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Plate Tectonics-The Basics

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago.  This continent is called
a)
America
b)
Super Earth
c)
Pangea
d)
Eurasia
2.
What is the difference between the lithosphere and asthenosphere that makes up the mantle?
a)

The lithosphere is is made of dense solid material while the asthenosphere is made of liquid molten metal

b)

The lithosphere is a mixture of gasses while the asthenosphere is made of rigid, solid rock

c)

The lithosphere is molten rock that moves while the asthenosphere is rigid and thin

d)

The lithosphere is made of rigid, solid rock while the asthenosphere is a softer hot rock that flows.

3.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
4.

What happens to temperature and density as you go deeper in the Earth?

a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
fluctuates
d)
remains the same
5.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
6.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
7.

Which type of crust is more dense?

a)
Continental
b)
Oceanic
8.

________________ currents drive Earth's plate movement.

a)

ocean

b)

atmosphere

c)

wind

d)

convection

9.

a)

divergent boundary

b)

convergent boundary

c)

transform boundary

10.

a)

divergent boundary

b)

convergent boundary

c)

transform boundary

11.

Which layer contains the convection currents that move Earth's plates?

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Mesosphere

12.

Volcanoes found away from plate boundaries and in the middle of plates, such as Hawaii, are known as 

a)

hot spots

b)

calderas

c)

trenches

d)

mid-ocean ridges

13.
What takes place because of sea-floor spreading?
a)
Crust is recycled.
b)
Crust is created.
c)
The ocean is evaporated.
d)
The sea floor remains unchanged.
14.

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

a)

along the edges of all the continents.

b)

along mid-ocean ridges.

c)

in deep-ocean trenches.

d)

at the north and south poles.

15.

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as _______

a)

convection.

b)

continental drift.

c)

subduction.

d)

conduction.

16.

What are the two types of crust?

a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
17.

When two continental plates converge, this landform is made:

a)

Mountain (non volcanic)

b)

Rift Valley

c)

Trench and Volcanic Mountains

d)

Fracture Zone

18.

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge, what landform(s) is created?

a)

Mountain (non-volcanic)

b)

Trench and Volcanic Islands

c)

Trench and volcanic mountains

d)

Mid Ocean ridge

19.

When two oceanic plates diverge, what landform is created

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Trench and volcanic islands

c)

Mid ocean ridge

d)

fracture zone

20.

When two plates diverge on land, what landform is created?

a)

mid ocean ridge

b)

fracture zone

c)

rift valley

d)

Trench

21.

When an oceanic plate converges with an oceanic plate, what landform(s) is created?

a)

Trench and volcanic islands

b)

trench and volcanic mountains

c)

mid ocean ridge

d)

fracture zone

22.

When two plates slide past each other, what landform is created?

a)

Mid ocean ridge

b)

fracture zone

c)

trench

d)

rift valley

23.
An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 
a)
seismogram
b)
focus seismic map
c)
focus
d)
seismograph 
24.
Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
A peninsula
d)
An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct. 
25.
Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a)
At plate boundaries
b)
in oceans
c)
in the middle of continents
d)
in the middle of plates
26.
Earth's  lithosphere is broken into pieces called
a)
crust
b)
rock
c)
plates
d)
fault
27.

The first type of seismic wave to arrive after an earthquake. Travels through solids and liquids

a)

P-Waves

b)

S-Waves

28.

The second type of seismic wave to arrive after an earthquake. Travels through solids only

a)

P-Waves

b)

S-Waves

29.
This layer is completely liquid
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle
d)
outer core
30.
This layer is solid & rigid
a)
Lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
outer core
31.

Which layer is described as plastic-like and slowly flowing?

a)

lithosphere

b)

asthenosphere

c)

crust

d)

inner crust

32.
In the Atlantic ocean, where is the youngest seafloor located?
a)
Towards the edges, near the eastern and western continents
b)
Towards the middle of the ocean
c)
Towards the north and south poles
d)
Young seafloor is located randomly throughout the ocean
33.

Process by which new ocean crust forms.

a)

Seafloor spreading

b)

Continental drift

c)

Mid-ocean ridge

d)

Rift

34.
Undersea mountain range.
a)
Rift
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
seafloor spreading
d)
Continental drift
35.
The OLDEST seafloor is located? 
a)
Closest to the mid-ocean ridge
b)
Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge
36.
Older crust is found towards the...
a)
Mid-ocean ridge
b)
Deep-ocean trench
c)
Asthenosphere
37.

Each layer of earth is the same density

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Each layer of Earth is a uniform temperature

a)

True

b)

False

39.

The most dense physical layer of Earth is:

a)

Inner Core

b)

Outer Core

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Asthenosphere

e)

Lithosphere

40.

Check which feature is NOT a cause of seismic activity

a)

Landslide

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Glacial deposits

d)

Avalanche

e)

Faults

41.

Which of the following is a source of heat in Earth's interior?

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Solar radiation

c)

Seismic Waves

d)

Radioactive decay

42.

An earthquake occurs along a fault when:

a)

Stress in the rock along the fault does not change for a long period of time

b)

Stress in the rock along the fault causes the rock to melt

c)

Enough stress builds up in the rock along the fault to cause the rock to break or slip

43.

When density increases...

a)

material rises

b)

material sinks

44.

When density decreases...

a)

material rises

b)

material sinks

45.

As material heats up...

a)

Its density increases

b)

Its density decreases

46.

As material cools down...

a)

Its density increases

b)

Its density decreases

47.

Undersea earthquakes have the potential to cause which natural phenomena?

a)

Hurricanes

b)

Tsunamis

c)

Tornadoes

d)

Monsoons

48.

Rock layers shown in the picture have been folded at a convergent boundary. Which occurred first?

a)

The layers

b)

The folding

49.
Which of the following is the oldest?
a)
Layer L
b)
Intrusion D
c)
Intrusion H
d)
Layer E
50.

What is the last event to happen?

a)

Deposition of Breccia

b)

Igneous Intrusion

c)

Faulting

d)

Deposition of Limestone