WorksheetsPlate Tectonics/Boundaries
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What is a tectonic plate?
a)
Heat transfer by the movement of material
b)
Movement from the soft rock's heat rising. Then falling once it cools.
c)
Large slabs of rock that move on the liquid mantle (asthenosphere)
d)
All continents joined in one large land mass
2.
2. What is Pangaea?
a)
Heat transfer by the movement of material
b)
Movement from the soft rock's heat rising. Then falling once it cools.
c)
Large slabs of rock that move on the liquid mantle (asthenosphere)
d)
All continents joined in one large land mass
3.
3. What is convection?
a)
Heat transfer by the movement of material
b)
Movement from the soft rock's heat rising. Then falling once it cools.
c)
Large slabs of rock that move on the liquid mantle (asthenosphere)
d)
All continents joined in one large land mass
4.
4. What is a convection current?
a)
Heat transfer by the movement of material
b)
Movement from the soft rock's heat rising. Then falling once it cools.
c)
Large slabs of rock that move on the liquid mantle (asthenosphere)
d)
All continents joined in one large land mass
5.
5. Which layer holds the tectonic plates?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Mesosphere
6.
6. Which layer has convection currents which move the tectonic plates?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Mesosphere
7.
7. What is the theory of plate tectonics?
a)
The plates on Earth's lithosphere are in constant slow motion because of convection currents in the asthenosphere.
b)
The soft, hot rock in the asthenosphere rise, then cool and sink again. This happens over a long period of time, but causes slight movements of a few centimeters per year.
c)
All continents were joined in a single land mass. Over time they drifted apart.
8.
8. What is the theory of continental drift?
a)
The plates on Earth's lithosphere are in constant slow motion because of convection currents in the atmosphere.
b)
The soft, hot rock in the asthenosphere rise, then cool and sink again. This happens over a long period of time, but causes slight movements of a few centimeters per year.
c)
All continents were joined in a single land mass. Over time they drifted apart.
9.
9. Which scientist developed the theory of continental drift?
a)
Isaac Newton
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Alfred Wegener
10.
1. Which layer of Earth creates movement for plate boundaries to occur?
a)
Asthenosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Mesosphere
11.
2. Which choice describes a divergent boundary?
a)
Two plates moving together
b)
Two plates moving apart causing a gap in the sea floor. The gap fills with magma which cools forming a new crust.
c)
Two plates moving past one another in opposite directions.
12.
3. What do divergent boundaries create?
a)
Rift valleys and seas
b)
Mountains, deep sea ocean trenches, and volcanoes
c)
Intense earthquakes, valleys, and riverbeds
13.
4. Which type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
14.
5. Which choice describes a convergent boundary?
a)
Two plates moving together
b)
Two plates moving apart causing a gap in the sea floor. The gap fills with magma which cools forming a new crust.
c)
Two plates moving past one another in opposite directions.
15.
6. What do convergent boundaries create?
a)
Rift valleys and seas
b)
Mountains, deep sea ocean trenches, and volcanoes
c)
Intense earthquakes, valleys, and riverbeds
16.
7. Which choice describes a transform boundary?
a)
Two plates moving together
b)
Two plates moving apart causing a gap in the sea floor. The gap fills with magma which cools forming a new crust.
c)
Two plates moving past one another in opposite directions.
17.
8. Which plate boundary is shown in the illustration?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
18.
9. What do transform boundaries create?
a)
Rift valleys and seas
b)
Mountains, deep sea ocean trenches, and volcanoes
c)
Intense earthquakes, valleys, and riverbeds
19.
10. Which plate boundary is shown in the illustration below?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
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