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Tectonics Recap

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or false? The inner core is liquid.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

Lithopshere

b)

Lythosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Lithospere

3.

Which of these shows layers in the correct order?

a)

Crust

Inner Core

Outer Core

Lithosphere

Asthenosphere

b)

Lithosphere

Asthenosphere

Mantle

Outer Core

Inner Core

c)

Lithosphere

Mantle

Oceanic Crust

Continental Crust

Mantle

d)

Outer Core

Inner Core

Mantle

Asthenosphere

Crust

4.

Which type of lithosphere is thicker?

a)

Oceanic Lithosphere

b)

Continental Lithosphere

5.

Lithosphere is made of...

a)

Crust plus the upper mantle

b)

Oceanic crust and continental crust

c)

Asthenosphere plus the mantle

d)

Only crust

6.

The asthenosphere is...

a)

the part of the mantle that moves like hot plastic.

b)

the cool, solid part of the mantle.

c)

the crust plus the upper mantle.

d)

a thin layer found above the lithosphere.

7.

The core is mostly made of...

a)

iron and copper

b)

copper and nickel

c)

iron and nickel

d)

iron and aluminium

8.

Which tectonic plate do we live on?

a)

Bahraini Plate

b)

Arabian Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

We don't live on a tectonic plate

9.

True or false? Convergent plate margins have two plates moving away from each other.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Subduction occurs at a...

a)

Convergent plate margin

b)

Divergent plate margin

c)

Conservative plate margin

d)

Constructive plate margin

11.

True or false? Volcanoes occur at conservative plate margins.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Divergent plate margins result in a ___________ movement.

a)

Subduction

b)

Spreading

c)

Downward

d)

Rapid

13.

Tectonic plates because of slab pull and ...

a)

Ridge push

b)

Divergence

c)

Slab push

d)

Ridge pull

14.

At a destructive plate margin, what is also carried down within the sediment?

a)

Magma

b)

Water

c)

Lava

d)

Iron

15.

When water is released from the subducting plate, it...

a)

helps melt the surrounding mantle.

b)

cools the mantle.

c)

stops further subduction.

d)

sinks down to the core.