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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
2.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
3.
The image illustrates what type of boundary?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Emergent
4.
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
5.
Which layer is the thinnest?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Outer core
d)
Inner core
6.
Volcanoes found away from plate boundaries, such as Hawaii, are known as 
a)
hot spots
b)
calderas
c)
trenches
d)
mid-ocean ridges
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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.
10.
A normal fault occurs because of 
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
11.
A reverse fault occurs because of 
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
12.
A strike-slip fault occurs because of 
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
13.
What is a common occurrence along plate boundaries?
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Polarities
c)
Stable land masses
d)
Transpiration
14.
The San Andreas fault is an example of a
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
d)
plate boundary
15.

The rock cycle is driven in part by _________________.

a)

The Earth's mantle

b)

The Earth's core

c)

The Earth's tectonic plates

d)

The Earth's rock cycle

16.

Plate Tectonics supports the idea that all continents were once fused together called _____________ .

a)

The rock cycle

b)

Supercontinent

c)

The crust

d)

Pangea

17.

The evidence is in ______________________, where coastlines and mountain ranges appear to fit together like a puzzle all over the world

a)

Continental drift

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

The Rock Cycle

d)

Divergent boundaries

18.

Other evidence include __________________ that plate tectonics does occurr in the crust of the Earth.

a)

Rock formation, weather, fossils

b)

Mountain formation, fossils, climate

c)

Land features, fossils, climate

d)

Valleys, Ocean trenches, climate

19.

The __________________ are chains of undersea mountains.

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridges

b)

Ocean Trench

c)

Divergent boundary

d)

Transform boundary

20.

______________________ continually adds materials to the ocean floor creating ocean floor.

a)

Sea-floor spreading

b)

Ocean trenches

c)

Divergent mid-ocean ridges

d)

Convergent mid-ocean ridges

21.

Oceans plates sink back into the mantle at _______________ zones, keeping the crust the same size.

a)

Mid-ocean ridges

b)

Ocean trenches

c)

Subduction

d)

Transforming

22.

_____________________ are undersea that are the deepest part of the ocean.

a)

Divergent trenches

b)

Ocean trenches

c)

Transform trenches

d)

Mid-ocean trenches

23.

This plate boundary moves land apart, creating an ocean trench or a valley on land : ________________________

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Transform boundary

c)

Convergent boundary

d)

Mid-Ocean voundary

24.

This tectonic plate boundary creates mountain ranges: ____________________

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

d)

Mid-oceanic boundary

25.

This tectonic plate slips past each other nor creating or destroying land formations: _____________

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Transform boundary

c)

Convergent boundary

d)

Mid-Ocean boundary

26.

A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust is called _________________

a)

Pangea

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

The Rock Cycle

d)

Sea-floor spreading

27.

The region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core is called the ________________.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Both the crust and the mantle

d)

Both the mantle and the core

28.

The outermost layer of rock on Earth, especially the part of the earth above the mantle is called ________________

a)

Crust

b)

Rock Cycle

c)

Plate tectonics

d)

Subduction zones

29.

Which tectonic plate moves AWAY from each other...

a)

Divergent

b)

Continental

c)

Transform

d)

Covergent

30.

Which tectonic plate moves TOWARDS each other...

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Continental

31.

Which tectonic plate boundary SLIDES past each other...

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Continental

32.

Which of these is NOT causes by the moving of tectonic plates?

a)

Valleys

b)

Mountains

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Hurricanes

33.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
34.

What is this a picture of?

a)

plate tectonics

b)

continental drift

c)

pangaea

d)

glacier scaring

35.
Which type of information was NOT collected by Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?
a)
glacial deposits
b)
 fossils
c)
seafloor magnetic data
d)
rocks
36.
How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?
a)
Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
b)
Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
c)
Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
d)
all of the above
37.
The theory of continental drift named a key part of this idea Pangaea. What is Pangaea?
a)
One of the ancient animals that helped Wegener prove that fossils from different continents originally came from the same location
b)
 supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past
c)
The underwater ocean range in the middle of the ocean
d)
The hot spot which gave rise to the Hawaiian Islands, among others
38.
Why was Wegener's theory not accepted?
a)
He had no proof of how they were moving
b)
He had no evidence
c)
He was married
d)
He was not a Scientist
39.
The Theory of Continental Drift states that Pangaea broke apart and the continents "drifted" away from each other
a)
True
b)
False
40.

Most geologist 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.

41.
What is the force that moves the continents? 
a)
Conduction 
b)
Convection 
c)
Radiation 
d)
Conveyor belts 

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