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Plate Tectonics Review

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?
a)
convergent
b)
normal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
2.
At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?
a)
Tranform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Subductive Zone
3.
Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
A peninsula
d)
An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct. 
4.

When a divergent boundary happens under continental crust, it's called a:

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Block Mountain

c)

Folded Mountain

d)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

5.

Rift Valleys and mid-ocean ridges are associated with...

a)

divergent boundaries

b)

transform boundaries

c)

convergent boundaries

d)

plate boundaries

6.
What is the area where two tectonic plates meet called?
a)
collision
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
a boundry
d)
a rift zone
7.
What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
8.
What type of boundary is formed when plates separate?
a)
convergent
b)
horizontal
c)
divergent
d)
transform
9.

where two plates are moving apart, magma comes up to create new crust

a)

ridge

b)

divergent boundary

c)

convergent boundary

d)

plate boundary

10.
Which scientist posed the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Drummond Matthews
c)
Fred Vine
d)
Alfred Wegener
11.
What are the two types of crust
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and upper
c)
lower and upper
d)
pizza and subway
12.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
13.
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
Energy from the Sun
b)
Magnetic Pole Reversal
c)
Convection currents in the mantle
d)
Faults in Mountain Ranges
14.

A transform boundary, where one tectonic plate slides past another, is likely to result in which of the following?

a)

Frequent earthquakes

b)

Rift valley formation

c)

Intense weathering

d)

Mountain building

15.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

16.
Which type of boundary is known for causing big earthquakes?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
subduction
17.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
18.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent? 
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
19.

What is this a picture of?

a)

Pangaea

b)

Plate tectonics

c)

Glaciers

20.

Which is true about the crust at a Transform Boundary?

a)

Crust is destroyed

b)

Crust is created

c)

Crust is neither destroyed or created

21.

What kind of plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault on?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

22.

What do you expect to find at a mid-ocean ridge?

a)

relative young rocks

b)

reverse fault

c)

thick accumulation of sediments

d)

very ancient rocks

23.

Divergent Boundaries

a)

Create new crust

b)

Destroy crust

c)

Neither create or destroy

24.

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

a)

divergent

b)

ocean-to-continent convergent

c)

continent-to-continent convergent

d)

transform

25.

Match the following

a)
1.

divergent

b)
2.

convergent

c)
3.

transform

26.

What type of crusts are involved with one plate subducting beneath another?

a)

continental and continental

b)

Oceanic and continental

c)

oceanic and divergent

d)

continental and convergent

27.

True Or False? Is The Continental Crust Less Dense Than the Oceanic Crust

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

28.

Is there a pattern to the locations of earthquakes and volcanoes around the globe?

a)

No, earthquakes and volcanoes are random.

b)

Yes, earthquakes and volcanoes usually occur near the boundaries of tectonic plates.

c)

yes, earthquakes and volcanoes usually occur in the middle of tectonic plates.

d)

No, earthquakes and volcanoes usually occur under water.

29.

tectonic plate that is composed entirely of oceanic crust and lies beneath the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Pacific plate

b)

South American plate

c)

North American plate

d)

Indo-Australian plate

30.

undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.

a)

subduction

b)

mid-ocean ridge

c)

boundary

d)

fault

31.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
32.

Where is the Ring of Fire located?

a)

Atlantic Plate

b)

Pacific Plate

c)

Japanese Plate

d)

North American Plate

33.

Which continents boarder the Ring of Fire? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

Asia

b)

Austrailia

c)

Africa

d)

North America

e)

South America

34.

What are the plates that form the Earth's crust called?

a)

Teton plates

b)

Technology plates

c)

Temperature plates

d)

Tectonic Plates

35.
Subduction can only occur at _____________ plate boundaries.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
36.
What type of boundaries are mountains formed at? (ex: Himalayan Mountains)
a)
Oceanic-to-oceanic (convergent)
b)
Oceanic-to-continental (convergent)
c)
Continental-to-continental (convergent)
d)
Divergent
37.

The country of Iceland is a great place to study geology because it forms over a _____________ and _______________.

a)

Divergent boundary and hotspot

b)

Convergent boundary and hotspot

c)

Only at a transform boundary

d)

Only over a hotspot

38.

What type of plate boundary is this?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Hot sopt

39.

What type of plate boundary is this?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Hot spot

40.

What type of plate boundary is this?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Hot spot

41.

Identify the tectonic plate located on 2

a)

North American Plate

b)

Pacific Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

Antarctic Plate

42.

Identify the tectonic plate located on 1

a)

North American Plate

b)

Pacific Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

Antarctic Plate

43.

Identify the tectonic plate located on 4

a)

North American Plate

b)

South American Plate

c)

African Plate

d)

Antarctic Plate

44.

Identify the tectonic plate located on7?

a)

North American Plate

b)

South American Plate

c)

African Plate

d)

Antarctic Plate

45.

Identify the tectonic plate located on 11?

a)

North American Plate

b)

Australian Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

Antarctic Plate

46.

Identify the tectonic plate located on 8?

a)

North American Plate

b)

Pacific Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

Antarctic Plate

47.

Which number represents the Eurasian Plate?

a)

1

b)

7

c)

8

d)

11

48.

Which number represents the Australian Plate?

a)

1

b)

11

c)

8

d)

13

49.

Which number represents the African Plate?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

7

d)

2

50.

Which number represents the South American Plate?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

7

d)

11

51.

Which number represents the North American Plate?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

52.

Which number represents the Pacific Plate?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

8

d)

11

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