WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which type of crust is more dense?
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
Neither, they are the same
Pizza Crust
What is created at a Convergent Continental Continental Plate Boundary?
Volcano
Rift Valley
Mountains
Deep Ocean Trench
Which type of crust is older?
Continental Crust
Oceanic Crust
They are the same age
The crust isn't alive so they don't have an age
What happens in a Convection Current?
Cold Magma moves left, hot magma moves right
Hot magma moves left, and cold magma moves right
Hot magma rises, cold magma lowers
Hot Magma lowers, cold magma rises
What happens to the oceanic plate in a subduction zone?
They collide and nothing happens
They hit each other and don't move
It gets pushed up to form mountains or volcanos
It gets pushed down into the mantle
A Divergent oceanic oceanic plate boundary can make what?
Mid Ocean Ridge
Valley
Mountain
Volcano
What forms at a transform plate boundary?
Volcanic Island Arc
Mountains
Fault Line
Trench
The egg white is a good representation of what part of the earth?
Core
Mantle
Crust
Atmosphere
What two factors identify what type of crust we have?
Density and location
Buoyancy and Type of material
Density and Buoyancy
Type of material and density
Why does the continental crust float more than the oceanic crust?
