WorksheetsWorld Geography Unit 1.2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
According to the theory of plate tectonics, what moves the plates of the earth?
Wind
Water currents
Convection currents
The sun and moon
What is the name of the single landmass that all continents broke off from?
Tectonic plates
Eurasia
Peninsula
Pangea
The circle of volcanoes that surrounds the pacific ocean is also known as the...?
Magma Belt
Ring of Fire
San Andreas Fault
Subduction Zone
Earthquakes and volcanoes can produce lasting changes to the landscape of an area. These primarily affect which sphere of the earth?
Lithosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
What do we call the process of one plate sliding underneath another?
Convergence
Subduction
Divergence
Transformation
The Marianas Trench is the deepest trench in the world. What plate boundary is responsible for the formation of the Marianas Trench?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Landform
What type of plate boundary is shown here?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Landform
What type of plate boundary is shown here?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Landform
What type of plate boundary is shown here?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Landform
An oceanic plate forms a convergent boundary with a continental plate. What is the result of this boundary?
The continental plate subducts and creates a volcano
The continental plate and the oceanic plate both subduct
The oceanic plate subducts and creates a volcano
Neither plate subducts and instead go up creating tall mountains
