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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Plastic-like layer of the Earth's surface below the lithosphere.

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Plates

d)

Asthenosphere

2.

Rigid layer of the Earth's surface made up of the crust and part of the upper mantle

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Mantle

c)

Tectonic Plates

d)

Asthenosphere

3.

Largest layer of the Earth, composed of mostly silicon, oxygen, magnesium and iron.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Tectonic Plates

d)

Core

4.

Outermost layer of the earth

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Asthenosphere

5.

Section's of the Earth's crust and upper mantle

a)

Plates

b)

Subduction Zone

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Asthenosphere

6.

Boundary between two plates that are moving apart

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Subduction Zone

7.

Place where two plates move together

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Subduction Zone

8.

Plate Boundary that occurs when two plates slide past one another.

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Subduction Zone

9.

Area where an oceanic plate goes down into the mantle

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convection current

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Subduction Zone

10.

Cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking

a)

Seafloor Spreading

b)

Convection current

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Subduction Zone

11.

Hot magma forced upward at mid-ocean ridges producing new rock.

a)

Seafloor Spreading

b)

Convection current

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Subduction Zone

12.

Hypothesis that the continents have moved slowly to their current locations

a)

Seafloor Spreading

b)

Convection current

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Pangaea

13.

Theory that states that Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections, which move around on a special layer of the mantle.

a)

Seafloor Spreading

b)

Convection current

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Plate Tectonics

14.

Sensing device that detects magnetic fields, helping to confirm seafloor spreading

a)

Magnetometer

b)

Sonar

c)

GPS

d)

Metal detector

15.

One large landmass hypothesized tp have broken apart about 200 million years ago into continents.

a)

Seafloor Spreading

b)

Pangaea

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Megacontinent

16.

Who proposed the continental drift theory?

a)

Alfred Wegener

b)

Harry Hess

c)

Abraham Ortelius

d)

Neil deGrasse Tyson

17.

Colliding plate boundaries can form which of the following?

a)

mountains and volcanoes

b)

ocean basins

c)

strike-slip fault

d)

rift valleys

18.

The results of plate movement can be seen where? (Check all that apply)

a)

rift valleys

b)

plate boundaries

c)

plate centers

d)

mid-ocean ridge

19.

The alignment of iron-bearing minerals in rocks when they formed reflects the fact the Earth's ____ has reversed itself several times in its past.

a)

core

b)

asthenosphere

c)

gravirty

d)

magnetic field

20.

Scientist aboard the Glomar Challenger added to the evidence of seafloor spreading by providing

a)

high altitude photos of existing continents

b)

samples of plant life from different locations

c)

samples of rock from different locations along the ocean floor

d)

direct measurements of the movement of the continents

21.

What often occurs where plates slide past one another?

a)

volcanoes

b)

earthquakes

c)

island arcs

d)

ocean trenches

22.

Which of the diagrams represents a fault line?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

23.

Why do Earth's plates move?

a)

because of tornadoes and hurricanes

b)

because of Earth spinning on its axis

c)

because of Earth orbiting the sun

d)

because of molten rock heating and cooling within the mantle

24.
What is represented by the picture? 
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)

Pangaea

c)
How the continents are arranged today
d)
Volcanoes
25.
The circular arrows inside the Earth's Mantle represent what type of motion, that drives ALL plate movement?  
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Ocean Currents
c)
Convection Currents
d)
Transform Boundary
26.
What forms when an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge?
a)
Trench
b)
Ocean
c)
Continent
d)
Mountains
27.

Why did other scientists did no believe in Wegener’s theory?

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

28.

Created by a divergent boundary. (Select all that apply)

a)

Himalayan Mountains

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

Mid Atlantic ridge

d)

Rift Valley of Africa

e)

San Andreas Fault

29.

Name the boundary

a)

convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

transform boundary

d)

crustal boundary

30.

Name the boundary

a)

convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

transform boundary

d)

crustal boundary

31.

Name the boundary

a)

convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

transform boundary

d)

crustal boundary

32.

The San Andreas fault is an example of which type of boundary?

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

d)

universal

33.

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

a)

Crust is destroyed somewhere else at the same time it is created

b)

New crust is underwater where it sinks

c)

New crust breaks more easily than old crust

d)

Earth is getting bigger because the Atlantic Ocean is getting wider

34.
The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?
a)
divergent
b)
continent-to-continent convergent
c)
ocean-to-continent convergent
d)
transform
35.

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory? (Check all that apply)

a)

Similar fossils across continents

b)

glacier scars and evidence from tropical plants in different climate areas

c)

mountain ranges line up across continents

d)

The shape of the continents

e)

Young rock along the mid-Atlantic ridge

36.

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were both created by this type of plate boundary.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Stress

37.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

38.

What type of event will most likely occur at this boundary?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Volcano Eruption

c)

Tornado

d)

Mountain Building

39.

Wegener observed scratches from glaciers in Africa and India where it is currently too hot for glaciers to form. This is considered...

a)

Fossil Evidence

b)

Rock Formation Evidence

c)

Climate Evidence

d)

Objective Evidence

40.

Wegener found fossils of ancient ferns on Antarctica, this shows

a)

That some ferns can survive temperatures well below freezing

b)

That humans put ferns on Antarctica millions of years ago

c)

That Antarctica drifted from a warmer climate where plants could grow

d)

That fossils can be formed in cold climates

41.

What particular event is shown on the picture?

a)

mid-ocean ridge

b)

subduction zone

c)

transform boundary

d)

divergent boundary

42.

What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900s to map the mid-ocean ridge?

a)

satellites

b)

submarines

c)

deep-sea diving

d)

sonar

43.

This scientist was the first to propose seafloor spreading

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Harry Hess

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Stephen Hawking

44.

Which one of these was creatd by a transform boundary?

a)

San Andreas Fault

b)

MId-Atlantic Ridge

c)

Himalayas

d)

Andes Mountains

45.

Which of the following was created by a convergent boundary of two continental plates?

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

San Andreas Fault

d)

Himalayas

46.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)

Tectonic plates

b)

Convection Currents

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Subduction Zone

47.

Which of the following was created by a convergent boundary of two oceanic plates?

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

San Andreas Fault

d)

Himalayas

48.

Which of the following was created by a convergent boundary of a continental plate and oceanic plates?

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

San Andreas Fault

d)

Himalayas

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