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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
The idea that the continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and
moved is
Transform
Continental Drift
Tectonic Plates
The scientist who developed the big idea called "sea-floor spreading"
Alfred Wegener
Edward Dutton
Harry Hess
The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by
The rotation of the Earth
The gravity of the iron-nickel core
Convection currents in the Asthenosphere
The Moho discontinuity
Which layer of the Earth consists of tectonic plates?
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
Mantle
Lithosphere
The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of
Magnetic reversal
Continental drift
Global positioning
Oceanic drift
Tectonic plates consist of
Continental crust
Both continental and oceanic crust
Mesospheric crust
Oceanic crust
The three types of plate boundaries are
Convergent, divergent, change
Convergent, divergent, transform
Divergent, allegiant, insurgent
Push, pull, slide
What happens often at transform boundaries?
Rain
Hurricanes
Volcanic activity
Earthquakes
The Himalayan mountains have some of the highest peaks like Mt. Everest, on which type of convergent boundary are they located?
Oceanic/Continental
Oceanic/Oceanic
Continental/Continental
None of the above
What type of features are associated with a divergent boundary?
Rift valleys
Fold mountains
Volcanic mountains
Fault block mountains
The San Andréa fault in California is one example of a...
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
All of the above
One plate dives beneath the other at the _____ zone?
Collision
Transcurrence
Oceanic divergence
Subduction zone
Where are earthquakes and volcanic eruptions most likely to occur?
At plate margins
In the middle of oceans
In the middle of continents
At country borders
What type of margin does this diagram show?
Constructive
Destructive
Conservative
What type of margin does this diagram show?
Constructive
Destructive
Conservative
What type of margin does this diagram show?
Constructive
Destructive
Conservative
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?
Oceanic
Continental
Both
None of the above
What type of plate margin created the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
Constructive
Destructive
Conservative
What happens when an oceanic plate subducts beneath a continental plate?
continental crust is destroyed
oceanic crust is destroyed
new land is created
new ocean is created
A deep area of the ocean floor where an oceanic plate is moving below a continental plate is a
Volcanic island arc
Rift valley
Trench
Ridge
