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Unit 2 Part 1

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

dark yellow

a)

north america

b)

south america

c)

antarctica

d)

asia

2.

green

a)

north america

b)

south america

c)

asia

d)

europe

3.

purple

a)

north america

b)

south america

c)

asia

d)

europe

4.

light red

a)

north america

b)

south america

c)

asia

d)

europe

5.

dark red

a)

africa

b)

south america

c)

asia

d)

europe

6.

light yellow

a)

africa

b)

australia

c)

asia

d)

europe

7.

9

a)

artic ocean

b)

pacific ocean

c)

atlantic ocean

d)

indian ocean

8.

11

a)

artic ocean

b)

pacific ocean

c)

atlantic ocean

d)

indian ocean

9.

10

a)

artic ocean

b)

pacific ocean

c)

atlantic ocean

d)

indian ocean

10.

8

a)

artic ocean

b)

pacific ocean

c)

atlantic ocean

d)

indian ocean

11.

largest and deepest ocean

a)

artic ocean

b)

pacific ocean

c)

atlantic ocean

d)

indian ocean

12.

smallest, shallowest, and coldest ocean

a)

artic ocean

b)

pacific ocean

c)

atlantic ocean

d)

indian ocean

13.

boundary where two continental plates push against each other & mountains can form

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

14.

boundary where two ocean plates separate & where the mid-ocean ridge is forming ocean floor

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

15.

boundary where two plates slide past each other & where earthquakes occur

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

16.

which is denser?

a)

oceanic crust

b)

continental crust

17.

which has basalt?

a)

oceanic crust

b)

continental crust

18.

which has granite?

a)

oceanic crust

b)

continental crust

19.

which plate subducts when the two collide?

a)

oceanic crust

b)

continental crust

20.

which is older?

a)

oceanic crust

b)

continental crust

21.

sonar is used to map the sea floor

a)

true

b)

false

22.

carbon dating is used to determine the age of sediments

a)

true

b)

false

23.

formed from the weathering of rock

a)

biogenous sediment

b)

lithogenous sediment

24.

formed from the skeletons and shells of marine life

a)

biogenous sediment

b)

lithogenous sediment

25.

the process of an oceanic plate going under a continental plate at a convergent boundary

a)

subduction

b)

subway

c)

eruption

d)

mid-ocean ridge

26.

which of these forms at the convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?

a)

trench

b)

mid-ocean ridge

c)

mountain

d)

abyssal plain

27.

who proposed the idea of pangea

a)

alfred wegner

b)

albert einstein

c)

dwayne carter

d)

bailey zimmerman

28.

why did no one believe the idea of Pangaea was possible at first

a)

couldnt prove how continents move

b)

couldnt prove that coastlines matched up on opposite shorelines

c)

couldnt prove that sediments and fossils matched on opposite coastlines

d)

everyone accepted it wym

29.

seafloor subducts back into the mantle at the mid-ocean ridge

a)

true

b)

false

30.

seafloor is formed at the mid-ocean ridge and gets pushed outwards

a)

true

b)

false

31.

age of seafloor decreases as distance from the ridge increases

a)

true

b)

false

32.

seafloor spreading occurs at a divergent boundary

a)

true

b)

false

33.

oceanic crust records the magnetic polarity of the Earth as it forms

a)

true

b)

false