WorksheetsPlate Tectonic Theory Quiz 1(A)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following is the theory of plate tectonics?
Plates are static and will not move for another 250 million years.
Plates are only in motion in the northern hemisphere.
Plates are only in motion in the southern hemisphere.
Earth's geography has changed over time and continues to change today.
Earth's plates are made of:
The fluid-like mantle
The liquid outer core
The rigid lithosphere
The solid inner core
A plate boundary is:
Where two plates meet
Where two plates eat
Where two plates sleep
A ridge valley is steep
How many types of plate boundaries exist?
1
5
3
13
The plates in a divergent boundary move (a) from each other.
Divergent boundaries create (choose all that apply)
New crust
Rifts
Earthquakes
Mountains
The plates in a convergent boundary move (a) each other.
A convergent boundary has the ability to create
Folded mountains
Earthquakes
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
The plates at a transform boundary
Slide past each other
Collide into each other
Slide underneath each other
Separate from each other
A transform boundary can create
earthquakes that result in seismic waves
sand dunes
folded mountains and volcanic mountains
seafloor trenches
The slow movement of Earth's plates can cause both slow and rapid changes such as (Choose all that apply):
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Mountains
Tunnels
Thermal convection causes
Earth's plates to move
Earth's plates to stand still
Earth's plates to float on top of water
Material moves horizontally away from the mid-ocean ridge crest. The material continues to cool. It sinks back down into the mantle. The material sinks back to the core. The materials rises horizontally again. What has been described?
Convection cell
Earth's Plates
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fusion
Which is a good analogy for how Earth's plates move?
A conveyor belt
A line at the grocery store
Oncoming traffic
A flat tire
Plates move at the same rate that our fingernails grow.
True
False
