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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 35mins
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______
convection.
continental drift.
subduction.
conduction.
The geological theory of _______ states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion.
subduction
plate tectonics
deep-ocean trenches
sea-floor spreading
Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth’s
continents.
mantle.
lithosphere.
inner core.
The place where two plates come together is known as a _______
transform boundary.
divergent boundary.
convergent boundary.
rift valley.
The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by
the rotation of the Earth.
convection currents in the Asthenosphere
the gravity of the iron-nickel core.
the Moho discontinuity.
Where are earthquakes MOST LIKELY to occur?
close to the equator
close to the center of tectonic plates
at divergent or convergent plate boundaries
at transform plate boundaries
Who was the scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Powell
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Ernest Rutherford
