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WorksheetsUnit 8 Review - Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
The Earth is broken into large pieces of the Lithosphere called -
Bricks
Tectonic Plates
Pangea
None of the above
Plates are able to move due to ________ in the mantel.
solid rock forming
the decreased temperate
convection currents
All of the above
When a more dense plate moves beneath a less dense plate, this movement is called -
Rift
Subduction
convection
sea floor spreading
Subduction occurs when two plates form a ___________ boundary.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What is the area formed in the water just above the subduction zone?
mid ocean ridge
rift
trench
volcanic island arc
Two continental plates moving towards each other, create a __________ boundary.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Two oceanic plates moving away from each other form a ___________ boundary.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
When plates slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions a ___________ boundary is created.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
When Pangea broke and separated, its pieces started to drift apart we refer to this as __________ Theory.
Continental Drift Theory
Tectonic Plate Theory
The Big Bang Theory
None the above
When a convergent boundary is created by two oceanic plate, these are formed -
volcanic mountain range
Hot spots
volcanic island arc
Which is a geological outcome of a divergent plate boundary.
underwater volcanos form
new crust formed
rift valley is created
sea floor spreading
all of the above
Active volcanoes occur mostly -
on continental plates
along plate boundaries
on the seafloor
None of the above
Label plate 7
Atlantic plate
African plate
Eurasian plate
North American
Label plate 3
Indo Australian plate
North American plate
African Plate
South American plate
Label plate 4
Indo Australian plate
Eurasian plate
North American plate
Pacific Plate
The Pacific Plate is located between Asia and North America and is made up of entirely oceanic lithosphere.
True
False
When a continental and oceanic plate form a convergent boundary, what geological feature is created.
volcanic mountain range
volcanic island arc
mid ocean ridge
