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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Earthquakes and volcanoes can occur at plate boundaries.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The convection currents move the lithosphere, but occur in the mantle.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What type of plate boundaries collide?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

None of the Above

4.

Which of the following is not evidence of Pangaea?

a)

Fit of the Continents

b)

Fossil Evidence

c)

Rock Type

d)

All of the following are evidence

5.

 How do plates interact?

a)

They collide slowly (cm/year)

b)

They pull apart quickly (cm/day)

c)

They move past one another quickly (cm/day)

d)

All of the above are correct

6.

The boundary between two plates that are moving apart from one another is called a ________.

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Rift

d)

Subduction Zone

7.

Earth’s thinnest layer  is found in the __________.

a)

Outer core

b)

Inner core

c)

Crust

d)

Mantle

8.

________ are large sections of lithosphere that float on the asthenosphere.

a)

Boundaries

b)

Plates

c)

Subduction zones

d)

Plate tectonics

9.

The theory of _______ states that continent moved to their present positions. 

a)

Subduction

b)

Seafloor spreading

c)

Continental drift

d)

Erosion

10.

 Evidence from _________ indicates that many continents were once located near Earth’s south pole.

a)

Glaciers

b)

Mid-ocean ridges

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Plates

11.

_______ of iron in rocks supports the theory of seafloor spreading.

a)

Plate movement

b)

Subduction

c)

Magnetic alignment

d)

Weathering

12.

The theory of _____ states that plates move around on the asthenosphere.

a)

Continental drift

b)

Seafloor spreading

c)

Subduction 

d)

Plate tectonics