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Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Plate Boundary
2.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
3.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
4.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
5.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
6.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
d)
Plate
7.
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
a)
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
b)
New crust is underwater where it sinks
c)
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
8.
When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.
a)
Compaction
b)
Cementation
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
9.
The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by
a)
the rotation of the Earth.
b)
convection currents in the Asthenosphere
c)
the gravity of the iron-nickel core.
d)
the Moho discontinuity.
10.
What geological forces might be responsible for this range of mountains?
a)
diverging tectonic plates
b)
erosion of the land by the ocean
c)
converging tectonic plates
d)
deposition of sediments by the ocean
11.
What are the 3 main layers of the Earth?
a)
Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere
b)
Crust, Mantle, Core
c)
Rock, Magma, Ocean
d)
Top, Middle, Bottom
12.
What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
13.
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
14.
Which layer of the Earth is a dense solid ball of Iron and Nickle?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer Core
d)
Inner Core
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