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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is where two plates are colliding.

a)

Divergent boundaries

b)

Convergent boundaries

c)

Transform boundaries 

2.

It is where two plates are moving apart.

a)

Divergent boundaries

b)

Convergent boundaries

c)

Transform boundaries

3.

He proposed the seafloor spreading theory.

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Alfred Wegener

c)

Christopher Colombus

4.

Seafloor spreading occurs at ______ plate boundaries.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

5.

It is a scientific theory that explains

how major landforms are created as a result

of Earth’s subterranean movements.

a)

Continental Drift Theory

b)

Seafloor Spreading Theory

c)

Plate Tectonics

6.

________ occur when one or both of the tectonic

plates are composed of oceanic crust.

a)

Subduction zones

b)

Seafloor Spreading

c)

Fault line

d)

F

7.

Wegener was convinced that all of Earth’s continents were once part of an enormous, single landmass called 

a)

Laurasia

b)

Gondwana

c)

Pangaea

8.

It is a system for the detection of objects under water and for measuring the water's depth by emitting sound pulses and

detecting or measuring their

return after being reflected.

a)

Submarine

b)

Telescope

c)

SONAR

9.

It is where two plates slide passed each other.

a)

Convergent boundaries

b)

Divergent boundaries

c)

Transform boundaries

10.

How the Plate Tectonics revolutionized Earth Science. Explain your answer in not more than 5 sentences.

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11.

He proposed the Continental Drift Theory.

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Alfred Wegener

c)

Christopher Colombus