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Tectonic Plates

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

a)

Pandora

b)

Gandowandaland

c)

Pangea

d)

Percia

2.

What type of fossils were noticed by Wegener to be found on two different continents?

a)
Leaves and flowers
b)
Ice and mountains
c)
Plants and animals
d)
Dinosaurs and reptiles
3.

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

a)

the rotation of the Earth.

b)

the Earth's magnetic field.

c)

subduction.

d)

convection currents.

4.

When plates collide we get ________.

a)

crumbles

b)

volcanos

c)

trenches

d)

mountain ranges

5.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
6.
A location where two tectonic plates collide is known as a _________ boundary.
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Spreading
7.

Subduction means.....

a)

one plate goes under another plate

b)

two plates slide past each other

c)

two plate collide and form folded mountains

8.

Sea-floor spreading explains how.....

a)

new crust is created at a divergent boundary

b)

volcanoes are formed on continents

c)

deep sea trenches are formed

9.
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
10.
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
11.
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.
12.
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.
13.

What do we call an area where more then two plates interact in different ways

a)

plate boundary zones

b)

hot spots

c)

convergent boundaries

d)

subduction

14.

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

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Crust

15.

In the region where two continental plates collide, what geological feature MOST often forms?

a)

an ocean

b)

a volcano

c)

a river valley

d)

a mountain chain

16.

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

17.
Divergent Plate movement can create
a)
Convection Currents
b)
Conduction
c)
Mountains
d)
Rifts and ocean ridges
18.
When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano
c)
Convection Current
d)
Gravitational Pull
19.
Created by a divergent boundary.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Mariana Trench
c)
Mid Atlantic ridge
20.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
21.
During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...
a)
along the continents
b)
at the mid ocean ridges
c)
deep ocean trenches
d)
at north and south poles
22.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
23.
This image shows plates moving apart. What type of boundary is represented here?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Allegiant
d)
Transform
24.
Which plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes in Pacific Northwest?
a)
Juan de Fuca
b)
North American
c)
Pacific 
d)
African
25.
When two oceanic plates converge what landform is produced?
a)
A lake
b)
A river
c)
A mountain range
d)
A trench
26.
India and Asia crashed about 55 million years ago. What mountain range was produced?
a)
The Rockies
b)
The Alps
c)
The Himalayas
d)
The Andes
27.
The deepest point on Earth(The Mariana Trench) was created by what plate movement?
a)
Oceanic/Oceanic
b)
Continental/Continental
c)
Oceanic/Continental
d)
Pacifica/Continental
28.
When two landmass plates collide the crust crumples what is produced?
a)
A river
b)
A trench
c)
A lake
d)
A mountain range
29.
The San Andreas Fault is an example of a transform boundary. What is produced in this area?
a)
Trenches
b)
Tornadoes
c)
Earthquakes
d)
Rivers
30.
Pillow rock helps to prove the sea-floor can spread because it can ONLY form in what location?
a)
The Himalayas
b)
The Rockies
c)
The Andes
d)
The Mid-Ocean Ridge
31.
The longest mountain chain in the world, the mid-ocean ridge,was produced by which boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Allegiant
d)
Conveyor
32.
What process taking place in the asthensophere enables the plates to move?
a)
radiation
b)
subvection
c)
conduction
d)
convection
33.
What process taking place in the asthensophere enables the plates to move?
a)
radiation
b)
subvection
c)
conduction
d)
convection
34.

A series of (a)   islands in a curved formation typically found near ocean trenches are called island arcs.

35.

Island arcs are created at which type of boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

36.

Underwater mountain ranges are created when the seafloor spreads apart and (a)   rock rises.

37.

Mid-ocean ridges, like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, are created at which type of boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

38.

A region where (a)   plate boundaries meet creating a "Y" shape is called a triple junction.

39.

The San Andreas is an example of a (a)   , which is a gap that is formed when two plates slide past one another.

40.

Faults are created at which type of boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

41.

What are the two plates that slide past each other to create the San Andreas Fault?

a)

North American

b)

South American

c)

Eurasian

d)

Pacific

42.

The Peru-Chile Trench was created at what type of plate boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

43.

The Ring of Fire is a volcanic arc, which is a chain of volcanoes formed above a (a)   plate.

44.

Volcanic arcs are created at which type of plate boundary?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

45.

Plates are moving _____ each other at a convergent boundary.

a)

away

b)

towards

c)

past

46.

Plates are moving _____ from each other at a divergent boundary.

a)

away

b)

towards

c)

past

47.

Plates are moving _____ each other at a transform boundary.

a)

away

b)

towards

c)

past

48.

How many tectonic plates exist?

(a)  

49.

What is the highest point on Earth?

a)

Mount Makalu

b)

Mount Lhotse

c)

Mount Everest

d)

Appalachian Mountains

50.

What is the deepest trench on Earth?

a)

Tonga Trench

b)

Mariana Trench

c)

Philippine Trench

51.
Name this boundary
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Sergent
52.
Name the boundary
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
sergent
53.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
sergent
54.
Which of the following is associated with transform boundary?
a)
volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes and fault line
55.
Which of the following land formation occurs at a divergent continental/continental boundary?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
Pacific hot spot
d)
rift valley
56.
Mountains form from....
a)
Plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
d)
none of these
57.
Oceanic crust is.....
a)
Younger and less dense than continental crust
b)
Thinner, younger, and more dense than continental crust
c)
older, thicker, and less dense than continental crust
d)
Bigger and younger than continental crust
58.
Earth's plates are....
a)
Constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth
b)
Never moved
c)
Move seldom and very fast
d)
move when they feel like it
59.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
60.
Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ____ is formed.
a)
mountains
b)
Island arc
c)
rift valley
d)
volcanoes

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