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WorksheetsPlate tectonics
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
What type of plate boundary is most likely to occur at point B?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Subduction
Which of the following is NOT included in the group in relation to the movement of the Eurasian Plate and Indian-Australian Plate?
Rift Valley
Mountains
Mountain ranges
Volcanoes (small)
How did the use of rock evidence support Wegener’s theory of continental drift?
He noted that distant landmasses have rocks of similar age and composition.
He checked that there are glacial evidence in the rocks.
He said that rocks contain fossils that can be used for the study.
He studied the composition of rocks and found that they have existed for a very long time.
What would one learn from a map of global earthquakes and volcanoes?
where plate boundaries are found
where most mountains are formed
where edges of continents are found
where seafloor spreading happens
Igneous rocks along the oceanic ridges are younger than the igneous rocks farther from the ridges. Which of the following best explains why this happen?
the ocean floor is spreading
the ocean floor is stable
the ocean ridges are zone of subduction
volcanoes once existed on both sides of the ridges
Read the following statements carefully. Choose the appropriate letter from the choices given below.
A – both statements are True
B – both statements are False
C – statement A is correct and B is incorrect
D – statement B is correct and A is incorrect
Statements:
(A) Convergence of two oceanic plates would result in the formation of undersea volcanoes.
(B) Convergence between an oceanic plate and a continental plate would result in the formation of volcanoes.
A – both statements are True
B – both statements are False
C – statement A is correct and B is incorrect
D – statement B is correct and A is incorrect
Which of the following statements does NOT infer why the theory shown in the diagram below was not widely accepted in the 1920’s?
The proponent could not explain how the continents moved.
The proponent was not a geologist.
The proponent suggested that the continents moved at a very rapid rate.
The proponent found fossils of tropical plants in the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions.
Classify the following geologic feature into the type of plate boundary that they are formed from/associated with.
Choices:
divergent boundary transform boundary oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary continental-oceanic convergent boundary continental-continental convergent boundary
Information: The Cascade Range in North America originated from the interaction of Juan de Fuca Plate which is forced underneath the North American Plate.
continental-oceanic convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary
Classify the following geologic feature into the type of plate boundary that they are formed from/associated with.
Choices:
divergent boundary transform boundary oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary continental-oceanic convergent boundary continental-continental convergent boundary
Information: San Andreas Fault originated from the interaction of the Pacific Plate (on the west) and the North American Plate (on the east)
continental-oceanic convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary
Classify the following geologic feature into the type of plate boundary that they are formed from/associated with.
Choices:
divergent boundary transform boundary oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary continental-oceanic convergent boundary continental-continental convergent boundary
Information: The Andes Mountain in South America originated from the interaction of the South American Plate, Nazca Plate and part of the Antarctic Plate.
continental-oceanic convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary
Classify the following geologic feature into the type of plate boundary that they are formed from/associated with.
Choices:
divergent boundary transform boundary oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary continental-oceanic convergent boundary continental-continental convergent boundary
Information: Mount Everest is part of the Himalayan Mountain Range which originated from the interaction of the Eurasian Plate and Indian Plate.
continental-oceanic convergent boundary
divergent boundary
continent-continent convergent boundary
oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary
Read the following statements carefully. Choose the appropriate letter from the choices given below.
A – both statements are True
B – both statements are False
C – statement A is correct and B is incorrect
D – statement B is correct and A is incorrect
Statements:
(A) Formation of volcanoes are generally associated with convergent boundaries only.
(B) Formation of volcanoes are generally associated with convergent and transform boundaries.
A – both statements are True
B-both statements are false
D-statement B is correct and A is incorrect
C – statement A is correct and B is incorrect
Which process best describes how the ocean floor continues to renew itself?
seafloor spreading
convection
continental drift
subduction
Read the following statements carefully. Choose the appropriate letter from the choices given below.
A – both statements are True
B – both statements are False
C – statement A is correct and B is incorrect
D – statement B is correct and A is incorrect
Statements:
(A) Laurasia is the northern supercontinent composed of Asia, Europe and North America.
(B) Gondwana is the southern supercontinent composed of Africa, Australia, Antarctica and South America.
A – both statements are True
B – both statements are False
C – statement A is correct and B is incorrect
D – statement B is correct and A is incorrect
Read the following statements carefully. Choose the appropriate letter from the choices given below.
A – both statements are True
B – both statements are False
C – statement A is correct and B is incorrect
D – statement B is correct and A is incorrect
Statements:
(A) Fold mountains are formed from the convergence of a continental plate and an oceanic plate.
(B) Erosion-formed mountains result from rock erosion and weathering.
A – both statements are True
B – both statements are False
C – statement A is correct and B is incorrect
D – statement B is correct and A is incorrect
