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Oceanography: Plate Tectonics test

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank for 1

a)

Pacific Plate

b)

Cocos plate

c)

Caribbean plate

d)

Atlantic plate

2.

Fill in the blank for 2

a)

Pacific Plate

b)

Cocos plate

c)

Caribbean plate

d)

Atlantic plate

3.

Fill in the blank for 3

a)

Juan de fuca plate

b)

Cocos plate

c)

Caribbean plate

d)

Atlantic plate

4.

Fill in the blank for 4

a)

Juan de fuca plate

b)

North American Plate

c)

Caribbean plate

d)

Atlantic plate

5.

Fill in the blank for 5

a)

Juan de fuca plate

b)

North American Plate

c)

Nazca plate

d)

Atlantic plate

6.

Fill in the blank for 6

a)

Juan de fuca plate

b)

North American Plate

c)

Nazca plate

d)

Caribbean plate

7.

Fill in the blank for 7

a)

South America Plate

b)

North American Plate

c)

Nazca plate

d)

Caribbean plate

8.

Fill in the blank for 8

a)

South America Plate

b)

North American Plate

c)

Nazca plate

d)

Scotia plate

9.

Fill in the blank for 9

a)

South America Plate

b)

African plate

c)

Nazca plate

d)

Scotia plate

10.

Fill in the blank for 10

a)

South America Plate

b)

African plate

c)

Arabian plate

d)

Scotia plate

11.

Fill in the blank for 11

a)

South America Plate

b)

African plate

c)

Eurasian plate

d)

Scotia plate

12.

Fill in the blank for 12

a)

Philippine plate

b)

African plate

c)

Eurasian plate

d)

Scotia plate

13.

Fill in the blank for 13

a)

Philippine plate

b)

African plate

c)

Eurasian plate

d)

Indian plate

14.

Fill in the blank for 14

a)

Philippine plate

b)

Pacific plate

c)

Eurasian plate

d)

Indian plate

15.

Fill in the blank for 15

a)

Australian plate

b)

Pacific plate

c)

Eurasian plate

d)

Indian plate

16.

Fill in the blank for 16

a)

Australian plate

b)

Pacific plate

c)

Antarctica plate

d)

Indian plate

17.

Choose the right order(top down)

a)

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

b)

Outer core, crust, mantle, inner core

c)

Crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

d)

Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core

18.

Name the layers(use comma and space, skip second to last one)

include:

-upper mantle

-lower mantle

-moho

-outer core

-inner core

-crrust

-D layer

(a)  

19.

thinnest layer

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

20.

thickest layer

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

21.

hottest layer

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

22.

coolest layer

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

23.

liquid layer

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

24.

most dense layer

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

25.

attached to crust, is solid but cracked into many plates

a)

lithosphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

continental crust

d)

asthenosphere

26.

composed of metals iron and nickle

a)

core

b)

mantle

c)

oceanic crust

d)

continental crust

27.

partially molten rock, "oatmeal" state of movement

a)

asthenosphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

lithosphere

d)

core

28.

is made of granite

a)

continental crust

b)

oceanic crust

c)

lithosphere

d)

moho

29.

is a chemical (oxygen) boundary between crust and mantle

a)

moho

b)

oceanic crust

c)

continental crust

d)

lithosphere

30.

is more dense, thinnest crust

a)

oceanic crust

b)

continental crust

c)

asthenosphere

d)

moho

31.

lower mantle composed of solid rock

a)

mesosphere

b)

asthenosphere

c)

lithosphere

d)

continental crust

32.

composed of basalt

a)

oceanic crust

b)

continental crust

c)

core

d)

mesosphere

33.

says that earth's crust consists of about 15 separate major plates in the lithosphere floating in the asthenosphere

a)

plate tectonics

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

continental drift

34.

says that upward moving mantle rock would carry heat causing the oceanic crust and shallow mantle rock to expand creating the mid-ocean ridge where volcanoes would cause basalt to spew up onto ocean floor

a)

plate tectonics

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

continental drift

35.

Says that all earth's land had once been joined into a single super continent called Pangaea, then moved apart

a)

plate tectonics

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

continental drift

36.

was proposed by Alfred Wegener

a)

plate tectonics

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

continental drift

37.

was proposed by Harry Hess

a)

plate tectonics

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

continental drift

38.

was proposed by John Tuzo Wilson

a)

plate tectonics

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

continental drift

39.

one plate moves toward another

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

40.

plates move past each other

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

41.

plates move away from each other

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

42.

forms new seafloor

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

43.

forms ocean trenches

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

44.

forms folded mountain ranges on land

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

45.

forms rift valleys

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

46.

forms faults, cracks in crust where movement occurs

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

47.

forms island arcs and volcanic mountains

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

48.

creates tensional force

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

49.

creates shearing force

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

50.

creates compressional force

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform or Horizontal Displacement

51.

Examples of Divergent (on continents)

a)

red sea

b)

gulf of California

c)

East Africa rift valley

d)

Iceland

52.

Examples of Divergent (in ocean)

a)

Iceland

b)

East Pacific Risa

c)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

d)

red sea

53.

Examples of Convergent (head-on)

a)

Alps

b)

Appalachian

c)

Himalayas

d)

Mt.Everest

54.

Examples of Convergent (tail-end)

a)

Alps

b)

Appalachian

c)

Himalayas

d)

Mt.Everest

55.

Convergent (continent)

a)

Japan

b)

the Philippines

c)

Marianas trench

d)

Alps

56.

Transform example

a)

Sand Andras Fault

b)

gulf of California

c)

East Africa rift valley

d)

Himalayas

57.

P-wave diagram

a)

b)

c)

d)

58.

S-wave diagram

a)
b)
c)
d)
59.

Direction of P-wave particals

a)

longitudinal

b)

transversal

c)

Both Longitudinal and transversal

60.

States of matter P-wave travels through

a)

gass

b)

solid

c)

gass and solid

61.

States of matter S-wave travels through

a)

gass

b)

solid

c)

gass and solid

62.

Two names for the P-wave

a)

primary

b)

pressure

c)

plates

d)

Pacific

63.

Two names for the S-wave

a)

Secondary

b)

Shear

c)

Shift

d)

Slow

64.

faster, P or S wave?

a)

P-wave

b)

S-wave

65.

more dense=?

a)

faster

b)

slower

66.

2 types of surface waves

a)

S-wave

b)

P-wave

c)

L-wave

d)

Rayleigh wave

67.

How are surface waves different from body waves?

a)

they are on the surface

b)

only surface waves can be transversal

c)

only surface waves can go through solid

d)

more damaging

68.

How are surface waves different from each other?

a)

Rayleigh move in circle

b)

Love waves move from side to side

c)

Rayleigh waves are the slowest

69.

Epicenter

a)

point vertically above earthquake

b)

where earthquake originates(crust)

c)

instrument used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake

d)

occurs when an ocean plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it

70.

focus

a)

point vertically above earthquake

b)

where earthquake originates(crust)

c)

instrument used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake

d)

occurs when an ocean plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it

71.

seismograph

a)

point vertically above earthquake

b)

where earthquake originates(crust)

c)

instrument used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake

d)

occurs when an ocean plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it

72.

subduction

a)

point vertically above earthquake

b)

where earthquake originates(crust)

c)

instrument used to record the motion of the ground during an earthquake

d)

occurs when an ocean plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it

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