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Plate Tectonics Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Plate Tectonics supports the idea that all continents were once fused together called _____________ .

a)

The rock cycle

b)

Supercontinent

c)

The crust

d)

Pangea

2.

The evidence is in ______________________, where coastlines and mountain ranges appear to fit together like a puzzle all over the world

a)

Continental drift

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

The Rock Cycle

d)

Divergent boundaries

3.

The __________________ are chains of undersea mountains.

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridges

b)

Ocean Trench

c)

Divergent boundary

d)

Transform boundary

4.

______________________ continually adds materials to the ocean floor creating ocean floor.

a)

Sea-floor spreading

b)

Ocean trenches

c)

Divergent mid-ocean ridges

d)

Convergent mid-ocean ridges

5.

Oceans plates sink back into the mantle at _______________ zones, keeping the crust the same size.

a)

Mid-ocean ridges

b)

Ocean trenches

c)

Subduction

d)

Transforming

6.

_____________________ are undersea that are the deepest part of the ocean.

a)

Divergent trenches

b)

Ocean trenches

c)

Transform trenches

d)

Mid-ocean trenches

7.

This plate boundary moves land apart, creating an ocean trench or a valley on land : ________________________

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Transform boundary

c)

Convergent boundary

d)

Mid-Ocean voundary

8.

This tectonic plate boundary creates mountain ranges: ____________________

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

d)

Mid-oceanic boundary

9.

This tectonic plate slips past each other nor creating or destroying land formations: _____________

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Transform boundary

c)

Convergent boundary

d)

Mid-Ocean boundary

10.

The outermost layer of rock on Earth, especially the part of the earth above the mantle is called ________________

a)

Crust

b)

Rock Cycle

c)

Plate tectonics

d)

Subduction zones

11.

The region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core is called the ________________.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Both the crust and the mantle

d)

Both the mantle and the core

12.

Which tectonic plate boundary SLIDES past each other...

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Continental

13.

Which tectonic plate moves TOWARDS each other...

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Continental

14.

Which tectonic plate moves AWAY from each other...

a)

Divergent

b)

Continental

c)

Transform

d)

Covergent

15.

Which of these is NOT causes by the moving of tectonic plates?

a)

Valleys

b)

Mountains

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Hurricanes

16.

This was the supercontinent that existed 500 million years ago

a)

Gondwala

b)

Pandora

c)

Pangaea

d)

Panama

17.

Which of these is NOT an evidence of Pangaea?

a)

similar landforms across continents

b)

similar fossils on widespread continents

c)

similar current climate

d)

evidence of a similar climate millions of years ago

18.

Who came up with the theory of Pangaea?

a)

Werner

b)

Wegener

c)

Newton

d)

Darwin

19.

When one layer of crust (usually oceanic) sinks back into the mantle because of differences in density, it is called:

a)

subtraction

b)

density

c)

volcanoes

d)

subduction

20.

This causes plate tectonics

a)

conduction in the mantle

b)

radiation from the Sun

c)

convection in the outer core

d)

convection in the mantle

21.

Tectonic plates are made of the:

a)

lithosphere

b)

asthenosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

crust

22.

This forms at a divergent boundary on land:

a)

deep-ocean trench

b)

rift valley

c)

mid-ocean ridge

d)

mountains

23.

These forms at a divergent boundary under oceans (pick 2)

a)

mid-ocean ridge

b)

deep-ocean trench

c)

mountains

d)

earthquakes

24.

What type of plate boundary is shown?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

25.

Tectonic plates consist of

a)

continental crust.

b)

mesosphere.

c)

both continental and oceanic crust.

d)

oceanic crust.

26.

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

a)

convection.

b)

continental drift.

c)

subduction.

d)

conduction.

27.

The three types of plate boundaries are

a)

Convergent, divergent, change

b)

Divergent, allegiant, insurgent

c)

Convergent, divergent, transform

d)

Push, pull, slide

28.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
29.
What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?
a)
Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
b)
glacier scars and evidence from temperature
c)
mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
d)
all of the above
30.
Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?
a)
He could not explain HOW the continents moved
b)
He didn't have evidence
c)
His data was wrong
d)
He didn't use the right technology to gather data
31.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
At plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
32.
The area where two tectonic plates meet.
a)
mantle
b)
focus
c)
plate boundary
d)
convection
33.

What forms when oceanic plates move apart from each other (diverge)?

a)

New crust/seafloor is formed at places called mid-ocean ridges

b)

Volcanoes form on the land along edges of plate boundaries

c)

Mountains form because of the uplift of material

d)

Faults, like San Andreas, form

34.

The word "converge" means :

a)

to separate

b)

to come together

c)

to slide by

35.

Which of these is an example of two continental plated converging ?

a)

the Himalayan Mountains

b)

the Appalachian Mountains

c)

Hawaii

d)

the Mid Atlantic Ridge

36.

What mountain range was formed when the Nazca Plate (ocean plate) converged with the South American Plate (continental plate) ?

a)

Rockies

b)

Alps

c)

Himalayas

d)

Andes

37.

Which of these occurred as a result of two ocean plates colliding ?

a)

Japan

b)

Iceland

c)

Hawaii

d)

the Himalayas

38.

The process of one plate going under another and melting into the mantle when the two plates converge is called :

a)

abduction

b)

subduction

c)

deduction

d)

distillation

39.

If a continental plate converges with an ocean plate, which plate will always go below the other and get destroyed ?

a)

the continental plate

b)

the ocean plate

c)

it varies from one to the other

40.

When two ocean plates collide the volcanic features that forms is called a (an) :

a)

island arc

b)

hot spot

c)

continental mountain range

41.

What feature results when an ocean plates gets pushed into the mantle when it converges with another plate ?

a)

the mid-ocean ridge

b)

a rift valley

c)

a deep sea trench

d)

a continental mountain range

42.

What are the two types of crust?

a)

Convergent and Divergent

b)

Lithosphere and Asthenosphere

c)

Continental and Oceanic

d)

Trench and Island Arc

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