WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 35mins
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Plate Boundary
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
Energy from the Sun
Magnetic Pole Reversal
Convection currents in the mantle
Faults in Mountain Ranges
A convergent boundary occurs when plates experience ________ force
Compression
Tension
Shear
Subducting
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
New crust is underwater where it sinks
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
Mountains are created when....
Two continental plates collide
Two oceanic plates pull apart
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
Two continental plates pull apart
Oceanic Trenches are formed by either _______ or _______ plate boundaries
Convergent Oceanic / Continental
Convergent Continental / Continental
Convergent Oceanic / Oceanic
Divergent
Ocean Ridges are formed by _______ plate boundaries
Convergent Oceanic / Continental
Convergent Continental / Continental
Convergent Oceanic / Oceanic
Divergent
Non-volcanic earthquakes are caused by _______ forces
Compression
Shear
Tension
Divergent
Ocean ridges are caused by _______ forces
Compression
Sheer
Tension
Divergent
What causes convection currents?
Hot magma rises while cool magma sinks
The rotation of the Earth
Ocean currents pulling plates apart
The spinning of the Earth's core
Observe this diagram of a plate boundary. One statement BEST describes what is happening. It is that
the oceanic crust is melting.
the denser ceanic crust is subducting under the less dense oceanic crust
volcanic islands are forming.
the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?
Converging
Diverging
Sliding
No movement
Which type of crust is less dense?
Continental
Oceanic
They are the same
It depends
What type of landform will you see at this boundary?
Mountains
Trenches
Slip Fault
Rift Valley
What type of landform will be created in this type of boundary with two oceanic plates?
Mid-Oceanic Ridge
Rift Valley
Mountains
Trench
Which type of boundary can create new land?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Which type of boundary can destroy land?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
What is it called when a plate is forced underneath another plate and is destroyed in the asthenosphere?
Conduction
Subduction
Transform
Divergent
What type of landform will be created with these two continental plates?
Trench
Mountains
Rift Valley
Mid-Oceanic Ridge
What two landforms will be created when we have a continental and oceanic plate?
Volcanic Islands and mountains
Rift Valley and trench
Trench and volcanic mountains
Mid-Oceanic Ridge and trench
What landform will be created with these two continental plates?
Volcano
Folded mountains
Trench
Rift Valley
What landforms will be created in a O-O convergent boundary?
Trench and volcanic islands
Mid-Oceanic Ridge
Folded Mountains
Trench and Volcanic mountains
At which boundary can earthquakes occur?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Earthquakes occur at all 3 boundaries
What evidence did Wegener use in his theory of continental drift?
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces
similar rock formations on different continents
similar fossils on different continents
all of the above
What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
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.
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?
Spring Tides
What type of moon phases will cause a spring tide?
Full moon
1st quarter
3rd quarter
New moon
What type of moon phases will cause neap tides?
Full moon
1st quarter
3rd quarter
New moon
