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Science 8 STAAR Review: Plate Tectonics Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these landforms is caused by convergent boundaries?

a)

Mid-ocean ridge

b)

Fault

c)

Rift valley

d)

Trenches

2.

The Ring of Fire is a pattern of volcanoes that circle the Pacific Ocean. What does this tell you about the boundaries in those locations?

a)

They are mostly divergent boundaries.

b)

They are mostly convergent boundaries.

c)

They are mostly transform boundaries.

3.

What type of boundary is point B a part of?

a)

Divergent

b)

Transform

c)

Convergent

4.

The satellite photograph below shows a large meterorite crater that is 1200m in diameter and 170 m deep. This crater is located in a flat, arid part of the northeastern Arizona. How will this crater most likely change over time?

a)

It will get deeper as it fills with water.

b)

It will rise up like a volcano crater.

c)

It iwll beome less deep as the rim erodes.

d)

It will widen as it fills with lava.

5.
a)

Student 1

b)

Student 2

c)

Student 3

d)

Student 4

6.

the idea that continents move around on Earth's surface.

a)
plate tectonics
b)
earthquake
c)
continental drift
d)
volcanic eruption
7.

an ancient super made of the landmasses we know as our present day continents

a)
Atlantis
b)
Laurasia
c)
Pangaea
d)
Gondwana
8.

What type of fossils were noticed by Wegener to be found on two different continents?

a)
Leaves and flowers
b)
Ice and mountains
c)
Plants and animals
d)
Dinosaurs and reptiles
9.

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

a)

the rotation of the Earth.

b)

the Earth's magnetic field.

c)

subduction.

d)

convection currents.

10.

When plates collide we get ________.

a)

crumbles

b)

volcanos

c)

trenches

d)

mountain ranges

11.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
12.
A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Spreading
13.

Subduction means.....

a)

one plate goes under another plate

b)

two plates slide past each other

c)

two plate collide and form folded mountains

14.
What type of boundary is in this image?
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
divergent plate boundary
c)
transform plate boundary
d)
subduction