WorksheetsRestless Earth
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The mechanism for moving continents; the formation of new seafloor at spreading ridges pushes lithospheric plates on the Earth's surface.
a)
Seafloor Spreading
b)
Plate tectonics
c)
Continental Drift Theory
d)
Spongebob
2.
The mechanism for moving continents; the formation of new seafloor at spreading ridges pushes lithospheric plates on the Earth's surface.
a)
continental drift theory
b)
seafloor spreading
c)
earthquakes
d)
volcanism
3.
The theory that Earth’s lithosphere is broken into large plates that move atop the asthenosphere
a)
plate tectonics
b)
sublimation
c)
transpiration
d)
Pangea
4.
The outer layer of Earth, and is made up of the crust and the rigid, upper part of the mantle
a)
lithosphere
b)
asthenosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
atmosphere
5.
Physical layer below the lithosphere
a)
asthenosphere
b)
sublithosphere
c)
stratosphere
d)
geosphere
6.
Extremely hot, more than 1,000 °C, solid , it is able to flow slowly like a fluid or plastic material because of its high temperature
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
7.
States that the continents were once a single landmass that broke apart and moved over the years
a)
continental drift
b)
plate tectonics
c)
seafloor spreading
8.
A vent or crack in Earth’s surface where gas, ash, and melted rock, comes out of the ground.
a)
mid ocean fault
b)
volcano
c)
subduction
d)
guyot
9.
Locations where two plates slide past each other, parallel to Earth’s surface
a)
transform boundaries
b)
convergent boundary
c)
divergent boundary
10.
Plates move away from each other at
a)
convergent boundaries
b)
divergent boundaries
c)
transform boundaries
11.
Sudden tremors in Earth that occur because of a sudden release of energy as rocks move along a fault.
a)
volcano
b)
earthquake
c)
transfomation
d)
tsunami
12.
Observed that the shapes of the continents appear complementary and resemble puzzle pieces that could fit together, most obviously South America and Africa
a)
Wegener
b)
Hess
c)
Galileo
d)
Einstein
13.
When two continental plates collide, they fold, forming
a)
mountain ranges
b)
waterfalls
c)
tidal waves
d)
tornadoes
14.
Classifications of Earth's crust
a)
granitic and continental
b)
convective and oceanic
c)
oceanic and continental
d)
subductive and transform
15.
The denser oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle in a process known as
a)
convergence
b)
divergence
c)
subduction
d)
transformation
16.
A location where two plates come together
a)
plate
b)
subduction
c)
boundary
d)
transformation
17.
The continents and oceans rest _____________ the moving tectonic plates.
a)
below
b)
on top of
c)
beside
d)
inside of
18.
Earth's three compositional layers of the Earth
a)
crust, mantle, core
b)
ocean, earth, sky
c)
earth, wind, fire
d)
sun, moon, stars
19.
An example of the "supercontinent"
a)
Eurasia
b)
Pangea
c)
Africa
d)
South America
20.
Which of the following is not considered one of Earth's five physical layers
a)
oceanic
b)
lithosphere
c)
asthenosphere
d)
mesosphere
e)
inner core
21.
T/F: The seafloor is youngest at the ridge crest and oldest far away from the ridge crest.
a)
True
b)
False
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