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WorksheetsMidterm Review
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 38mins
Because Glossopteris seeds cannot travel across the ocean and grow in warm, swampy climates, these fossils are evidence of ...
Pangea existing
Continental Drift
changing climates
all of the above
What piece of evidence for Continental Drift states that similar types and ages of rocks are found on different continents?
Continent Shape
Fossil/Climate Evidence
Landform/Rock Evidence
Glacial Evidence
What type of boundary is this?
convergent
divergent
transform
What type of boundary is this?
convergent
transform
divergent
What type of boundary is this?
convergent
divergent
transform
What evidence was NOT used by Wegener as proof of continental drift?
land features
erosion
climate
fossils
What is a plate boundary where both plates move away from each other?
divergent
plate
convergent
transform
What are breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other?
sea floor spreading
subduction
plates
faults
What is the process that continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge?
subduction
continental drift
convergent
sea floor spreading
What is a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other?
transform
convergent
divergent
What is a plate boundary where two plates slip past each other moving in opposite directions?
transform
convergent
divergent
What type of landform is at C?
mid-ocean ridge
continental crust
deep ocean trench
sea floor spread
In sea floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
along the edge of the continents
along the mid-ocean ridges
in deep ocean trenches
at the North and South pole
Identify the landform labeled A
mid-ocean ridge
deep ocean trench
sea floor spread
What is the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle?
continental drift
mid-ocean ridge
faults
subduction
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by
conduction
earthquakes
convection currents in the mantle
Earth's magnetic field
What are the places of Earth's crust that carry the continents and oceans?
sea floor spreading
continental drift
plates
faults
What layer of the Earth are convection currents located?
The Mantle
The Crust
The Inner Core
The Outer Core
What type of plate boundary occurs when one piece of crust slides under another?
Subduction
Divergent
Buckling
Transform
Which type of crust is less dense?
Continental
Oceanic
They are the same
It depends
Where do most volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
Near the plate tectonics boundaries
Inland
Only in the oceans
Away from the plate tectonics boundaries
This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!
New Madrid
Denali Fault
Ramapo Seismic Zone
San Andreas Fault
What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?
Divergent
Convergent
Slide/Transform
What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?
Divergent
Convergent
Slide/Transform
What does heat do when convection currents are moving?
Sinks
Rises
Stays in place
Which picture shows material that is more dense?
The picture of the left
The picture on the right
What causes convection current in the Earth?
The uneven heating on each layer inside the Earth.
The crusts outer layer.
The temperatures we feel outside.
Convection currents occur in...
fluids
solids
Most faults occur where?
rift valleys
deep-ocean trenches
mid-ocean ridges
along plate boundaries
What do you call the force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume?
anticline
syncline
stress
plateau
Identify the stress force shown in the picture.
tension
compression
shearing
no stressor shown
Identify the stress force shown in the picture.
tension
shearing
compression
no stressor shown
Identify the stress force shown in the picture.
tension
compression
shearing
no stressor shown
Identify the stress force shown in the picture.
tension
compression
shearing
no stressor shown
Tectonic plates consist of
continental crust
mesospheric crust
both continental and oceanic crust
oceanic crust
What type of fossils were noticed by Wegener to be found on two different continents?
When plates collide we get ________.
crumbles
volcanos
trenches
mountain ranges
When tectonic plates slide against each other causing the earth to move.
A mid-ocean RIDGE is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid ocean ridge?
The San Andreas fault is a transform fault. The map below shows a student's approximation of where the fault line crosses through the United States. Students were asked to make maps predicting which way land would most likely move over thousands of years.
What landform would most likely form at this plate boundary? Choose 2 correct answers.
mountains
volcanoes
trenches
mid-ocean ridges
Tsunamis are caused by
underwater disturbances such as earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes.
wind and the gravitational pull of the moon.
Regular waves are caused by
underwater disturbances such as earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes.
wind and the gravitational pull of the moon.
Tsunamis can be
as high as 100 feet.
as high as 2 feet.
as high as 1,000 feet.
as high as 10,000 feet.
State that had the deadliest Tsunami
Arizona
Alaska
Michigan
In the event of a tsunami, the water may recede. What does recede mean?
To get higher
To pull away or pull back
To get lower
To turn into a different color
