WorksheetsWeek 3 Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is directly responsible for the movement of the tectonic plates?
Convection currents in the mantle
Convection currents in the outer core
Volcanic activity at the plate boundaries
Magma generation in the mid oceanic ridge
What is the best explanation of "jigsaw puzzle" fitting of continents?
Shape of continents' coastlines are about the same.
Elevation of continents' coastlines are about the same
Same species fossils of the same age are found in different continents
Same sedimentary rocks of the same age are found in different continents.
Which TWO (2) of the following decribes about "sea floor spreading"?
It occurs at the mid oceanic ridges.
New crustal rocks are generated here.
It occurs at the continental rifts.
It involves the stretching of continental lithosphere.
Which TWO (2) of the following are real examples of tectonic plates?
Nazca Plate
Eurasian Plate
Bornean Plate
Hawaiian Plate
How do geologists identify and locate plate boundaries?
Studying earthquake activities
Studying sea floor level
Studying sea level
Studying tsunami activities
Which of the following is NOT a classification of plate boundaries?
Translate boundary
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Which one occurs first? Mid oceanic ridge OR continental rift?
Mid oceanic ridge
Continental rift
How is continental-continental convergent boundary different from oceanic-continental convergent boundary?
Crust thickness
Volcanic activity
Elevation of mountain chains
What are the characteristics of mid oceanic ridge transform fault?
It is small in size.
It offsets the mid ocean ridges.
It is large in size.
It generates more deadly earthquakes.
Which occurs first in the formation of continental rifting?
Stretching of continental lithosphere
Rocks break and extensioanl faults form.
Crust subsides and rift vally forms.
Sea floor spreading
