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Unit 8 Review - Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Earth is broken into large pieces of the Lithosphere called -

a)

Bricks

b)

Tectonic Plates

c)

Pangea

d)

None of the above

2.

Plates are able to move due to ________ in the mantel.

a)

solid rock forming

b)

the decreased temperate

c)

convection currents

d)

All of the above

3.

When a more dense plate moves beneath a less dense plate, this movement is called -

a)

Rift

b)

Subduction

c)

convection

d)

sea floor spreading

4.

Subduction occurs when two plates form a ___________ boundary.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

5.

What is the area formed in the water just above the subduction zone?

a)

mid ocean ridge

b)

rift

c)

trench

d)

volcanic island arc

6.

Two continental plates moving towards each other, create a __________ boundary.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

7.

Two oceanic plates moving away from each other form a ___________ boundary.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

8.

When plates slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions a ___________ boundary is created.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

9.

When Pangea broke and separated, its pieces started to drift apart we refer to this as __________ Theory.

a)

Continental Drift Theory

b)

Tectonic Plate Theory

c)

The Big Bang Theory

d)

None the above

10.

When a convergent boundary is created by two oceanic plate, these are formed -

a)

volcanic mountain range

b)

Hot spots

c)

volcanic island arc

11.

Which is a geological outcome of a divergent plate boundary.

a)

underwater volcanos form

b)

new crust formed

c)

rift valley is created

d)

sea floor spreading

e)

all of the above

12.

Active volcanoes occur mostly -

a)

on continental plates

b)

along plate boundaries

c)

on the seafloor

d)

None of the above

13.

Label plate 7

a)

Atlantic plate

b)

African plate

c)

Eurasian plate

d)

North American

14.

Label plate 3

a)

Indo Australian plate

b)

North American plate

c)

African Plate

d)

South American plate

15.

Label plate 4

a)

Indo Australian plate

b)

Eurasian plate

c)

North American plate

d)

Pacific Plate

16.

The Pacific Plate is located between Asia and North America and is made up of entirely oceanic lithosphere.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

When a continental and oceanic plate form a convergent boundary, what geological feature is created.

a)

volcanic mountain range

b)

volcanic island arc

c)

mid ocean ridge