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Worksheets5 - Plate boundaries
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 51mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which crust subducts because it is denser than other crust?
a)
pizza crust
b)
oceanic crust
c)
continental crust
d)
new crust
2.
The theory that states that pieces of Earth's crust are in constant, slow motion is the theory of...
a)
continental eruption
b)
plate boundaries
c)
plate tectonics
d)
lithospheric drift
3.
A fracture in earth's crust is a
a)
tsunami
b)
fault
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
epicenter
4.
The center layer of the Earth
a)
mantle
b)
core
c)
crust
d)
home
5.
What is the thickest, middle layer of the Earth called?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
6.
What is the thinnest, outermost layer of Earth called?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
outer core
d)
inner core
7.
This is an image which plate margin?
a)
Constructive
b)
Conservative
c)
Destructive
d)
Collision
8.
This is an image of what plate margin.
a)
Conservative
b)
Collision
c)
Destructive
d)
Constructive
9.
This is an image of which plate margin?
a)
Collision
b)
Constructive
c)
Destructive
d)
Conservative
10.
The German scientist who first proposed the Theory of Continental Drift 100 years ago?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Penny Pangea
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Gary Gondwana
11.
All of the continents were once part of one large continent called...
a)
Panacea
b)
Pangea
c)
North America
d)
Gondwana
12.
Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.
a)
continental
b)
oceanic
c)
plates
d)
mantle
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