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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

a)

Convergent Boundary

b)

Divergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Plate Boundary

2.

Which of the following causes 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

3.

A convergent boundary occurs when plates experience ________ force

a)

Compression

b)

Tension

c)

Shear

d)

Subducting

4.
A fault is formed by the movement of a __________ plate boundary
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
5.

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

a)

Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

b)

New crust is underwater where it sinks

c)

New crust breaks more easily than old crust

6.

Mountains are created when....

a)

Two continental plates collide

b)

Two oceanic plates pull apart

c)

An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

d)

Two continental plates pull apart

7.

Oceanic Trenches are formed by either _______ or _______ plate boundaries

a)

Convergent Oceanic / Continental

b)

Convergent Continental / Continental

c)

Convergent Oceanic / Oceanic

d)

Divergent

8.

Ocean Ridges are formed by _______ plate boundaries

a)

Convergent Oceanic / Continental

b)

Convergent Continental / Continental

c)

Convergent Oceanic / Oceanic

d)

Divergent

9.

Non-volcanic earthquakes are caused by _______ forces

a)

Compression

b)

Shear

c)

Tension

d)

Divergent

10.

Ocean ridges are caused by _______ forces

a)

Compression

b)

Sheer

c)

Tension

d)

Divergent

11.

What causes convection currents?

a)

Hot magma rises while cool magma sinks

b)

The rotation of the Earth

c)

Ocean currents pulling plates apart

d)

The spinning of the Earth's core

12.

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.

13.

Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?

a)

Converging

b)

Diverging

c)

Sliding

d)

No movement

14.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
15.
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
16.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
17.
Where would the oldest rock be found?
a)
L
b)
M
c)
N
d)
O
18.
A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
horizontal
19.

Which type of crust is less dense?

a)

Continental

b)

Oceanic

c)

They are the same

d)

It depends

20.
A __________ is a deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
a)
deep-ocean trench
b)
rift valley
c)
sea-floor spreading
d)
mid-ocean ridge
21.

What type of landform will you see at this boundary?

a)

Mountains

b)

Trenches

c)

Slip Fault

d)

Rift Valley

22.

What type of landform will be created in this type of boundary with two oceanic plates?

a)

Mid-Oceanic Ridge

b)

Rift Valley

c)

Mountains

d)

Trench

23.

Which type of boundary can create new land?

a)

Transform

b)

Divergent

c)

Convergent

24.

Which type of boundary can destroy land?

a)

Transform

b)

Divergent

c)

Convergent

25.

What is it called when a plate is forced underneath another plate and is destroyed in the asthenosphere?

a)

Conduction

b)

Subduction

c)

Transform

d)

Divergent

26.

What type of landform will be created with these two continental plates?

a)

Trench

b)

Mountains

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Mid-Oceanic Ridge

27.

What two landforms will be created when we have a continental and oceanic plate?

a)

Volcanic Islands and mountains

b)

Rift Valley and trench

c)

Trench and volcanic mountains

d)

Mid-Oceanic Ridge and trench

28.

What landform will be created with these two continental plates?

a)

Volcano

b)

Folded mountains

c)

Trench

d)

Rift Valley

29.

What landforms will be created in a O-O convergent boundary?

a)

Trench and volcanic islands

b)

Mid-Oceanic Ridge

c)

Folded Mountains

d)

Trench and Volcanic mountains

30.

At which boundary can earthquakes occur?

a)

Transform

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Earthquakes occur at all 3 boundaries

31.

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory of continental drift?

a)

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

b)

similar rock formations on different continents

c)

similar fossils on different continents

d)

all of the above

32.
What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
33.

What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

a)
full moon tide
b)
new moon tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
34.
How many high tides does a place have each day?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
35.
What is a difference between spring and neap tides?
a)
Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon. 
b)
Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
c)
Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
d)
Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season
36.
The diagram below shows the alignment of the sun, the moon, and Earth. In which locations are neap tides taking place?
a)
1 and 2
b)
1 and 3
c)
2 and 4
d)
3 and 4
37.

Which type of tides will have a very large tidal range? The high tides will be very high and the low tides will be very low.

a)
Spring tides
b)
Neap tides
38.

Which type of tides will have a small tidal range? The high tides wont be as high and the low tides wont be as low?

a)
Neap tides
b)

Spring Tides

39.

What type of moon phases will cause a spring tide?

a)

Full moon

b)

1st quarter

c)

3rd quarter

d)

New moon

40.

What type of moon phases will cause neap tides?

a)

Full moon

b)

1st quarter

c)

3rd quarter

d)

New moon