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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of crust is more dense?

a)

Oceanic Crust

b)

Continental Crust

c)

Neither, they are the same

d)

Pizza Crust

2.

What is created at a Convergent Continental Continental Plate Boundary?

a)

Volcano

b)

Rift Valley

c)

Mountains

d)

Deep Ocean Trench

3.

Which type of crust is older?

a)

Continental Crust

b)

Oceanic Crust

c)

They are the same age

d)

The crust isn't alive so they don't have an age

4.

What happens in a Convection Current?

a)

Cold Magma moves left, hot magma moves right

b)

Hot magma moves left, and cold magma moves right

c)

Hot magma rises, cold magma lowers

d)

Hot Magma lowers, cold magma rises

5.

What happens to the oceanic plate in a subduction zone?

a)

They collide and nothing happens

b)

They hit each other and don't move

c)

It gets pushed up to form mountains or volcanos

d)

It gets pushed down into the mantle

6.

A Divergent oceanic oceanic plate boundary can make what?

a)

Mid Ocean Ridge

b)

Valley

c)

Mountain

d)

Volcano

7.

What forms at a transform plate boundary?

a)

Volcanic Island Arc

b)

Mountains

c)

Fault Line

d)

Trench

8.

The egg white is a good representation of what part of the earth?

a)

Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

Atmosphere

9.

What two factors identify what type of crust we have?

a)

Density and location

b)

Buoyancy and Type of material

c)

Density and Buoyancy

d)

Type of material and density

10.

Why does the continental crust float more than the oceanic crust?

a)
The continental crust is thinner than the oceanic crust.
b)
The continental crust is more dense than the oceanic crust.
c)
The continental crust is less dense than the oceanic crust.
d)
The continental crust has more water content than the oceanic crust.