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Plate Tectonic Chapter Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
2.
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
3.
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
4.
What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
a)
evidence from landforms
b)
evidence from fossils
c)
evidence from human remains
d)
evidence from climate
5.

Check all the correct answers that were used as evidence to support CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY.

a)

convection currents

b)

similar animal and plant fossils on distant continents

c)

earthquakes

d)

finding warm weather animals and plant fossils on now cold continents

e)

similar rock structure on different continents (Appalachian mountains)

6.
All of the continents were once part of one large continent called...
a)
Panacea
b)
Pangea
c)
North America
d)
Gondwana
7.
The east coast of South America seems to fit into the wet coast of Africa, this evidence for Continental Drift is called...
a)
fit/shape of continents
b)
fossil evidence
c)
geologic evidence
d)
climate evidence
8.

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ____.

a)

near continents

b)

at mid-ocean ridges

c)

far from mid-ocean ridges

d)

near Asia

9.

Seafloor spreading occurs because ____.

a)

new material is being added to the asthenosphere

b)

earthquakes break apart the ocean floor

c)

sediments accumulate at the area of spreading

d)

molten material beneath Earth's crust rises to the surface

10.

A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a(n) _________.

a)

mid-ocean ridge

b)

oceanic crust

c)

deep-sea trench

d)

ocean floor sediment

11.

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

a)

in deep-ocean trenches

b)

along the edges of all the continents

c)

along mid-ocean ridges

d)

at the north and south plate

12.

The process of ___________ continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge.

a)

plate tectonics

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

continental drift

d)

convection

13.
What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory? 
a)
Fossils, Fish, and Land
b)
Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate
c)
Fossils, Land forms, and Climate
d)
Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock 
14.

Select the 3 kinds of evidence were used to prove that the seafloor spreading?

a)

rock formations (pillow),

b)

magnetic seafloor stripes

c)

age of rocks

d)

continents fit together

15.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
16.

What boundary does this picture show?

a)

Divergent

b)

Transform

c)

Convergent

17.

Select the landforms that CAN form at a convergent boundary. (any type of convergent boundary)

a)

mountains

b)

volcanoes

c)

deep ocean trenches

d)

mid ocean ridges

18.

The lithosphere is broken up into ____ and moves around.

a)

dishes

b)

plates

c)

utensils

d)

bowls

19.

What is the 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)

continental drift

c)

plate tectonics

d)

pangaea

20.

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

a)

the rotation of the Earth.

b)

convection currents in the mantle

c)

the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

d)

the Moho discontinuity.

21.

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 oceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust

c)

volcanic islands are forming.

d)

the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.

22.

___________ in the Earth's mantle cause plate to shift at their boundaries.

a)

conduction

b)

convection currents

c)

radiation

d)

ocean

23.

What is the process of convection currents?

a)

cooling and creating rocks

b)

heating, rising, cooling, sinking

c)

heating and boiling

d)

heating, rising, cooling, becoming stone

24.

Convection currents determine...

a)

nada (nothing)

b)

where the plates move

c)

how hot the mantle is

d)

the phases of the moon

25.

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

26.

What type of crust must be involved for a subduction zone to occur?

a)

oceanic crust

b)

continental crust

c)

none of the above

d)

both

27.

What is it called when the denser crust goes underneath the less dense crust and back into the mantle?

a)

subduction

b)

subtraction

c)

driving zone

d)

none of the above

28.

At which boundary is crust DESTROYED (when melting in the mantle!)?

a)

Continent- continent Convergent

b)

Transform boundaries

c)

Subduction zones

d)

All convergent boundaries

29.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
submergent
30.
What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Rift Valleys
31.
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
32.
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
33.

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

34.

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

35.

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

a)

Covergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

36.

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? (on land)

a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Island Arc
37.

Check all the possible features of a divergent boundary

a)

rift valley

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

mid-ocean ridge

d)

new crust is created

38.

What does letter A represent in the convection current cycle?

a)

Heating

b)

Rising

c)

Cooling

d)

Sinking

39.

What does letter D represent in the convection current cycle?

a)

Heating

b)

Rising

c)

Cooling

d)

Sinking

40.
What is this a picture of?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
pangea
d)
glacier scaring
41.

Choose the correct label for number 12.

a)

subduction zone

b)

newer seafloor

c)

volcanic activity

d)

magma rising

42.
What is an underwater mountain range where new ocean floor is made?
a)
subduction
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
deep-sea trench
43.

Choose the correct label for number 8.

a)

seafloor spreading

b)

new seafloor

c)

trench

d)

magma rising

44.
True or False: The plates will never stop moving
a)
True
b)
False
45.

Choose the correct label for number 7.

a)

mid-ocean ridge

(where seafloor spreading occurs)

b)

convection currents

c)

older seafloor

d)

trench

46.

Choose the correct label for number 11.

a)

trench

b)

Convection Currents

c)

asthenosphere

d)

lithosphere

47.

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

a)

younger

b)

older

c)

the will be no change in age

48.

Why does oceanic crust always subduct?

a)

Its more dense than continental crust

b)

Its less dense than continental crust

49.

Crust at a Convergent Plate Boundary is....

a)

Created

b)

Destroyed

50.

Check all the type of convergent boundaries

a)

2 oceanic

b)

2 continental

c)

1 continental 1 oceanic

51.

How did pangaea drift apart?

a)

earthquakes

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

Continental drift

d)

erosion

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