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Tectonic Processes

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

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Class
Date
1.

The outermost layer of the Earth is called the MANTLE.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

In which layer of the Earth are the tectonic plates located?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

3.

Which type of crust is made of basalt and is

younger, thinner, and more dense? 

a)

Oceanic

b)

Continental

4.

This structure provides strong evidence of The Theory of Plate Tectonics

a)

volcanoes

b)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

c)

Mariana Trench

d)

hydrothermal vents

5.

When these 2 plates collide, a trench is created and a chain of volcanic islands are formed.

a)

continental/ oceanic

b)

divergent/oceanic

c)

convergent/divergent

d)

oceanic/oceanic

6.

The deepest point in the Marianas Trench is called...

a)

Pangea

b)

Challenger Deep

c)

Ring of Fire

d)

mid ocean ridge

7.

When the energy released moves as seismic waves through the lithosphere in causes a(n) _______________.

a)

hydrothermal vents

b)

tsunamis

c)

seafloor spreading

d)

earthquake

8.

At these boundaries, plates collide and the more dense plate is

pushed (subducted) under the other.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

oceanic

d)

continental

9.

Seafloor spreading happens at these boundaries.

a)

oceanic

b)

convergent

c)

divergent

d)

continental

10.

Who proposed the Theory of Continental Drift?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Aristotle

11.

What was the name given to the land mass that contained all of the continents together?

a)

Utopia

b)

Euromerica

c)

Afrasia

d)

Pangea

12.

Which of the following supports the theory of Continental Drift?

a)

The apparent fit of the continents

b)

The fossil correlation

c)

The rock and mountain correlation

d)

All of the above

13.

What causes the plates to move?

a)

hot magma rising and cooler magma falling

b)

convection currents

c)

both

d)

neither

14.

Which type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

15.

Which type of plate boundary causes mid-ocean ridges to form?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

16.

What country does the Mid-Atlantic Ridge pass through?

a)

Greenland

b)

Iceland

c)

England

d)

Scotland

17.

What type of boundary forms deep ocean trenches?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

18.

Where do you find the deepest point in the ocean?

a)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

b)

Marianas Trench

c)

Abyssal Plains

d)

Hydrothermal Vents

19.

When two plates collide and the more dense one goes under the less dense one, this is called...

a)

subduction

b)

transformation

c)

divergence

d)

convergence

20.

What is usually found alongside a trench?

a)

a chain of volcanoes/ volcanic islands

b)

abyssal plains

c)

hydrothermal vents

21.

Where is the "Ring of Fire"?

a)

Around the Atlantic Ocean

b)

Around the Pacific Plate

c)

In the Indian Ocean

d)

Between South America and Africa

22.

What type of plate boundary causes seafloor spreading?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

23.

Hydrothermal vents are found at depths of 2000 meters or more.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Where do you find hydrothermal vents?

a)

in trenches

b)

on abyssal plains

c)

at mid-ocean ridges

d)

on volcanic islands

25.

Paleomagnetic stripes on the ocean floor near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge were caused by...

a)

more and less tectonic plate movement at different times

b)

different types of magma rising to the surface at different times

c)

the plates changing from divergent to convergent over time

d)

the magnetic poles changing every 300,000 years on average

26.

What is the most prominent feature at transform boundaries?

a)

faults

b)

trenches

c)

seafloor spreading

d)

mid-ocean ridges

27.

What type of tectonic activity occurs at transform boundaries?

a)

earthquakes

b)

tsunamis

c)

volcanoes

d)

earthquakes and tsunamis

28.

Seafloor spreading on either side of a mid-ocean ridge forms what marine geological feature?

a)

abyssal plains

b)

hydrothermal vents

c)

trenches

d)

volcanic islands

29.

Abyssal plains are covered with a thick layer of __________, which

accumulates from falling organic matter, making them smooth and flat.

a)

sediment

b)

sand

c)

rock

d)

lava

30.

What do you call the organic material that falls to the bottom of the ocean?

a)

sea mud

b)

primordial ooze

c)

marine snow

d)

marine debris

31.

When the build-up of pressure due to friction between two plates releases, it causes...

a)

a volcanic eruption

b)

a mid-ocean ridge to form

c)

a trench to form

d)

an earthquake

32.

Earthquakes can be caused by volcanic eruptions.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

What can cause a tsunami?

a)

only earthquakes

b)

only volcanoes

c)

earthquakes and volcanoes

34.

What heats the water in hydrothermal vents?

a)

the mantle

b)

chemical reactions

c)

chemosynthetic bacteria

d)

the sun

35.

What type of minerals are found in hydrothermal vent plumes?

a)

iron sulfides

b)

copper sulfides

c)

zinc sulfides

d)

all of the above

36.

What causes the water to be forced out at the surface?

a)

volcanic gases

b)

pressure from the superheated water

37.

How do the organisms at hydrothermal vents get food?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

respiration

c)

chemosynthesis

d)

they eat magma

38.

Black and white smokers are types of plumes that are different colors due to...

a)

the types of minerals in the water

b)

the temperature of the water

c)

how deep the hydrothermal vent is in the ocean

d)

how much pressure the water is under