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Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the plate labelled "C"

a)

north american plate

b)

nazca plate

c)

indian plate

d)

african plate

2.

What is the name of the tectonic plate labelled "D"

a)

Eurasian plate

b)

North America plate

c)

Antarctica plate

d)

Cocos plate

3.

What is the name of the plate labelled "Q"

a)

Arabian plate

b)

South American plate

c)

Cocos plate

d)

Carribean plate

4.

The plate labelled "P" is known as the

a)

South American Plate

b)

North American Plate

c)

Nazca Plate

d)

Carribean plate

5.

Name the tectonic plate labelled "K"

a)

Juan De Fuca

b)

Nazca

c)

Carribean

d)

Cocos

6.

Plate B is also known as ?

a)

Antarctica plate

b)

African plate

c)

South American plate

d)

Eurasian plate

7.

Plate "E" is ..........

a)

Philippine plate

b)

Indo Australian plate

c)

Indian plate

d)

Arabian plate

8.

Plate F is also known as the ....................

a)

Pacific plate

b)

Indo-Australian plate

c)

African plate

d)

Eurasian plate

9.

This plate labelled "M" is called the .................?

a)

Nazca plate

b)

Cocos plate

c)

Juan De Fuca plate

d)

Carribean plate

10.

The plate labelled "L" is ?

a)

Jucan De Fuca plate

b)

Nazca plate

c)

South American plate

d)

Pacific plate

11.

Plate labelled "H" is the ____________ plate?

a)

South American plate

b)

Cocos plate

c)

North American plate

d)

African plate

12.

"N" is the __________________ plate

a)

Pacific plate

b)

Antarctica plate

c)

Eurasian plate

d)

Indo-Australian plate

13.

The plate labelled "A" is the ______________ plate

a)

Pacific plate

b)

Arabian plate

c)

Philippines plate

d)

Carribean plate

14.

"G" is the ____________________ plate

a)

North American

b)

Cocos

c)

Nazca

d)

Juan de Fuca

e)

South American

15.

Which color would be the innercore?

a)

yellow

b)

orange

c)

red

d)

the earth on the outside

16.

Which color would be the outercore?

a)

Outside on the earth

b)

red

c)

orange

d)

yellow

17.

Which color would be the mantel?

a)

Outside on the earth

b)

red

c)

orange

d)

yellow

18.

What color would be the earth's crust?

a)

Outside on the earth.

b)

red

c)

orange

d)

yellow

19.

What part of the earth makes up less than 1% of the earth?

a)

The crust

b)

The mantel

c)

The outer core

d)

The inner core

20.

Which part of the earth, makes up 67% of the earth?

a)

The crust

b)

The mantel

c)

The outer core

d)

The inner core

21.

Which is the outermost, rigid layer of the earth, made of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Outer core

e)

Inner core

22.

Which is the soft layer of the mantel on which the tectonic plates move?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Outer core

e)

Inner Core

23.

Which is the strong lower part of the mantel?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Outer Core

e)

Inner core

24.

The earth's mantel is made up of which two parts?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Outer core

e)

Inner core

25.

Which part of the earth's core is liquid?

a)

Outer core

b)

Inner core

26.

Which part of the earth's core is solid and dense?

a)

Outer core

b)

Inner core

27.

A tectonic plate is a block of......

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Mesosphere

28.

Convergent boundary

a)

Where two tectonic plates collide

b)

Where two tectonic plates separate

c)

Where two tectonic plates slide past each other

29.

Divergent boundary

a)

Where two tectonic plates collide

b)

Where two tectonic plates separate

c)

Where two tectonic plates slide past each other

30.

Transform Boundary

a)

Where two tectonic plates collide

b)

Where two tectonic plates separate

c)

Where two tectonic plates slide past each other

31.

Subduction is when

a)

a yellow submarine

b)

old ocean crust gets pushed up by continental crust

c)

old ocean crust gets pushed down by continental crust.

d)

a yellow submarine

32.

What type of boundary?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

33.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

34.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

35.
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
36.
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
37.
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
38.

Describe the most likely relationship between these mountains and nearby tectonic plates.

a)

The mountains are probably formed by earthquakes

b)

The mountains are probably formed by the movement of glaciers

c)

The mountains are probably located near the edge of 2 tectonic plates.

d)

The mountains are probably formed by running water.

39.

Tectonic plates float on top of the ________

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer Core

40.
This is the theory that states that all the continents started as a single massive continent and have been MOVING apart for over 200 million years and the man that proposed it.
a)
The Big Bang Theory, Einstein
b)
The Pangea Theory, Hutton
c)
The Tectonic Plate Theory, Darwin
d)
The Continental Drift Theory, Wegner
41.
Which is older oceanic or continental crust?
a)
Oceanic
b)
Continental
42.

Which layer of the Earth is solid iron and nickel?

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer core

43.

What is the thinnest and outer most layer of the Earth, that we live on?

a)

Outer Core

b)

Crust

c)

Mantle

d)

Inner core

44.

Which layer of the Earth is the thickest and is made of molten rock?

a)

Outer Core

b)

Inner Core

c)

Crust

d)

Mantle

45.

Put these layers in order from the center of Earth outward

a)

Mantle, crust, inner core, outer core

b)

outer core, inner core, mantle, crust

c)

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

d)

Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

46.

Alfred Wegener used __________ to prove that Pangea once existed ?

a)

graham crackers and frosting

b)

math

c)

a metal detector

d)

fossils

47.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
48.
Scientists recently discovered that rocks collected from the Franklin Mountains in West Texas and rocks collected from mountains in eastern Antarctica were exactly the same age. Further research showed that the rocks were chemically and geologically the same and came from the same magma source. This discovery provides evidence of —
a)
coastal erosion.
b)
plate tectonics.
c)
ocean currents.
d)
glacial melting.
49.
The layer that makes up most of the earth's mass and volume is the
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
core
d)
asthenosphere
50.
Earth's crust is broken up into several large rocky pieces called ...
a)
plates
b)
faults
c)
fossils
d)
puzzle pieces
51.

What are tectonic plates?

a)

Pieces of the Earth's crust

b)

A type of boundary

c)

Pieces of the Earth's inner and outer core

d)

Pieces of the mantle that are solid

52.

Name the tectonic plate that Australia sits on

a)

African

b)

Nazca

c)

Antarctic

d)

Indoaustralian

53.

What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth from the thickest to thinnest?

a)

crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

b)

outer core, inner core, mantle, crust

c)

inner core, mantle, outer core, crust

d)

mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

54.

Which layer(s) of the Earth is/are solid? select all that apply

a)

outer core

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

crust

55.

How long ago did the Earth first form?

a)

4.6 million years

b)

13.8 million years

c)

4.6 billion years

d)

13.8 billion years

56.

What is the name of the process where hot air/liquids rise and cool air/liquids drop?

a)

natural currents

b)

convergent currents

c)

conduction currents

d)

convection currents

57.

Which of the following phenomena is not produced due to the Earth's magnetic field?

a)

protection against cosmic radiation

b)

compasses pointing north

c)

gravity

d)

aurora borealis

58.

What are the 3 types of tectonic plate boundaries?

a)

convergent, divergent, mid ocean ridge

b)

divergent, convergent, allegiant

c)

convergent, divergent, oblique

d)

divergent, convergent, transform

59.

Which way do plates in a divergent boundary move?

a)

toward each other

b)

parallel to each other

c)

away from each other

d)

perpendicular to each other

60.

Which way do plates in a transform boundary move?

a)

toward each other

b)

parallel to each other

c)

away from each other

d)

perpendicular to each other

61.

What are Tectonic plates?

a)

Large moving pieces on Earth's surface that are made of rock.

b)

where two plates divide

c)

The inner core of the earth

d)

where magma rises up and solidifies

62.

What is the Asthenosphere?

a)

Huge supercontinent

b)

Where two plates slide

c)

The upper layer of the Earth's mantle, below the lithosphere.

d)

surrounds the moon

63.

What is continental drift?

a)

Made of igneous rock

b)

Where two plates collide

c)

Theory that all of earths continents were once joined together in a singe, huge land mass and then started drifting away from each other.

d)

The process by which new oceanic crust forms when when magma rises up.

64.

What is pangaea?

a)

Huge supercontinent that existed millions of years ago,

b)

Where two plates slide

c)

Where two plates divide

d)

Where two plates collide

65.

What are divergent Plate Boundaries?

a)

Where two plates divide

b)

Where two plates collide

c)

Where two plates slide

66.

What are Convergent Plate Boundaries?

a)

Where two plates divide

b)

Where two plates collide

c)

Where two plates slide

67.

What are Transform Plate Boundaries?

a)

Where two plates divide

b)

Where two plates collide

c)

Where two plates slide

68.

What is seafloor spreading?

a)

Large pieces of lithosphere that move.

b)

Layer made up of the crust and uppermost mantle

c)

The super continent that existed millions of years ago

d)

Process by which new oceanic crust forms when magma rises up and solidifies at the mid-ocean ridge.

69.

What is subduction?

a)

where one tectonic plate sinks below another

b)

Where two plates slide

c)

Where two plates divide

d)

Where two plates collide

70.

How do tectonic plates move?

a)

Wind

b)

Convection currents

c)

Water

71.

Huge pieces of lithosphere that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

a)

tectonic plates

b)

North American Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

African Plate

72.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia, and the surrounding oceanic crust.

a)

tectonic plates

b)

African Plate

c)

North American Plate

d)

South American Plate

73.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere, including most of the landmasses of Europe and Asia.

a)

South American Plate

b)

North American Plate

c)

Eurasian Plate

d)

African Plate

74.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic crust.

a)

African Plate

b)

South American Plate

c)

North American Plate

d)

Eurasian Plate

75.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of South America and the oceanic crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

a)

North American Plate

b)

Eurasian Plate

c)

African Plate

d)

South American Plate

76.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of India and Australia and the surrounding oceanic crust.

a)

Pacific Plate

b)

Antarctic Plate

c)

Indo-Australian Plate

d)

African Plate

77.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that is composed entirely of oceanic crust and lies beneath the Pacific Ocean

a)

Antarctic Plate

b)

Indo-Australian Plate

c)

Pacific Plate

d)

Atlantic Plate

78.

A tectonic plate division of the lithosphere that includes the continental crust of Antarctica and the surrounding oceanic crust.

a)

Indo-Australian Plate

b)

Antarctic Plate

c)

African Plate

d)

Pacific Plate

79.

The amount of matter in a given space or volume; oceanic crust is thinner, but denser than continental crust.

a)

Crustal Rock Material

b)

Density of Plates

c)

Plate Boundary

d)

Pacific Plate

80.

Crust can be either oceanic, which is thin and dense, or continetal, which is thick and less dense

a)

Density of Plates

b)

Crustal Rock Material

c)

Plate Boundary

d)

Earthquake

81.

the place where two different plates have contact.

a)

Pacific Plate

b)

Mountains

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Plate Boundaries

82.

Occurs when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide

a)

convergent boundary

b)

subduction

c)

volcanic eruptions

d)

divergent boundary

83.

the process in which a denser plate is pushed downward beneath a less dense plate when plates converge; occurs at continental to oceanic boundaries and oceanic to oceanic boundaries

a)

divergent boundaries

b)

volcanic eruptions

c)

subduction

d)

convergent boundary

84.

Events in which molten rock spews out from the mantle to the surface of Earth as ash, lava and gases; major geological events that occur when a dense plate subducts below a less dense plate

a)

Mountain Building

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Divergent boundary

d)

Volcanic eruptions

85.

Major geological event that occurs when continental plates of equal density converge, resulting in mountain chains

a)

Mountain Building

b)

Subduction

c)

Volcanic eruptions

d)

Divergent Boundary

86.

Occurs when two tectonic plates move away from each other.

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Volcanic eruptions

d)

Mountain building

87.

Ridges formed from new crustal material at diverging oceanic plate boundaries

a)

Ocean Basin

b)

earthquakes

c)

spreading ridges

d)

transform boundary

88.

An area of oceanic crust covered by seawater and surrounded by areas of continental crust

a)

Transform Boundary

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Ocean Basin

d)

Spreading ridges

89.

Occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other

a)

Transform Boundary

b)

Ocean Basin

c)

Divergent Boundary

d)

Spreading ridges

90.

Major geological events that occur when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; frequent occurrences along all types of plate boundaries

a)

Volcano

b)

Earthquakes

c)

Tsunami

d)

Tornado

91.

active

a)

a volcano that scientists do not expect to erupt ever again

b)

a volcano that is currently erupting, showing signs that is is likely to erupt in the near future, or has erupted in recorded history

c)

a volcano that has not erupted for at least 10,000 years, but that scientist think may erupt again

92.

dormant

a)

a volcano that has not erupted for at least 10,000 years, but that scientist think may erupt again

b)

a volcano that is currently erupting, showing signs that it is likely to erupt in the near future, or has erupted in recorded history

c)

a volcano that scientists do not expect to erupt ever again

93.

extinct

a)

a volcano that scientists do not expect to erupt ever again

b)

a volcano that is currently erupting, showing signs that it is likely to erupt in the near future, or has erupted in recorded history

c)

a volcano that has not erupted for at least 10,000 years, but that scientists think may erupt again

94.

magma

a)

molten rock found on top of the earth's surface

b)

molten rock found beneath the earth's surface

95.

lava

a)

molten rock found beneath the earth's surface

b)

molten rock found on top of the earth's surface

96.

Which has MEDIUM EXPLOSIVE eruptions and form a cone of cinders and ash around the vent?

a)

cinder cone

b)

composite volcano

c)

shield volcano

97.

Which has the MOST EXPLOSIVE eruptions that form steep mountains?

a)

shield volcano

b)

cinder cone

c)

composite volcano

98.

Which has the LESS EXPLOSIVE eruptions because of the LESS GASSY lava?

a)

cinder cone

b)

composite volcano

c)

shield volcano

99.

Which is an example of a cinder cone?

a)

Mt. Vesuvius

b)

Mt. St. Helens

c)

the 7 dormant volcanoes around Yucca Mt.

d)

Hawaiian Volcanoes

100.

Which are examples of a composite volcano? (pick 2)

a)

the 7 dormant volcanoes around Yucca Mt.

b)

Mt. Vesuvius

c)

Hawaiian Volcanoes

d)

Mt. St. Helens

101.

Which is an example of a shield volcano?

a)

Hawaiian Volcanoes

b)

Mt. Vesuvius

c)

Mt. St. Helens

d)

the 7 dormant volcanoes around Yucca Mt.

102.

Which layer is solid and thinnest?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

103.

Which layer is the thickest?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

104.

Which layer of the mantle is solid?

a)

Upper mantle

b)

Lower mantle

105.

Which layer of the mantle is liquid?

a)

upper mantle

b)

lower mantle

106.

How far is it to the center of the earth?

a)

16,400 km

b)

4,600 km

c)

6,400 km

d)

14,600 km

107.

Which layer is liquid?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

108.

Which layer is solid and has extreme pressure?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

109.

What is the lithosphere?

a)

ALL of the crust and cores making up the first 200 km below the earth's surface

b)

ALL of the crust and upper, solid mantle making up the first 100 km below the earth's surface

c)

ALL of the crust and lower, liquid mantle making up the first 100 km below the earth's surface

110.

What does LITHO mean?

a)

volcano

b)

crust

c)

mantle

d)

stone

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