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PERIOD 6 Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?
a)
Energy from the Sun
b)
Magnetic Pole Reversal
c)
Convection currents in the mantle
d)
Faults in Mountain Ranges
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 280 Million Years ago.

a)

Pangea

b)

Gondwanda

c)

Laurasia

d)

Neverland

6.
What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Mountains
d)
Rift Valleys
7.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?
a)
Rift Valley
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Island Arc
d)
Flat land
8.
What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
a)
Volcano
b)
Mountain
c)
Rift
d)
Island Arc
9.
The core is mostly made up mostly of which elements?
a)
Oxygen and Silicon
b)
Silicon and Magnesium
c)
Nickel and Iron
d)
Iron and Magnesium
10.
This is the plastic layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere move.
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Crust
11.
This layer is divided into pieces called tectonic plates.
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Lithosphere
12.
A giant landmass that existed 200 million years ago
a)
Wegener
b)
Pangaea
c)
Archyopteryx
d)
Ammonite
13.
Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?
a)
The shape of the continents
b)
Similar fossils found on separate continents
c)
Tree fossils found in odd places
d)
All of the above
14.
Convection currents in the mantle are thought to be the driving force behind tectonic movement. At which location do the convection currents cause the plates to diverge?
a)
strike-slip fault
b)
subduction zone
c)
mid oceanic ridges
d)
folded mountains.
15.
The diagram shows what can occur when two continental plates collide.Which characteristic of the Indian Plate explains why it moves under the Eurasian Plate?
a)
It is larger.
b)
It is denser.
c)
It is molten.
d)
It is younger.
16.

Rocky or rigid outer part of Earth consisting of the brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Oceanic Crust

c)

Continental Crust

d)

Asthenosphere

17.

Mantle convection is the very slow creeping motion of Earth’s solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface.

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Earthquake

c)

Convection Currents

d)

Core

18.

Solid, outer layer and is made of both the oceanic and continental crust.

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Crust

19.

The thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.

a)

Oceanic Crust

b)

Continental Crust

c)

Magma

d)

Inner Core

20.

Crustal plates that pull apart from one another MOST likely form

a)

volcanic island arcs

b)

strike-slip faults

c)

oceanic trenches

d)

rift zones

21.

Which two plates collided with each other to form the Himalayan Mountains?

a)

Nazca and Eurasia

b)

Indo-Australian and Eurasian

c)

North America and Antarctic

d)

South American and Indo-Australian

22.

Which of these tectonic plate boundaries is most likely to form a volcano.

a)

a continental plate colliding with a continental plate

b)

an oceanic plate sliding past a continental plate

c)

a continental plate sliding past a continental plate

d)

an oceanic plate colliding into a continental plate

23.

What causes the tectonic plates to continually to move?

a)

Convection currents

b)

Volcanic and seismic activity

c)

Strong winds and storms

d)

Rotation of the solid core

24.

Which statement best describes why fossils of the same land-dwelling species have been discovered in both South America and Africa?

a)

The organism migrated to two continents

b)

The organisms were separated by the formation of new mountain ranges

c)

The organisms became extinct due to climate change on these continents

d)

These organisms once lived on one large landmass that later split into two continents

25.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?
a)
transform
b)
subduction
c)
convergent
d)
divergent
26.
What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?
a)
rift valley
b)
mountain
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
trench
27.
Which type of crust is more dense?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
divergent
d)
pizza
28.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
lateral
29.
A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
horizontal
30.
A trench forms at a _________ boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
vertical
31.
Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
d)
subduction
32.
A fault forms at a _________ boundary.
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
horizontal
d)
convergent
33.
What type of boundary is shown at A?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
34.
What is happening at point B?
a)
subduction
b)
a divergent boundary
c)
convection
d)
an earthquake
35.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
36.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
37.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
38.
As you approach the center of the earth what happens to the temperature, pressure , and density.
a)
They all increase
b)
They all decrease
c)
They remain the same
d)
They disappear
39.
Which layer is molten nickel and iron?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
40.
Which layer is solid nickel and iron?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
41.
Which layer is contains the convection currents?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Mesosphere
42.
Which layer includes the crust and the upper mantle?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Mesosphere
43.
What is the correct order from the center of the earth to the surface of the earth?
a)
Crust, Mantle, Inner core , Outer core
b)
Crust, Mantle, Outer core , Inner core
c)
Inner core, Outer core, mantle, crust
d)
Outer core , Inner core, Mantle, Crust
44.
Volcanoes found away from plate boundaries, such as Hawaii, are known as 
a)
hot spots
b)
calderas
c)
trenches
d)
mid-ocean ridges
45.
Scientists rejected the Theory of Continental Drift at first because
a)
they couldn't understand his theory
b)
Pangaea happened so long ago
c)
Alfred Wegener was a meteorologist
d)
convection currents were unknown
46.
The best example to demonstrate convection currents is a(n)
a)
alka seltzer tablet in water
b)
wind blowing 
c)
lava lamp
d)
electric oven
47.
What takes place because of sea-floor spreading?
a)
Crust is recycled.
b)
Crust is created.
c)
The ocean is evaporated.
d)
The sea floor remains unchanged.
48.
What is a common occurrence along plate boundaries?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Polarities
c)
Stable land masses
d)
Transpiration
49.
The focus of an earthquake is 
a)
above the epicenter
b)
the epicenter
c)
below the epicenter
d)
next to the epicenter
50.
Which type of wave is the first to arrive after an earthquake occurs?
a)
P Wave
b)
Rayleigh Wave
c)
S Wave
d)
Shear Wave
51.
Which body waves cause particles of rock material to move at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling?
a)
Body Waves
b)
P Waves
c)
S Waves
d)
Surface Waves
52.
P Waves can move through which of the following?
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
d)
All of these
53.
S Waves can move through which of the following?
a)
Gas
b)
Liquid
c)
Solid
d)
All of these
54.
Which city is closest to the epicenter?  
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
55.
Where is the epicenter for this earthquake located based on triangulation?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
56.

Which portion of the Earth can S waves NOT travel through?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

57.

This model demonstrates a

a)

P wave shadow zone

b)

S wave shadow zone

c)

Surface wave shadow zone

d)

Convection currents

58.

This model represents a

a)

P wave shadow zone

b)

S wave shadow zone

c)

Surface wave shadow zone

d)

Convection currents

59.

Measures how much an energy an earthquake releases, which is shown by the amplitude of seismic waves

a)

Magnitude

b)

Epicenter

c)

Focus

d)

L-wave

60.

What is a fracture in bedrock along which blocks of rock on opposite sides of the fracture move?

a)

focus

b)

epicenter

c)

intensity

d)

fault

61.

What is a series of sea waves caused by underwater earthquakes called?

a)

storm surge

b)

rip current

c)

tsunami

d)

massive flooding

62.

What is the zone of intense earthquake and volcanic activity called?

a)

Circle of Fire

b)

Oval of Fire

c)

Ring of Fire

d)

Earthquake Central

63.

A zone of intense earthquake and volcanic activity encircles the _________ Ocean.

a)

Arctic

b)

Indian

c)

Atlantic

d)

Pacific

64.
The surface along which rock break and slide past each other is called a:
a)
fracture
b)
fault
c)
joint
65.

Which City is closest to the epicenter of an earthquake?

a)

City A

b)

City B

c)

City C

66.

How many cities do scientists read seismograms from to determine the epicenter of an earthquake?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

67.

Select all that apply for a p-wave

a)

fastest wave

b)

slowest wave

c)

wave that comes after the primary wave

d)

weakest wave

e)

strongest wave

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