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Tectonic Plates GAME

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 3570secs

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Class
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1.

What are the three main types of tectonic plate boundaries?

a)

Solid, Liquid, Gas

b)

Divergent, Convergent, Transform

c)

North, South, East

d)

Hot, Cold, Warm

2.

How does tectonic plate movement affect the Earth's surface?

a)

It causes earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of mountains and ocean trenches.

b)

It has no impact on the Earth's surface

c)

It causes the formation of deserts and plains

d)

It leads to the melting of polar ice caps

3.

How are earthquakes related to tectonic plates?

a)

Earthquakes are caused by the movement of clouds in the atmosphere

b)

Earthquakes are related to tectonic plates because they occur when the plates release built-up energy.

c)

Earthquakes have no relation to tectonic plates

d)

Earthquakes are a result of volcanic eruptions

4.

Which type of tectonic plate boundary is associated with the formation of mountain ranges?

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Subduction boundary

c)

Transform boundary

d)

Divergent boundary

5.

What are the environmental effects of tectonic plate movement?

a)

Air pollution, water contamination, and deforestation

b)

Droughts, wildfires, and landslides

c)

Hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods

d)

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis

6.

How do scientists study the movement of tectonic plates?

a)

By studying the movement of clouds

b)

By analyzing the behavior of ocean currents

c)

By observing the migration of birds

d)

Using various methods such as GPS, seismolographs, and satellite imagery.

7.

What are the earth´s layers?

a)

crust-mantle-outer core-inner core

b)

crust- mantle- happy core- in core

8.

Outer Core is

a)

Made up of liquid metal and rock

b)

Made of solid metal and rock

9.

Inner Core is made up of.....

a)

Solid Rock made up of iron and nickel

b)

melted iron and nickel

10.
What are the two kinds of crust that the Earth has?
a)
Oceanic and Crustatious Crust
b)
Oceanic and Continental Crust
c)
Optic and Continental Crust
11.
4. What layer is the hottest?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
12.
5. Which layer is the thickest?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
13.
Which layer of Earth is the thinnest? 
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
14.
Which sublayer is made up of the crust and upper mantle?
a)
Inner Core
b)
Outer Core
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Asthenosphere
15.
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
16.
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
17.

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

18.

What type of fault is the San Andreas in California?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Optimus Prime

d)

Divergent

19.

How do convergent plates move?

a)

They pull away from each other.

b)

They slide by each other.

c)

They move to connect to each other.

d)

It depends, sometimes they move close to each other, sometimes they move far apart.

20.

The magnitude of an earthquake is measured by an instrument called

a)

a digital scale

b)

a seismogram

c)

a seismograph

d)

kilogram

21.

What do we call the continuously moving parts of Earth's crust?

a)

Plates

b)

Crust

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Volcanoes

22.

What happens when tectonic plate shift suddenly?

a)

Thunderstorm

b)

Volcano

c)

Earthquake

d)

Landslide

23.

The strongest earthquake will be a category _____.

a)

1

b)

5

c)

10

d)

20

24.

Why can't we feel all of Earth's earthquakes?

a)

They happen deep inside Earth.

b)

They aren't happening.

c)

They happen so fast.

d)

They are very gentle.

25.

What do we call the place where two tectonic plates meet?

a)

Plate

b)

Fault

c)

Focus

d)

Epicenter

26.

Most earthquakes happen along _________________. 

a)
coast
b)
faults
c)
desert
d)
directions
27.

Many earthquakes happen along the...

a)
Countries
b)

Ring of Fire

c)
Climate Zones
28.

What is another name for magma that has reached Earth's surface?

a)

Vent

b)

Dust

c)

Ash

d)

Lava

29.

Where is the Ring of Fire located?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

30.
What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?
a)
Hot Spot
b)
Magma
c)
Lava
d)
Volcano
31.
As magma rises towards the surface it collects in a 'room' called a _____ _____ . 
a)
magma chamber
b)
side vent
c)
main vent
d)
lava chamber
32.
What is a volcano?
a)
A mountain that has lava all over it 
b)
A giant hill filled with magma
c)
A long high sea wave 
d)
A hole in the Earth where magma erupts
33.
Where are most volcanoes found?
a)
Southern Hemisphere
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
Hot Spots
34.
What is the definition of dormant?
a)
sleeping
b)
extinct
c)
active
d)
invisible
35.
This is an example of -
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
36.
This is an example of -
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
37.
What causes the tectonic plates to move?
a)
convection of magma
b)
the earth's magnetic field
c)
the earth spinning
d)
earth's gravitational pull
38.
The movement of plates at a divergent boundary
a)
move towards each other
b)
slide past each other
c)
move up and down
d)
move away from each other
39.
When plates slip sideways against each other the type of boundary we have is...
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Slip SIdeways
40.

How does tectonic plate movement affect the Earth's surface?

a)

It causes earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of mountains and ocean trenches.

b)

It has no impact on the Earth's surface

c)

It causes the formation of deserts and plains

d)

It leads to the melting of polar ice caps

41.

The spot deep in the earth where rocks break and cause an earthquake is called...

a)

fault

b)

core

c)

focus

d)

epicenter

42.
What is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
a)
Epicenter
b)
Fault
c)
Hypocenter
d)
Tremor
43.

What scale is used to measure Earthquakes?

a)

Richter Scale

b)

Saffir-Simpson Scale

c)

Fujita Scale

d)

Seismoscale

44.

Why does the volcanic eruption happen ?

a)

When the pressure on magma chamber inside earth increase and push magma to the surface.

b)

When it formes by eruption lava and ash.

c)

when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault.

45.
The place in the rocks where pressure releases and an earthquake begins.
a)
Fault
b)
Epicenter
c)
Seismic Waves
d)
Focus