WorksheetsWord Slayer 9/23
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
a)
seismic waves
b)
plate tectonics
c)
sea-floor spreading
d)
convection currents
e)
Asthenosphere
2.
the amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface
a)
pressure
b)
transform boundary
c)
deep-ocean trench
d)
Pangaea
e)
outer core
3.
The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core.
a)
Mantle
b)
convergent boundary
c)
Subduction
d)
continental drift
e)
inner core
4.
A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust.
a)
Lithosphere
b)
divergent boundary
c)
Plates
d)
fossil
e)
heat transfer
5.
The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
rift valley
c)
scientific theory
d)
ocean ridge
e)
Density
6.
A layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of Earth
a)
outer core
b)
seismic waves
c)
plate tectonics
d)
Sonar (Sound Navigation and Ranging)
e)
convection currents in the mantle
7.
A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of Earth
a)
inner core
b)
pressure
c)
transform boundary
d)
sea-floor spreading
e)
convection currents
8.
the movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
a)
heat transfer
b)
Mantle
c)
convergent boundary
d)
deep-ocean trench
e)
Pangaea
9.
Mass per unit volume
a)
Density
b)
Lithosphere
c)
divergent boundary
d)
Subduction
e)
continental drift
10.
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by
a)
convection currents in the mantle
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
rift valley
d)
Plates
e)
fossil
11.
the upward movement of a warm fluid and the downward movement of cool fluid.
a)
convection currents
b)
outer core
c)
seismic waves
d)
scientific theory
e)
ocean ridge
12.
All Land, A Supercontinent
a)
Pangaea
b)
inner core
c)
pressure
d)
plate tectonics
e)
Sonar (Sound Navigation and Ranging)
13.
The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
a)
continental drift
b)
heat transfer
c)
Mantle
d)
transform boundary
e)
sea-floor spreading
14.
A trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
a)
fossil
b)
Density
c)
Lithosphere
d)
convergent boundary
e)
deep-ocean trench
15.
created at a divergent boundary where the ocean plates spread apart. Magma rises out to form underwater mountains.
a)
ocean ridge
b)
convection currents in the mantle
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
divergent boundary
e)
Subduction
16.
a system that uses reflected sound waves to detect and locate objects underwater
a)
Sonar (Sound Navigation and Ranging)
b)
convection currents
c)
outer core
d)
rift valley
e)
Plates
17.
The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
a)
sea-floor spreading
b)
Pangaea
c)
inner core
d)
seismic waves
e)
scientific theory
18.
a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle
a)
deep-ocean trench
b)
continental drift
c)
heat transfer
d)
pressure
e)
plate tectonics
19.
One plate going under another plate
a)
Subduction
b)
fossil
c)
Density
d)
Mantle
e)
transform boundary
20.
Large pieces of earths crust that move due to convection currents.
a)
Plates
b)
ocean ridge
c)
convection currents in the mantle
d)
Lithosphere
e)
convergent boundary
21.
a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
a)
scientific theory
b)
Sonar (Sound Navigation and Ranging)
c)
convection currents
d)
Asthenosphere
e)
divergent boundary
22.
The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
a)
plate tectonics
b)
sea-floor spreading
c)
Pangaea
d)
outer core
e)
rift valley
23.
A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
a)
transform boundary
b)
deep-ocean trench
c)
continental drift
d)
inner core
e)
seismic waves
24.
A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.
a)
convergent boundary
b)
Subduction
c)
fossil
d)
heat transfer
e)
pressure
25.
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
a)
divergent boundary
b)
Plates
c)
ocean ridge
d)
Density
e)
Mantle
26.
a valley formed by the separation of tectonic plates
a)
rift valley
b)
scientific theory
c)
Sonar (Sound Navigation and Ranging)
d)
convection currents in the mantle
e)
Lithosphere
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