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Plate Tectonics Review

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
2.
Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago.  This continent is called
a)
America
b)
Super Earth
c)

Pangaea

d)
Eurasia
3.
A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
4.

What is the difference between the lithosphere and asthenosphere layers that make up the mantle?

a)

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

b)
The lithosphere is a mixture of gasses while the asthenosphere is made of solid rock
c)

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

d)
The lithosphere is made of solid rock while the asthenosphere is more flexible hot rock that moves.
5.
Convergent Plate Movement can create
a)
Rifts
b)
Mountains
c)
Ocean Ridges
d)
Radiation
6.
A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
7.

_______________ Currents within the mantle cause the earth's plates to move and shift so molten material rises and falls due to density and gravity

a)
Convection
b)
Radiation
c)
Conduction
d)
Wind
8.
Divergent Plate movement can create
a)
Convection Currents
b)
Conduction
c)
Mountains
d)
Rifts and ocean ridges
9.
When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Convection Current
d)
Gravitational Pull
10.
The movement of metals within the earth's outer core cause a ____________________________ that is detectable on the earth's surface using a compass
a)
Gravitational Pull
b)
Volcanic Eruption
c)
Magnetic field
d)
Convection Current
11.

What forms where two oceanic plates collide?

a)

a hot spot

b)

subduction zone

c)

rift valley

d)

transform boundary

12.

How fast to the plates move?

a)

1 - 12 cm a year

b)

10 - 20 feet a year

c)

a mile a year

d)

they don't move

13.

What causes seafloor spreading?

a)

new material is being added to the asthenosphere

b)

earthquakes

c)

sediments compacting

d)

magma rising at divergent boundaries

14.

The famous African Rift Valley is and example of _____________.

a)

a mid-ocean ridge

b)

a divergent boundary

c)

a convergent boundary

d)

a transform boundary

15.

Which of these are evidence supporting the idea of continental drift?

a)

matching fossil beds on separate continents

b)

matching rock banding on separate continents

c)

nothing is evidence

d)

matching fossil beds and rock banding on separate continents

16.

An underwater mountain chain is called _____________.

a)

a deep sea trench

b)

oceanic crust

c)

ocean floor sediment

d)

an ocean ridge

17.

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are ________________.

a)

near continents

b)

far away from mid-ocean ridges

c)

at mid-ocean ridges

d)

near Asia

18.

Plate movement is _______________.

a)

fast

b)

slow

c)

periodic

19.

Which of these supports the idea of continental drift?

a)

Matching river systems

b)

Matching land forms

c)

Matching weather patterns

d)

global winds

20.

What forms when two continental plates collide?

a)

volcanoes

b)

faults

c)

mountains

d)

river valleys

21.

Who first formally proposed the idea of continental drift?

a)

Albert Schweitzer

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Alfred Hitchcock

22.

Volcanoes form at ________________.

a)

transform boundaries

b)

divergent boundaries

c)

the center of continents

d)

at ocean/continental convergent boundaries

23.

Bands of rock with alternating magnetic fields indicate that Earth's magnetic field __________.

a)

is constant

b)

grows stronger every 15 years

c)

has weakened over time

d)

has reversed many times

24.

Why didn't anyone fully accept Wegener's theory of continental drift until after WWII?

a)

He was a kook that liked freezing weather

b)

No one could explain how it worked

c)

He was not a real scientist

d)

There were a lot of crazy scientists in those days......

25.

Mountains on the East Coast are rounded and have deep soil. Mountains on the West Coast are tall and rocky. Why?

a)

East coast mountains are young and haven't eroded

b)

West coast mountains are young and haven't eroded

c)

East coast mountains are old and weathered

d)

West coast mountains are old and weathered

26.

The youngest part of the sea floor is _____________.

a)

near deep sea trenches

b)

where there is thick ocean sediments

c)

near mid-ocean ridges

d)

where the widest bands of magnetic polarity are found

27.

The alignment of iron minerals in rocks is proof that Earth's _____________has reversed in the past.

a)

magnetic field

b)

core

c)

gravity

d)

asthenosphere

28.

Which of these is at a transform boundary?

a)

Appalachian Mountains (almost heaven)

b)

San Andreas Fault (good bye California)

c)

Himalaya Mountains (Is that a Yeti?)

d)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Iceland dividing)

29.

The magnetic stripe pattern on one side of an ocean ridge is _____________.

a)

a mirror image of the other side

b)

younger than the other side

c)

different than the rocks on land

30.

Plates move apart at __________boundaries.

(Hint: Think of the song!)

a)

convergent

b)

stable

c)

transform

d)

divergent

31.

Coal beds in Antarctica show that the continent was once _________

(Hint: Where does coal come from?)

a)

part of Africa

b)

warm

c)

colder

d)

farther from the Equator

32.

Seafloor spreading happens because ________________

a)

of convection currents in the Mantle

b)

of volcanoes

c)

of giant sea serpents

d)

of undersea construction

33.
Created by a divergent boundary.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Mariana Trench
c)
Mid Atlantic ridge
34.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
35.
During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...
a)
along the continents
b)
at the mid ocean ridges
c)
deep ocean trenches
d)
at north and south poles
36.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
37.
The area around the pacific plate where boundaries form is called...
a)
death ring
b)
fire zone
c)
ring of fire
d)
zone of fire
38.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
39.
This land formation occurs at a divergent continental/ continental boundary.
a)
mid ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
pacific hot spot
d)
rift valley
40.
What happens to temperature as you go deeper in the Earth?
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
fluctuates
d)
remains the same
41.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
42.
What is represented by the picture? 
a)
Sea-floor spreading
b)

Pangaea

c)
How the continents are arranged today
d)
Volcanoes
43.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
44.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
45.
Which type of crust is more dense and thinner?
a)
Continental
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Oceanic
d)
Byers
46.
What was Wegener's hypothesis called?
a)
The Pangea 
b)
Moving Continents 
c)

Continental Drift

d)

Tectonic Plates

47.
A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Spreading
48.
Which answer below correctly describes the formation of a volcanic island arc?
a)
Islands are created along the mid ocean ridge as new oceanic crust is formed.
b)
Islands are created one at a time as the plate moves across a hot spot in the mantle.
c)
Islands are created along a subduction zone as oceanic crust is forced back down in to the mantle.
d)
Islands are created as pressure is released when two tectonic plates are pulled apart.
49.
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
a)
Africa and North America
b)
South America and Europe
c)
South America and Africa
d)
 Antartica and Africa
50.
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
a)
Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
b)
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
c)
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
d)
all of the above
51.

Most geologist think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

a)

the rotation of the Earth.

b)

the Earth's magnetic field.

c)

subduction.

d)

convection currents.

52.

Ocean crust is made of _______ and is _______ dense than continental crust.

a)

basalt, less

b)

basalt, more

c)

granite, less

d)

granite, more

53.

Which of the following is formed at Continent- Continent convergent boundaries?

a)

Volcanic Mountains

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Non-volcanic Mountain Ranges

d)

Both volcanoes and earthquakes

54.

Which of the following is the a picture of a ocean to ocean convergent boundary?

a)
b)
c)
d)

None of those show a ocean to ocean convergent

55.

What formations happen at ocean to ocean subduction zones?

a)

Deep oceanic trenches

b)

Mountain Ranges

c)

Coastal Volcanic Mountains

d)

Both mountains and volcanoes

56.

The cascade mountain range, where Mt. St Helens is formed, was created because of a ...

a)

Subduction zone

b)

Ocean - continent boundary

c)

crust melted and magma formed volcanic mountain ranges

d)

All of those above

57.

Where is crust DESTROYED (when melting in the mantle!)?

a)

Continent- continent Convergent

b)

Transform boundaries

c)

Subduction zones

d)

All convergent boundaries

58.

Which is an example of a plate boundary which has formed the Himalayas Mountain Range (home of Mt. Everest!) ?

a)

Ocean- continent convergent boundary

b)

Ocean- Ocean convergent boundary

c)

Continent - continent Convergent boundary

d)

Transform boundary

59.

Which of the following is the photo which formed JAPAN- a volcanic island arc?

a)
b)
c)
60.

At which plate boundaries does a SUBDUCTION zone occur?

a)

Continent to continent convergent boundary

b)

Ocean- continent convergent boundary

c)

ocean- ocean convergent boundary

d)

Both Ocean-Ocean and Ocean- Cont. Boundaries

e)

Both Ocean- Cont. and Cont- cont. Boundaries

61.

How were the Colorado Rockies Formed?

a)

Continent Continent Convergent COLLISION!

b)

Deep Ocean- Ocean subduction zone

c)

Shallow subduction of ocean under continent plate - Volcanoes!

62.

Which plate is the SUBDUCTING or sinking plate in a convergent boundary?

a)

The dense oceanic plate

b)

The Thick continental plate

c)

Neither

d)

Both ocean and continental plate can sink.

63.

When the subducting plate sinks into the mantle it heats up and melts. This can form which of the following?

a)

Coastal volcanic mountain arcs like the Cascades (Mt. St. Helens)

b)

Oceanic volcanic island arcs like Japan (Mt. Fuji)

c)

Very tall mountain ranges like the Himalayas (Mt. Everest)

d)

Both Volcanic arcs- continental and oceanic.

64.

Fill in the blank: The oceanic plate is _______ dense than the continental plate so it sinks, or subducts, under the continental plate.

a)

Less

b)

More

c)

Same

65.

At which of the following boundaries is CRUST neither created OR destroyed- it is just reformed?

a)

Ocean- continent boundary

b)

Ocean- ocean continent boundary

c)

Continent- continent boundary

d)

Divergent Boundary

66.

At which of the following plate boundaries is there little to no activity happening (no volcanoes and no large earthquakes)

a)

Ocean-ocean convergent

b)

ocean- cont. convergent

c)

cont- cont convergent

d)

divergent