WorksheetsTectonic Plates
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who was the pioneer who thought of the theory "The Origin of Continents and Oceans"?
Harry Hammond Hess
Alfred Wegener
Frederick Vine
Drummond Matthews
What tectonic plate does the U.S. sit on?
Antarctic
South American
Eurasian
North American
What theory did Alfred Wegener come up with?
The theory of Relativity
The theory of the origin of continents and oceans
The theory of Continental Drift (like Ice Age the movie)
The theory of The History of Ocean Basins
Who came up with the theory of "The History of Ocean Basins"?
Alfred Wagner
Turcoff Alfredson (1801-1903)
Harry Hammond Hess
Frederick Vine and Drummond Matthews
Who found the phenomenon of magnetic stripes on the sea floor?
Frederick Vine and Drummond Matthews
Richard Wagner
Alfred Wagner
Harry Hammond Hess
What phenomenon does the magnetic stripes support?
Magnetic Sea Floor
Sea Wind
Sea Floor Spreading
Sea Floor induced with current
The phenomenon of a magnetic sea floor commonly known as A=m(5)g
Who was able to explain the the theory of "Continental Drift"?
John Tuzo-Wilson
Alfred Wagner
Harry Hammond Hess
Alfred Von-Smith
What did Dan Mackenzie suggest was responsible for the movement of the tectonic plates?
The two layers in that mantle that were in motion, which as they moved the movement and behavior of the plates changed accordingly.
The three layers in that mantle that were in motion, which as they moved the movement and behavior of the plates changed accordingly.
The Two layers in that core that were in motion, which as they moved the movement and behavior of the plates changed accordingly.
The quadruple layers in that mantle that were in motion, which as they moved the movement and behavior of the plates changed accordingly.
How many major plates are there?
5
6
7
8
12
How many minor plates are there?
6
7
8
9
12
Which is denser the oceanic crust or the continental crust?
Neither
Continental crust
Oceanic crust
Both are the same
What is another name for tectonic plates?
Crust plate
Asthenoshpere plate
Mesospheric plate
Lithospheric plate
What is the technical term for being in a solid state but still having the ability to flow over a long coarse of time (think of chocolate in a warm room).
Malleable
Melty
Solid Creep
Hard Liquid
What theory depicts a tectonic plate being pulled down under another plate instead of the other plate being forced over the original plate? (think of the illustration that the teacher drew yesterday)
Slab Pull
Ridge Push
Plate Fall
Gravity's Pull
Which direction are plates moving at a Divergent Boundary?
Towards each other
Parallel to one another
Perpendicular to one another
Apart form one another
How far does North America move away from Europe every year?
1 cm
2 cm
2 feet
1 inch
3.4592 inches
What is it called when the oceanic plate goes beneath the continental plate?
Subduction
Abduction
Grinding
Seismic slate
Intraplate volcanoes are associated with what pre-existing condition?
Non-existing weaknesses
Pre-existing weaknesses
Pre-existing natural gas pockets in the crust of the earth
Long tree syndrome
What is an Accretionary Wedge?
It is when a plate slide under another plate and it forces tree roots out of the ground
It is when a plate slide over the other and kills every thing on it
It is when a plate slides under another one and forces ocean floor up so as to become a raised surface.
It is when two plate colide with one another at more than 1 km per year.
The Caribbean Islands were formed bu sea floor build up in an Accreationary wedge by a process called obduction.
True
False
Intraplate volcanoes are associated with what?
Cool spots in the mantle
Frozen spots in the mantle
Raised parts in the mantle
Hot spots in the mantle
What is the next (and youngest) island that will appear in the "Hawaiian Islands"
Lo'hii
Lo'iih
Lo'hio
Lo'ihi
