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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

2.

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

3.

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

4.

What geologic event would most likely be found at a transform boundary?

a)

Volcano

b)

Mountain

c)

Earthquake

d)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

5.

What landform would you most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

b)

Rift Valley

c)

Mountain

d)

Volcano

6.

What landform would you most likely find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

a)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

b)

Oceanic Trench

c)

Mountain

d)

Volcano

7.

When one tectonic plate sinks under another, this is called...

a)

Convegent

b)

Divergent

c)

Subduction

d)

Transform

8.

Which type of boundary do plates move away from each other?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

9.

Plates slide past one another at ____ boundaries.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

10.

Plate movement is caused by ____________.

a)

the rotation of the Earth

b)

convection currents in the mantle

c)

ocean tides

d)

the moon's gravity

11.

What are the two types of crust?

a)

Thick and thin

b)

Ocean and basin

c)

Lower and upper

d)

Continental and oceanic

12.

What is Pangaea?

a)

The name of a German scientist

b)

Another name for continental drift

c)

The name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago

d)

The name of ancient fossil

13.

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

a)

The rock cycle

b)

Supercontinent

c)

The crust

d)

Pangea

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

a)

Divergent trenches

b)

Ocean trenches

c)

Transform trenches

d)

Mid-ocean trenches

17.
A dense ball of solid iron and nickel.
a)
crust
b)
inner core
c)
mantle 
d)
outer core
18.
What is the top layer of the Earth's surface called? 
a)
Mantle
b)
Innercore
c)
Outercore
d)
Crust
19.
Is the outer core a liquid or solid?
a)
liquid
b)
solid
20.
Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
goes up and down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
21.
Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth
a)
increases
b)
decreases 
c)
goes up or down depending on the layer
d)
stays the same
22.
Which layer of Earth is characterized by rock that is plastic, or soft enough to flow?
a)
asthenosphere
b)
crust
c)
lithosphere
d)
inner core
23.

Which layer contains convection currents?

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

lithosphere

24.

The outer core is made up of liquid iron and nickel?

a)

true

b)

false

25.

Which is the correct order of the Earths layers?

a)

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

b)

crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

c)

crust, mantle, inner core, outercore

d)

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

26.
What heats material in the mantle causing the convection cycle?
a)
Solar Radiation
b)
The Earths Core
c)
Fire
d)
Hard Work
27.
Which of these layers is ALL solid iron and nickle?
a)
inner core
b)
outer core
c)
lithosphere
d)
mesosphere
28.
Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's
a)
Continental crust
b)
Oceanic crust
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Lithosphere
29.
Identify the letter in the diagram.  Identify letter A
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Outer Core
30.
Identify the letter in the diagram.  Identify letter F
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Outer Core
31.
Identify the letter in the diagram.  Identify letter B
a)
Crust
b)
Convection Current
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core 
32.
Tectonic plates moving causes what?
a)
Volcanos, mountain ranges, and deep ocean trenches
b)
Rivers, volcanoes, valleys, and fresh soil
c)
Volcanoes, mountain ranges, deep ocean trenches, and buildings
d)
Houses, rivers, buildings
33.
Layer 1 is the Earth's ______ core.
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Asthenosphere
34.
Layer 2 is the Earth's _____________.
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
 Lower Mantle
d)
 Upper Mantle
35.
Layer 3 is the Earth's ______ core.
a)
Core
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Mantle
d)
Asthenosphere
36.
What layer is the thinnest?
a)
Crust 
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
They are all the same size
37.
The core is mostly made up mostly of which elements?
a)
Oxygen and Silicon
b)
Silicon and Magnesium
c)
Nickel and Iron
d)
Iron and Magnesium
38.
Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?
a)
Outer Core
b)
Inner Core
c)
Mantle
d)
Lithosphere
39.

Is the Lithosphere Rigid?

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Structure of the Earth has how many main layers?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

41.

How thick is the Continental Crust

a)

10-70km

b)

Less than 7km

c)

90-200km

d)

2-15km

42.

Is the Oceanic Crust Old compared to the Continental Crust

a)

True

b)

False

43.

How many miles thick is the Mantle

a)

1,802

b)

1,800

c)

1,745

d)

1,900

44.

The Mantle makes up how much of the Earth's volume?

a)

79%

b)

84%

c)

62%

d)

92%

45.

The inner core is liquid?

a)

True

b)

False

46.

The outer core is liquid?

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Which part of the Earth's layer is responsible for the Earth's magnetic field?

a)

Outer Core

b)

Inner Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Crust

48.

Is the Outer Core 2,251 km thick?

a)

True

b)

False

49.

What is the Outer Core mostly composed of?

a)

Iron

b)

Liquid Iron

c)

Liquid Iron and Nickel

d)

Liquid Nickel

50.

Is the temperature of the Outer Core 4,500 - 6,000 degrees celsius

a)

False

b)

True

51.

Which Core is the same temperature as the Sun?

a)

Inner Core

b)

Outer Core

52.

The Inner Core is mostly made of ?

a)

Nickel

b)

Iron

c)

Nickel and Iron

53.

The temperature of the inner core is 5,220 Celsius

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Why does the inner core stays solid

a)

Pressure

b)

Heat

c)

Flow

d)

Circulation

55.

How many major plates are there?

a)

7

b)

14

c)

12

d)

9

56.

What are the plates made out of?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Crust

d)

Mantle

57.

What is below the Lithosphere ?

a)

Crust

b)

Core

c)

Mantle

d)

Asthenosphere

58.

Draw the Convection Cells showing the arrows as to how the convection cell works. Use your notes and refer to the drawing you drew in class.

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