a diverse boned 2 continental plate taring apart

b)

where the rock is big because of the water flow

17.

mid ocean ridge

a)

a rift valley under the ocean

b)

the grand canyon

18.

lithosphere

a)

the lower mantel and outer core

b)

crust and upper mantel

19.

asthenosphere

a)

the plastic like layer below the lithosphere

b)

the inner most layer of the earth

20.

convection currents

a)

material rises up cools off and sinks

b)

material goes down heats up and rises

21.

flow of earth's internal energy

a)

magma rises up cools off and sinks

b)

rock rises up cools off and sinks

22.

alfred wegener

a)

scientist that 1 proposed the idea of continental drift

b)

a geographer that said we were all once connected

23.

evidence of drift

a)

puzzle like fit, fossils, rock stouctures, climate evidence

b)

nothing

c)

every thing

d)

pangea

24.

what are the the evidence of drift

a)

rock formations mountains look like they were once connected

b)

similar fossils are found all over the present day continents

c)

puzzle like fit

d)

climatic evidence it's clear that the continents were in very isimler plases at one time

25.

continental drift

a)

idea that the continental have slowly moved to their present location

b)

idea that continental have always been there

26.

what is molten rock inside the earth's surface

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

rock

27.

what is multan rock on earth's surface

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

rock