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WorksheetsQUIZ#1:EARTH LITHOSPHERE AND TECTONIC PLATES
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How would you compare the oceanic and continental crust?
a)
The oceanic crust is thicker and denser than the continental crust.
b)
The oceanic and continental crust are identical in composition and density.
c)
The oceanic crust is thinner and denser than the continental crust.
d)
The oceanic and continental crust are both made of the same type of rock.
2.
What will happen when an oceanic crust and continental crust collide to one another?
a)
The oceanic crust will sink under the continental crust
b)
Both crusts will merge to form a larger crust
c)
The continental crust will sink under the oceanic crust
d)
Both crusts will repel each other
3.
What composes the Earth’s lithosphere?
a)
Water and gases
b)
Crust and upper mantle
c)
Core and crust
d)
Mantle and core
4.
What type of crust is made up of granite rocks?
a)
Oceanic crust
b)
Continental crust
c)
Mantle
d)
Outer core
5.
Which crust is thick but with low density?
a)
Continental crust
b)
Oceanic crust
c)
Mantle
d)
Outer core
6.
What do you call the smaller pieces the earth’s crust?
a)
Tectonic Plates
b)
Continents
c)
Islands
d)
Mountains
7.
What is the name of the Permian supercontinent believed to be the origin of all the continents today?
a)
Pangaea
b)
Gondwana
c)
Laurasia
d)
Rodinia
8.
What theory explains the breakup of Pangea into several continents?
a)
Theory of Relativity
b)
Quantum Theory
c)
Big Bang Theory
d)
Plate Tectonics Theory
9.
Which of the following tectonic plates is a major plate?
a)
Nazca Plate
b)
Philippine Sea Plate
c)
Pacific Plate
d)
Juan de Fuca Plate
10.
What makes the plates move farther apart?
a)
water in the ocean where the plates are located.
b)
movement of the magma under the plates.
c)
boiling water in the mantle.
d)
heat of the inner core
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