WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Earthquakes and volcanoes can occur at plate boundaries.
True
False
The convection currents move the lithosphere, but occur in the mantle.
True
False
What type of plate boundaries collide?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
None of the Above
Which of the following is not evidence of Pangaea?
Fit of the Continents
Fossil Evidence
Rock Type
All of the following are evidence
How do plates interact?
They collide slowly (cm/year)
They pull apart quickly (cm/day)
They move past one another quickly (cm/day)
All of the above are correct
The boundary between two plates that are moving apart from one another is called a ________.
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Rift
Subduction Zone
Earth’s thinnest layer is found in the __________.
Outer core
Inner core
Crust
Mantle
________ are large sections of lithosphere that float on the asthenosphere.
Boundaries
Plates
Subduction zones
Plate tectonics
The theory of _______ states that continent moved to their present positions.
Subduction
Seafloor spreading
Continental drift
Erosion
Evidence from _________ indicates that many continents were once located near Earth’s south pole.
Glaciers
Mid-ocean ridges
Volcanoes
Plates
_______ of iron in rocks supports the theory of seafloor spreading.
Plate movement
Subduction
Magnetic alignment
Weathering
The theory of _____ states that plates move around on the asthenosphere.
Continental drift
Seafloor spreading
Subduction
Plate tectonics
