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Yr 8 Tectonic Plates

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is an image which plate margin?

a)

Constructive

b)

Conservative

c)

Destructive

d)

Collision

2.

This is an image of what plate margin.

a)

Conservative

b)

Collision

c)

Destructive

d)

Constructive

3.

Which type of plate boundary is this?

a)

Conservative

b)

Constructive

c)

Destructive

d)

Collision

4.

This is an image of which plate margin?

a)

Collision

b)

Constructive

c)

Destructive

d)

Conservative

5.
What drives tectonic plate movement? 
a)
gravity
b)
coriolis effect
c)
convection currents
d)
the earth's magnetic core
6.
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct? 
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
neither
d)
both
7.
All of the continents were once part of one large continent called...
a)
Panacea
b)
Pangea
c)
North America
d)
Gondwana
8.

Which of these are natural hazards?

a)

Volcanic Eruptions

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Tsunami

d)

Cave Arches Stacks and Stumps

9.

When is a natural event a hazard?

a)

When the natural event is very large.

b)

When the natural event impacts on people and human activities.

c)

When the natural event is caused by people and human activities.

d)

All natural events are hazards.

10.

At which type of plate margin does subduction occur?

a)

Destructive plate margin

b)

Constructive plate margin

c)

Conservative plate margin

11.

The theory that the continents have not always been in their present locations but have moved there over millions of years

a)

Continental Drift Theory

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Lystrasaurus

12.

A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle.

a)

tectonic plate

b)

continent

c)

crust

d)

mantle

13.
A giant landmass that existed 200 million years ago
a)
Wegener
b)
Pangaea
c)
Archyopteryx
d)
Ammonite
14.
The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other
a)
True
b)
False
15.

Which piece of evidence was use to prove continental drift?

a)
The shape of the continents
b)
Similar fossils found on separate continents
c)
Tree fossils found in odd places
d)
All of the above
16.

What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?

a)

Mantle

b)

Core

c)

Crust

17.
Which two metals are thought to be found in the core?
a)
iron and steel
b)
iron and nickel
c)
gold and silver
d)
iron and copper
18.
Which portion of the crust is thicker?
a)
Continental
b)
Oceanic
19.

What layer is liquid?

a)

Crust

b)

Outer core

20.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core