WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
In what layer do convection currents occur in?
Lithosphere
Mesosphere
Upper Mantle
Asthenosphere
Who came up with the theory of seafloor spreading?
(a)
What is the lithosphere made up of?
The middle mantle
The upper mantle and middle mantle
The crust and the upper mantle
The crust
What was the huge supercontinent called in which every continent was connected?
Eurasia
Pangea
Eurafrasia
Pangaea
_______ and ___________ crust are the two types of crust.
(a)
What layer is made up of the lower mantle?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Mesosphere
What is subduction?
When the denser plate is forced below the lighter plate.
When the lighter plate is forced below the denser plate.
When two plates collide.
When two plates collide and are pulled under each other.
Who created the theory of Continental Drift?
(a)
What is it called when two plates collide?
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Volcanic Mountain Ranges
What is a transform boundary?
When an earthquake happens.
When two plates slide past each other.
When two plates collide.
When two plates move away from each other.
What are some examples of folded mountains?
Appalachian Mountains
Andes Mountains
Himalayas
Rocky Mountains
What are the three types of boundaries?
Divergent Boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
Collision Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
What is the outer core made out of?
Iron and Magma
Silicone and Aluminum
Liquid Iron and Nickel
Liquid Iron and Zinc
What indirect evidence did scientists use to learn about the Earth's interior?
Earthquakes
Seismic Waves
Seismographs
Drilling
Which are plates?
Eurasian Plate
Atlantic Plate
Indo-Australian Plate
Nazca Plate
The ___________ _________ _______ is one of the most intensively studied fault in the world.
(a)
Which type of crust is thicker?
Continental
Oceanic
If a continental and an oceanic plate were to collide, which plate would subduct?
Continental
Oceanic
What do divergent boundaries create?
Fissure Volcanoes
New Seas
Rift Valleys
New Seafloor
What is the lithosphere also called?
Subduction
Continental Crust
Tectonic Plates
Oceanic Crust
