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What are Tectonic Plates?

Total questions: 1

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1-10.
1.

What does the Earth's crust compare to in the peach analogy?

a)

The thin hard skin

b)

The seed within the stone

c)

The thick layer of yellow flesh

d)

The stone on the inside

2.

What are the two main parts of the Earth's core?

a)

The lithosphere and the asthenosphere

b)

The outer core and the inner core

c)

The upper mantle and the lower mantle

d)

The mantle and the crust

3.

What is the lithosphere made up of?

a)

The mantle and the core

b)

The crust and the upper mantle

c)

The crust and the outer core

d)

The upper mantle and the lower mantle

4.

What evidence supports the theory of continental drift?

a)

The shape of the ocean floors

b)

Fossils of animals found on different continents

c)

The movement of the moon

d)

The temperature of the inner core

5.

What is the supercontinent called that existed 335 million years ago?

a)

Eurasia

b)

Gondwana

c)

Pangaea

d)

Laurasia

6.

What causes the tectonic plates to move?

a)

The rotation of the Earth

b)

Magnetic fields

c)

Convection currents within the mantle

d)

Gravity

7.

What happens at a constructive or divergent plate margin?

a)

Plates overlap each other

b)

Plates slide against each other

c)

Plates move towards each other

d)

Plates move away from each other

8.

How were the Himalayas formed?

a)

By volcanic activity

b)

By plates moving away from each other

c)

By two plates smashing together and pushing upwards

d)

By a meteor impact

9.

What is found at the center of the Earth?

a)

A liquid layer of molten magma

b)

A vast ocean of water

c)

A solid ball made of iron

d)

A large deposit of diamonds

10.

What kind of movement occurs at a conservative or transform plate margin?

a)

Plates move away from each other

b)

Plates slide against each other

c)

Plates move towards each other

d)

Plates melt into each other