WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which tectonic plate is shown in this map?
African
Eurasian
North American
Pacific
What was Pangaea?
The first animal lifeforms
Fossils found in continental crust
The processes of mountain building
A supercontinent
Which of the following is not a processes causing tectonic plates to move?
Slab-pull
Ridge-push
Mantle-drag
Plate-shove
Which plate boundary is shown in the diagram?
Convergent
Divergent
Conservative
Collision
Which of the following facts about the lithosphere are true?
It includes the crust and uppermost mantle
The word means 'rocky'
It is liquid and flows
It is solid and brittle
Which of the following facts about the asthenosphere are true?
It is ductile and pliable
The word means 'very strong'
It includes the upper mantle
It is located beneath the lithosphere
Which of the following statements about oceanic crust are true?
Thick, dense and young granite
Thin, dense and young basalt
Thin, less dense and young basalt
Thick, dense and old granite
On which type of plate boundary are the Aleutian Islands formed?
Divergent
Convergent (oceanic-continental)
Convergent (oceanic-oceanic)
Conservative
What feature can be seen in this photograph?
Mid-ocean ridge
Deep sea trench
Volcanic island arc
Rift valley
Which of the following terms matches correctly to the diagram?
W = Volcanic island arc
X = Fold Mountains
Y = Convergence
Z = Subduction
Which of these processes occurs at a divergent plate boundary?
Subduction
Uplift
Folding
Seafloor spreading
Which of the following features is found at a divergent plate boundary on continental crust?
Mid-ocean Ridge
Rift Valley
Fold Mountains
Deep Sea Trench
Which of the following terms matches correctly to the diagram?
A = Rift Valley
B = Mid-Ocean Ridge
C = Sea-floor spreading
D = Divergence
At which type of plate boundary are the Andes mountains and the Peru-Chile Trench formed?
Convergent (subduction)
Convergent (collision)
Divergent
Conservative
Which of the following types of stress formed the Himalayan fold mountains?
Tension
Shearing
Compression
Abrasion
