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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who came up with the theory of continental drift?
Harry Hess
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegener
Bill Nye the Science Guy
What type of boundary is formed when plates collide?
convergent
divergent
horizontal
transform
What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
convergent
divergent
horizontal
transform
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
in oceans
in the middle of plates
at plate boundaries
in the middle of continents
Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?
volcanoes
underwater mountain ranges
deep sea trenches
earthquakes
What type of boundary is this?
transform
convergent
divergent
Australia is in the middle of what Plate?
Earth Plate
Indo-Australian Plate
Pacific Plate
Dinner Plate
Which Plate is positioned south of Australia?
Eurasian Plate
Pacific Plate
Antarctic Plate
African Plate
The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of...
magnetic reversal
continental drift
global positioning
oceanic drift
The circular arrows inside the Earth's Mantle represent what type of motion, that drives ALL plate movement?
Convergent Boundary
Ocean Currents
Transform Boundary
Convection Currents
Which pieces of evidence did Wegener NOT use to try and prove his theory of continental drift?
Fossils
Ocean currents
Climate change
Land features
The Mantle floats directly on the...
Crust
Outer core
Lithosphere
Inner core
Convection currents are made by?
Rock magnetism
Big Microwave
Hot crust sinking, cold outer core rising
Hot magma rising, cold magma sinking
___________ help explain why Earth is not getting any larger even though the tectonic plates are always moving.
earthquakes
subduction zones
fossils
volcanoes
What geologic event would most likely be found at a transform boundary?
Volcano
Mountain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Earthquake
Which layer of the Earth consists of tectonic plates?
lithosphere
mantle
mesosphere
asthenosphere
