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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process called when heat circulates throughout the mantle and causes the lithosphere to move on the surface?

a)
conduction
b)
radiation
c)
subduction
d)
convection
2.

What plate is found in between the Pacific and The North American plates?

a)
Juan de Fuca Plate
b)
Nazca Plate
c)
Cocos Plate
d)
Caribbean Plate
3.

What is the name of the man who suggested the continental drift theory?

a)

Alpred Wigener

b)

Alfred Wegner

c)

Alex Wegner

d)
Alfred Wegener
4.

The ------ is made up of multiple parts, which move relative to one another

(a)  

5.

Convection currents take place in the ------

(a)  

6.

The process when mid-ocean ridges erupt, creating new material on the seafloor.

a)

seafloor formation

b)

subduction

c)
seafloor spreading
d)

seafloor softening

7.

The 3 distinct types of plate boundaries are

a)
convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and subduction boundaries
b)
convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and transform boundaries
c)
convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and collision boundaries
d)
convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and sliding boundaries
8.

The ---- in Africa is an example of a divergent plate boundary

(a)  

9.

This plate is the southernmost plate on Earth

a)

Australian Plate

b)
Pacific Plate
c)
Antarctic Plate
d)

Scotia Plate

10.

This was the name of the ocean that surrounded Pangaea.

a)

Panthalessa

b)

Panthelassa

c)

Pancake

d)
Panthalassa
11.

These were the names given to the two continents after the breakup of Pangaea.

(a)  

12.

These were evidences that the Continental Drift Theory was correct

a)
Matching fossil records on different continents
b)

Similar climate evidence found on continents.

c)
Matching mountain ranges on different continents.
d)

The fit of the continents to one another

13.

If for example, the Inazuma plate which only has small islands, drifted towards the Mondstat plate, which is part of the Continent of Teyvat. What kind of plate boundary would it be?

a)

convergent

continental-continental

b)

convergent
oceanic-continental

c)

convergent

oceanic-oceanic

d)

convergent

continental-oceanic

14.

What kind of plate boundary is Optimus Prime?

(a)  

15.

Stress in earth science is part of what topic?

a)

Tectonic Forces

b)

Tectonic Processes

c)

Plate Boundaries

d)

Convection Currents