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TEK8A plate boundaries

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False: The Mid-Atlantic ridge in the Atlantic ocean is the ONLY example of a divergent boundary (<---->)
a)
True
b)
False
2.
What two words are BEST used to describe how the seafloor spreads?
a)
Magma and convection
b)
Earthquakes and convection
c)
Magma and convention
d)
Volcanoes and earthquakes
3.

What are the two types of crust?

a)

Convergent and Divergent

b)

Lithosphere and Asthenosphere

c)

Continental and Oceanic

d)

Trench and Island Arc

4.

What happens at the boundary where a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide?

a)

The two plates are moving

b)

Mountains develop on edge of the oceanic plate

c)

The continental plate slips under the oceanic plate

d)

The oceanic plate is forced down under the continental plate

5.

How is subduction zone formed?

a)

When two plates slide each past each other

b)

When two plates move away from each other

c)

When two plates move toward each other

d)

When one tectonic plate sinks below another

6.

This trench is located in the western Pacific Ocean and it was said to be the deepest natural trench in the world.

a)

Philippine Trench

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

Pacific Trench

d)

Atlantic Trench

7.

Which two land surface features are created at a subduction zone?

a)

island arc

b)

mountains

c)

trenches

d)

volcanoes

8.

When two continental plates collide, they form

a)

oceans

b)

trenches

c)

tall mountains

d)

canyons

9.

A tsunami is caused by underwater

a)

Fish

b)

Explosions

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Exploration

10.
Approximately 70% of the world's composite volcanoes are located around the Pacific Ocean in a region called the ____________. 
a)
Ring of Fire
b)
Volcano Ring
c)
Nucleus of Volcanoes
d)
Center of Fire
11.

an opening in Earth's crust from which gas, smoke and melted rock flow

a)

earthquake

b)

landslide

c)

volcano

d)

tornado

12.

What type of plate boundary forms where plates slide past each other?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

13.

What is the name of the large, visible transform fault in California?

a)

San Andreas

b)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

c)

Subduction Zone

d)

Himalayas

14.
This scientist built most of the evidence for continental drift.
a)
Alfred Wegener
b)
Sean Carroll
c)
Fred Calfred
d)
John Williams
15.
Which of these is a key piece of evidence of contiental drift?
a)
Continent shapes
b)
Fossil record
c)
Rock layers
d)
All of the above
16.

What is the name given to the one "Super continent"?

a)

Pangaea

b)

Superuno

c)

eine Welt

d)

Derosen

17.

Under sea mountain ranges are called:

a)

deep sea trench

b)

aquatic ranges

c)

mid-ocean ridges

d)

salty hills

18.

When two continental crusts slam into each other which of the following is the prominent feature formed?

a)

mountains

b)

earthquakes

c)

volcanoes

d)

rift valley

19.

The theory of plate tectonics is based on hot magma rising and cool magma sinking. This cycle is called:

a)

subduction

b)

convection

c)

hot pockets

d)

radial fracture

20.

The tectonic plate labeled with the letter G is the ___________ plate.

a)

Indo-Australian

b)

African

c)

Pacific

d)

South American

21.
5. Which layer is the thickest?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
22.
Which layer of Earth is the thinnest? 
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
23.
This is the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth, made up of two parts, is divided into pieces call tectonic plates.
a)
Inner Core
b)
Asthensophere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Outer Core
24.
Is the outer core a liquid or solid?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
25.
Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up and down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
26.
The INNER core is solid because of it's intensely high ________.
a)
Pressure
b)
Temperature
27.
Layer 3 is the Earth's ______ core.
a)
Core
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Asthenosphere
28.

Which is the correct order of the Earths layers?

a)

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

b)

crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

c)

crust, mantle, inner core, outercore

d)

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

29.

Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust?

a)

true

b)

false

30.

Which layer contains convection currents?

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

lithosphere

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