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Plate boundaries, and continental drift theory

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it called when two plates drift twards eachother

a)

volcanoes

b)

convergent

c)

divergent

d)

transofrom

2.

what is it called when two plates drift away from eachother

a)

transformers

b)

convergenmt

c)

divergent

d)

volcanoies

3.

what is it called when two plates drift by each other

a)

mid-ocean-ridge

b)

convergent

c)

divergent

d)

transform

4.

who created the continental drift theory

a)

alfred wegner

b)

curious gerge

c)

blake

d)

scott bemisdarfer

5.

who discovered tectonic plate theory

a)

alfred wegener

b)

maddox borwser

c)

hary hess

d)

polaye tenconics

6.

what do convergent plates casue

a)

mountain ranges

b)

sea floor spreading

c)

valleys

d)

babies to be born

7.

whats subduction

a)

when a denser plate goes over the less denser plate

b)

when subdution goes under a normal plate

c)

when a less dense plate flows over the denser plate

d)

when a denser plate moves under the less dense plate

8.

what two continents fit together like a puzzle

a)

Africa and South America

b)

africa and south africa

c)

africe and austraila

d)

afriica and south america

9.

what does this image show

a)

divergent

b)

subduction

c)

ariana glenns baby photos

d)

transforming transformers

10.

draw a convergent boundary

11.

divergent boundaries under the ocean cause (a)  

12.

what does transform boundaries cause

a)

transform boundaryes

b)

earthquakes

c)

earfquake

d)

earphquakes

13.

what are the two crusts of the earth

a)

continental and ocenainsg

b)

continemtal and Oceamic

c)

continental and oceanic

d)

the mantle

14.

what is this image

a)

convergent boundary

b)

jackson oliver

c)

divergent boun dary

d)

earthquakes along the pacific coast, along with a sub-section of/or relating to the tsunami that would hit the coastal region exactly 20 minutes after the earthquake has struct, and after this tragedy over 2.000 people would be found dead and more than 3,000 injured. an elementary school is flooded and 3 staff and 8 kids have been found dead, along with a nearby neighborhood that would be flooded and have people stuck on their collapsed roofs

15.

what do divergent boundaries on a continent cause

a)

malaise airlines flight 137 crashes into the pacific and was never dound again

b)

valleys

c)

convergent boundaries

d)

yogurt

16.

draw what a divergent boundary would look like

17.

how were the hawaiian island formed

a)

volcanic activity under the plate

b)

when the pacific plate was struck by another plate boundary wich caused it to start shrinking, as it used to be the largest pof all the plate boundaries, it condensed and the middle of the pacific plate crahsed all together to form an island in the middl eof nowhere