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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Over 300 million years ago, this super continent existed

a)

North America

b)

Pangaea

c)

Eurasia

2.

______ ______ proposed the continental drift theory.

a)

Einstein

b)

John Cena

c)

Alfred Wegener

3.

This type of boundary creates....

a)

volcanoes

b)

earthquakes

c)

mountains

4.

This type of boundary creates

a)

earthquakes

b)

tsunamis

c)

volcanoes

d)

mountains

5.

This type of boundary causes earthquakes. It's called a ________ boundary.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

6.

oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

sea floor spreading creates ______ crust.

a)

old

b)

thick

c)

new

8.

Wegener had 4 pieces of supporting evidence to support his Continental Drift Theory. Select his evidence from the options below.

a)

They didn't believe rocks could move

b)

earth's crust is the thinnest layer

c)

climate evidence

d)

Convection currents in the mantle

9.

sea floor spreading ONLY occurs during a ________ boundary.

a)

continental crust (transform)

b)

oceanic divergent boundary

c)

convergent oceanic boundary

10.

Which country merged with Asia?

a)

Africa

b)

India

c)

Brazil

d)

China

11.

what is the cause of Earth's tectonic plates moving?

a)

the inner core is really hot

b)

convection currents in the mantle

c)

tropical weather near Earth's equator.

d)

the tile of Earth's axis.

12.

When Wegener first proposed his Continental Drift Theory, why didn't other scientist believe him?

a)

they already had it figured out

b)

some scientists were blind or deaf

c)

the president at the time didn't want everyone to know about it

d)

other scientists didn't believe rocks could move

13.

This process occurs when one tectonic plate falls beneath another tectonic plate. (hint* it happens more often in oceanic crust)

a)

convection currents

b)

underwater volcanoes

c)

subduction

d)

Tectonic Plate Theory

14.

the theory that Earth's lithosphere (crust) is broken into giant pieces "plates" and these plates are in constant motion.

a)

The Continental Drift Theory

b)

Theory of Plate Tectonics

c)

The Watergate Scandal

d)

The Theory of Physics

15.

this 12,000 mile mountain range is underneath the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

mid ocean ridge

b)

mid continental ridge

c)

mid red sea ridge

16.

the process by which new ocean crust forms along a mid ocean ridge. Older crust usually falls beneath the new ocean crust

a)

mid ocean ridge

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

divergent boundary

17.

Wegener had 4 pieces of supporting evidence to support his theory, which option is FALSE

a)

fossils of plants and animals

b)

climate evidence

c)

volcano eruptions

d)

rock structure types

18.

There are 2 types of crust

a)

continental & Europe

b)

oceanic & mid ocean ridge

c)

thin crust & handtossed

d)

oceanic & continental