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Plate Tectonics Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 4hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name for the supercontinent?

a)

Eurasia

b)

Northern China

c)

Southern Africa

d)

Pangea

2.

When plates PULL APART they cause which geologic event?

a)

OCEAN BASINS

b)

MOUNTAINS

c)

RIFT VALLEYS

3.

When plates slide past each other they cause

a)

OCEAN BASINS

b)

VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES

c)

RIFT VALLEYS

4.

When plates PUSH TOGETHER they cause

a)

OCEAN BASINS

b)

MOUNTAINS

c)

RIFT VALLEYS

5.

The earth layer that consists of the tectonic plates is the

a)

MANTLE

b)

LITHOSPHERE

c)

ASTHENOSPHERE

d)

OUTER CORE

6.

What does this figure show?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Transform Boundary

c)

Convergent Boundary

7.

What does this figure show?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

8.

What does this figure show?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

9.

The lithosphere (crust) is broken into sections called

a)

plates

b)

faults

c)

ridges

d)

trenches

10.

A break in Earth's crust is called a

a)

plate

b)

rift

c)

trench

d)

fault

11.

The process of seafloor being destroyed at the trench is called

a)

ridging

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

trenching

d)

subduction

12.

The feature that forms where seafloor spreading occurs is the

a)

ridge

b)

trench

c)

subduction zone

d)

plate

13.

The feature that forms where subduction occurs is the

a)

rift

b)

mantle

c)

ridge

d)

trench

14.

Plates collide at a ___ boundary.

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

15.

Plates move apart at a ___ boundary.

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

16.

Plates slide past each other at a ____ boundary.

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform