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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass then broke apart:

a)

Lithospheric Displacement

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

Pangaea Hypothesis

d)

Continental Drift

2.

What is the name of the scientist who first theorized the idea of continental drift?

a)

Harr Hess

b)

Alfred Wegner

c)

Marie Therp

d)

Alfred Hess

3.

Which type of crust is less dense and thicker?

a)

Oceanic Crust

b)

Continental Crust

c)

Lithospheric Crust

4.

Where do convection currents occur?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Inner Core

c)

Outer Core

d)

Mantle

5.

Continents were once joined together in a single landmass called what?

a)

Pangaea

b)

Laurasia

c)

Gondwana

d)

Panthalassa

6.

Which type of crust will subduct under the other

a)

Oceanic

b)

Continental

c)

Lithospheric

7.

What kind of plate boundary is shown?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Collision

8.

Where does sea-floor spreading occur?

a)

Mid-Ocean ridges

b)

Magnetic Reversals

c)

Mariana trench

d)

Subduction Zones

9.

What plate boundary is most responsible for earthquakes?

a)

Transform Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Divergent Boundary

d)

Collision Boundary

10.

What kind of plate boundary is shown?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Continental - Oceanic Convergent

c)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

d)

Oceanic - Oceanic Convergent

11.

What occurs at a subduction zone?

a)

Plates diverge and one is pushed under and destroyed.

b)

Plates diverge apart to form new crust.

c)

Plates converge and form mountains.

d)

Plates slip laterally against one another.

12.

Convection currents in the mantle are caused by differences in what?

a)

Mass and Temperature

b)

Composition and Mass

c)

Density and Temperature

d)

Density and Composition

13.

What kind of plate boundary is shown?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Oceanic - Oceanic Convergent

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Volcanic Island Arc

14.

Which of the following is not evidence of sea-floor spreading?

a)

Paleomagnetism

b)

Earthquake Patterns

c)

Ages of ocean floor rock

d)

Mountain ranges

15.

Which scientist was the first to create a scientific map of the ocean floor?

a)

Alfred Wegener

b)

Harry Hess

c)

Marie Tharp

16.

What is typically a result of a continental and oceanic plate converging?

a)

Continental Volcanic Arc

b)

Mountains

c)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

d)

Rift Valley

17.

What is the Red Sea caused by?

a)

Convergent Boundary

b)

Rift Valley

c)

Volcanic Island Arc

d)

Earthquakes

18.

Which of the following pieces of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to construct the theory of continental drift?

a)

 Identical rocks and fossils were found on opposing coastlines.

b)

 The coastlines of South America and Africa look complementary.

c)

 The magnetic orientation of rocks is symmetrical on either side of mid-ocean ridges.

d)

If the continents were placed together, glacial striations would match.

19.

What is typically a result of two oceanic plates converging

a)

Continental Volcanic Arc

b)

Volcanic Island Arc

c)

Mountain Ranges

d)

Rift Valley

20.

Of the following statements, which statement is truest?

a)

 Continental crust is younger than oceanic crust, as it is lighter than oceanic crust.

b)

Oceanic crust is younger than continental crust, as it is constantly formed and destroyed.

c)

Oceanic crust is older than continental crust, as it is heavier than continental crust.

d)

Oceanic crust turns into mountain ranges at subduction zones

21.

Symmetrical magnetic stripes in the ocean floor on either side of a mid-ocean ridge support– 

a)

the formation of the supercontinent Pangea. 

b)

the subduction of oceanic crust into the mantle.

c)

 the spreading of ocean floor on both sides of oceanic ridges.

d)

 the radioactive decay of uranium into lead.

22.

Which of the following best describes where the youngest and oldest crustal rocks can be found on the Earth?

a)

The oldest crustal rocks are found high in the mountains and the youngest at sea level.

b)

The oldest crustal rocks are found at the edges of continents and the youngest in the center.

c)

The oldest crustal rocks are found on continents and the youngest on the ocean floor.

d)

The oldest crustal rocks are found at the North and South Pole and the youngest at the equator.