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Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 2hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

New ocean floor ,mountains, earthquake and volcanic actions occur when an ocean plate spread apart

(a)  

2.

Which scientist is credited with proposing the ideas that led to the development of the plate tectonics theory?

a)

Abert Einstein

b)

Alfred Wegener

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Charles Darwin

3.

Boundary where plate come together(ex: alps)

(a)  

4.

What is the earth's liquid layer?

(a)  

5.

Volcanic island arcs, trenches & earthquakes occur when older ocean plate subduct under a younger ocean plate

a)

continent-continent

b)

Ocean-Plate

c)

Ocean-Plate continent

6.

occur where two plates slide alongside each other. Earthquakes occur in these areas (Ex: San Andreas Fault in California)

(a)  

7.

what kind of plate boundary is in the photo?

a)

divergent

b)

transform

c)

convergent

8.

Approximately 225 million years ago, the earth's continents were grouped into one landmass. What is the landmass called?

a)

Europa

b)

Pangaea Ultima

c)

Jurassic

d)

Pangaea

9.
a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

strike-slip

10.

when two continental plates are shoved together

a)

spreading

b)

transforming fault

c)

collision

d)

subduction

11.

Oceanic-Continental Convergence:

The oceanic crust will subduct under continental crust give an example formation

(a)  

12.

Example of Divergent except

a)

Great rift Valleys

b)

alps

c)

Mic ocean ridges

13.

what do you call in the picture?

(a)  

14.

A mid-ocean chain of undersea mountains that circle the earth like seam of a baseball

(a)  

15.

A divergent boundary is when the two plates collided which each other

a)

true

b)

false

16.

____ is the study of magnetism in ancient rocks.

a)

Seafloor

b)

Subduction

c)

Paleogmagnetism

17.

A divergent boundary is also called destructive boundaries

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Which color is the ridge in the photo

(a)  

19.

What is Hotspot?

a)

Wifi hot spot

b)

magma rises us from the earth mantle

c)

magma rises from volcano

d)

when magma erupts in the surface

20.

Hot Molten rock deep below the earth's suface

(a)  

21.

Plate movement when two plates move towards each other

(a)  

22.

A convergent boundary is also called Destructive Bounday

a)

true

b)

false

23.

The motion of divergent is subduction

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Transform boundary is also called Conservative Boundaries

a)

true

b)

False

25.

A mountain Ranges is a example of

a)

Continent-Continent

b)

Continent-oceanic

c)

Ocean-ocean

26.

A Boundary where two plattes slide along side each other is called strike slip

a)

False

b)

true

27.

Aside from volcanic arc, RIdges will be formed when oceanic and continental crust collide each other.

a)

false

b)

true

c)

maybe

d)

i guess

28.

Huge rock slabs that form the earth's crust

(a)  

29.

A measure of degree of earthquake shaking at a given locale based on the amount of damage is called?

a)

Intensity

b)

Magnitude

30.

The layer of the earth between the crust and the core

(a)  

31.

The bottom of the deep ocean below the continental shelf, usually deeper than 13,000 feet (4,000 meters)

(a)  

32.

Plate movement when two plates move away from each other

(a)  

33.

the sinking of the earth's crust eventually causes older islandsto sink below sea level

a)

True

b)

False

34.

example of sea floor spreading

(a)  

35.

Hot spot place where magma rises up from the earth's mantle towards the surface

a)

truuuu

b)

folsss

36.

One hypothesis is that large trenches within the mantle move the plates

a)

true

b)

false

37.

A mid-Atlantic ridge is a mid ocean ridge located along the floor of atlantic ocean

a)

tru

b)

true

c)

pols

d)

false

38.

Boundary where plates come together

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transfrom

d)

Conservative

39.

What is the meaning of S=P

(a)  

40.

THe earth's crust found underneath the ocean

a)

Oceanic Crust

b)

Continental Crust

41.

The rigid outer layer of the earth broken up into tectonic plates.

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

asthenosphere

42.

The area where one plate is beiong pulled under the edge of another

(a)  

43.

A steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

(a)  

44.

A arc-shaped chain of volcanoes formed above a subduction zone

(a)  

45.

The earth's crust that makes up continents

a)

Continental Crust

b)

Oceanic Crust

46.

A high, large mass of earth and rock that rises above the earth's surface with steep or sloping sides

(a)  

47.

It's the earth outermost and thinnest layer

a)

Mantle

b)

Outer core

c)

Crust

d)

Inner core

48.

A hot, Semiliquid zone on which tectnic plates float

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

49.

Which of the following geologic events can occur at a transform boundary

a)

Earthquake

b)

Rift Formation

c)

Mountain Formation

d)

Volcanic erruption

50.

The outer core is the only liquid layer of the earth, a sea of mostly iron and nickel

a)

Crust

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

51.

What is not divergent boundaries

a)

Rift valley

b)

Mountain Formation

c)

Seafloor spreading

d)

Volcano Formation

52.

What kind of plate boundary run across iceland

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Nordic

53.

What type of crust is found under the oceans

a)

Oceanic crust

b)

Continental Crust

c)

None of thr above

d)

Geologic Crust

54.

225 million years ago, the earth's continents were grouped into one landmass. What is the landmass called?

a)

Europa

b)

Pangaea

c)

pangaea ultima

d)

Jurassic

55.

The border between teo techtonic plates

(a)  

56.

Which of the earth's layers is broken into several large tectonic plates?

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

crust

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Outer crust

57.

The area where onee plate is being pulled under the edge of another

a)

Continental Crust

b)

Subduction Zone

c)

Volcanic

d)

Trench

58.

A huge ocean waves is called

(a)  

59.

A deep valley that forms where an oceanic plate collided with continental plate

(a)  

60.

It forms under the ocean where plates are spreading apart

(a)  

61.

guess AHHAHAAHA

a)

true

b)

tru

c)

false

d)

pols

62.

example of continent-continent

(a)