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Plate Tectonics Review

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

a)

tectonic plates

b)

North American Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

African Plate

2.

Alfred Wegener used __________ to prove that Pangea once existed ?

a)

graham crackers and frosting

b)

math

c)

a metal detector

d)

fossils

3.
Which of these is a key piece of evidence of contiental drift?
a)
Continent shapes
b)
Fossil record
c)
Rock layers
d)
All of the above
4.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that is composed almost entirely of oceanic crust and lies beneath the Pacific Ocean

a)

Antarctic Plate

b)

Indo-Australian Plate

c)

Pacific Plate

d)

Atlantic Plate

5.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust.

a)

tectonic plates

b)

African Plate

c)

North American Plate

d)

South American Plate

6.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.

a)

South American Plate

b)

North American Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

African Plate

7.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust.

a)

African Plate

b)

South American Plate

c)

North American Plate

d)

Eurasian Plate

8.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of South America and the oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

a)

North American Plate

b)

Eurasian Plate

c)

African Plate

d)

South American Plate

9.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of India and Australia and the surrounding oceanic crust.

a)

Pacific Plate

b)

Antarctic Plate

c)

Indo-Australian Plate

d)

African Plate

10.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Antarctica and the surrounding oceanic crust.

a)

Indo-Australian Plate

b)

Antarctic Plate

c)

African Plate

d)

Pacific Plate

11.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the Eastern Pacific Ocean and is to the west of the South American Plate.

a)

Indo-Australian Plate

b)

South American Plate

c)

Nazca Plate

d)

Pacific Plate

12.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that is located between the Eurasian plate and the Pacific plate

a)

Eurasian Plate

b)

Philippine Plate

c)

North American Plate

d)

Pacific Plate

13.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)

Pangaea

14.
What is represented by the picture? 
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)
Pangea
c)
How the continents are arranged today
d)
Volcanoes
15.
What was Wegener's hypothesis called?
a)
The Pangea 
b)
Moving Continents 
c)
The Continental Drift
d)
Techtonic Plates
16.

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

a)

the rotation of the Earth.

b)

convection currents in the Asthenosphere

c)

the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

d)

the Moho discontinuity.

17.
The Earth’s surface is not a solid surface but is divided into
a)
several oceanic plates.
b)
continental and crustal plates.
c)
seven continental plates.
d)
continental and oceanic plates.
18.

___________ currents in the Earth's asthenosphere cause plate to shift at their boundaries. This movement also causes earthquakes and volcanic activity.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

ocean

19.

What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

a)

the subducton of the sea floor

b)

the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

c)

convection currents in the asthenosphere

d)

the friction force between the plates that move past each other

20.

The map in the picture shows tectonic plate boundaries. This map would be useful in predicting the location of future

a)

droughts

b)

hurricanes

c)

earthquakes

d)

tornadoes

21.
What geological forces might be responsible for this range of mountains?
a)
diverging tectonic plates
b)
erosion of the land by the ocean
c)
converging tectonic plates
d)
deposition of sediments by the ocean
22.

Earthquake epicenters (center of where the earthquakes started) were mapped for a 35 year period in the diagram above. The black dots indicate these epicenters. The black dots appear along what feature on Earth?

a)

hot spots

b)

plate boundaries

c)

rift zones

d)

sea floor spreading

23.

Where are earthquakes MOST LIKELY to occur?

a)

close to the equator

b)

close to the center of tectonic plates

c)

at divergent or convergent plate boundaries

d)

at transform plate boundaries

24.

What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

a)

the subducton of the sea floor

b)

the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

c)

convection currents in the asthenosphere

d)

the friction force between the plates that move past each other

25.

Where would sea floor spreading most likely occur?

a)

At convergent boundaries (oceanic vs. oceanic)

b)

At convergent boundaries (oceanic vs. continental)

c)

At divergent plate boundaries (oceanic vs. oceanic)

d)

At transform plate boundaries

26.

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

a)

plate tectonics

b)

plate boundaries

c)

continental drift

d)

oceans

27.

Plates slide past each other at _________________ boundaries.

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

d)

universal

28.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

transform

c)

divergent

29.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

30.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

31.

According to Wegener's theory of continental drift,

a)

Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

b)

the continents do not drift

c)

Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

d)

the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have slowly moved.

32.

What is Pangea?

a)

the name of a German scientist

b)

the name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

c)

another name for continental drift

d)

the name of an ancient fossil

33.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
34.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
35.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
36.

NAME THE PLATE:


This plate includes most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.

a)

African

b)

Indo-Australian

c)

Eurasian

d)

Pacific

37.

Name the plate located at the "bottom" of the earth (the red question mark is on the continent with the same name as the surrounding plate)

a)

South American

b)

Antarctic

c)

African

d)

Indo-Australian

38.

Name the plate that is on both sides of the map-marked with the red boxes

a)

Nazca

b)

Indo-Australian

c)

Antarctic

d)

Pacific

39.

Name the Plate

a)

North American

b)

South American

c)

African

d)

Antarctic

40.

The Indo-Australian Plate includes what 2 countries

a)

Indonesia & Australia

b)

India & Austria

c)

Indonesia & Austria

d)

India & Australia

41.

Name the plate that we live on

a)

Eurasian

b)

North American

c)

South American

d)

African

42.

What happens at a transform plate boundary?

a)

Plates move away from each other

b)

Plates move toward each other

c)

Plates slide past each other

43.

What was the name of the theory that Alfred Wegener proposed explaining why the continents moved?

a)

seafloor spreading

b)

continental drift

c)

land moving

d)

rifting

44.
This is an example of:
a)
Convergent Plate Movement
b)
Divergent Plate Movement
c)
Transform Plate Movement
45.
This is an example of:
a)
Convergent Plate Movement
b)
Divergent Plate Movement
c)
Transform Plate Movement
46.
DIVERGENT PLATE MOVEMENT is when 2 plates are:
a)
COLLIDING
(moving towards each other)
b)
SPREADING
(moving away from each other)
c)
SLIDING
(moving quickly past each other)
47.
TRANSFORM PLATE MOVEMENT is when 2 plates are:
a)
COLLIDING
(moving towards each other)
b)
SPREADING
(moving away from each other)
c)
SLIDING
(moving quickly past each other)
48.
What happens at the CONVERGENT plate boundaries?
a)
Mountains or volcanoes form
b)
New ocean crust forms
c)
Earthquakes happen
49.
What happens at the DIVERGENT plate boundaries?
a)
Mountains or volcanoes form
b)
New ocean crust forms
c)
Earthquakes happen
50.
What happens at the TRANSFORM plate boundaries?
a)
Mountains or volcanoes form
b)
New ocean crust forms
c)
Earthquakes happen
51.
This is an example of:
a)
Convergent Plate Movement
b)
Divergent Plate Movement
c)
Transform Plate Movement
52.
CONVERGENT PLATE MOVEMENT is when 2 plates are:
a)
COLLIDING
(moving towards each other)
b)
SPREADING
(moving away from each other)
c)
SLIDING
(moving quickly past each other)
53.

What is the name of the plate labeled J?

a)

Eurasian

b)

Pacific

c)

North American

d)

African

54.

What is the name of the plate labeled G?

a)

Nazca

b)

Indo- Australian

c)

African

d)

South American

55.

What are the names of plates A and D?

a)

Nazca and Pacific

b)

African and South American

c)

African and North American

d)

North American and Pacific

56.

Which Tectonic Plate is at #1

a)

Pacific

b)

Australian

c)

Africa

d)

North America

57.

What Lithosphere Plate is circled?

a)

North America

b)

African

c)

Australian

d)

Antarctic

58.

What Tectonic Plate is #8?

a)

African

b)

Eurasian

c)

Nazca

d)

Antarctic

59.

Which Lithosphere Plate is circled?

a)

North American

b)

Pacific

c)

Nazca

d)

South American

60.

What Tectonic Plate is # 11

a)

Australian

b)

American

c)

African

d)

Antarctic

61.

Which Lithosphere Plate is circled?

a)

Eurasian

b)

North American

c)

African

d)

Antarctic

62.

What is the Lithosphere Plate at #3?

a)

South American

b)

Nazca

c)

Eurasian

d)

Australian

63.

Which Lithosphere Plate is circled?

a)

South American

b)

North American

c)

Eurasian

d)

Australian

64.

What is Tectonic Plate #4?

a)

South American

b)

North American

c)

Australian

d)

Antarctic

65.

Which Lithosphere Plate is circled?

a)

Pacific

b)

African

c)

South American

d)

Australian

66.

Which Lithosphere plate is all green?

a)

South American

b)

Eurasian

c)

Nazca

d)

Antarctic

67.

Which Lithosphere plate is #7?

a)

Australian

b)

Antarctic

c)

African

d)

American

68.

Which Lithosphere Tectonic Plate is circled?

a)

African

b)

Antarctic

c)

South American

d)

Eurasian

69.

Which Lithosphere Plate is #13?

a)

Antarctic

b)

Eurasian

c)

Pacific

d)

Nazca

70.

Which Lithosphere Plate is Purple?

a)

America

b)

Antarctic

c)

Nazca

d)

Australian

71.

Which Lithosphere Plate is Purple?

a)

North American

b)

Australian

c)

South American

d)

Eurasian

72.

Which Light Yellow Plate is the most Southern tectonic plate?

a)

Australian

b)

Antarctic

c)

African

d)

American

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