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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How far do tectonic plates move each year?

a)

Meters per year

b)

Centimeters per year

c)

Kilometers per year

d)

Feet per year

2.

Layer of solid rock that forms Earth's outer sin

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Crust

c)

Mantle

d)

Core

3.

Layer Below The Crust

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Divergent Boundry

d)

Plate Tectonics

4.

Pick 2 parts of the mantle

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Lumosphere

c)

Antosphere

d)

Anthosphere

5.

Layer of molten that sounds the inner core

(a)  

6.

Two Plates move apart, or diverge; usually occur at the mid ocean rige

a)

Divergent boundry

b)


Transform boundary

c)

Convergent boundry

7.

What sources did Wegener use for his hopothesis

a)

landforms

b)

fossles

c)

climate

d)

water

8.

Alfred Wegener was the one that proved Pangaea existed

a)

True

b)

False

9.
What type of plate boundary is this?
a)
Plate
b)
Divergent
c)
Convergent
d)
Transform
10.

What causes frequent earthquake?

a)

The Earth's core

b)
Movement of tectonic plates along fault lines
c)
Global warming
11.

a dense ball of solid metal

(a)  

12.

They use rocks from the middle of the earth as evidence

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What are two ways Geologests determen the compositon of the Earth's interior

4 lines
14.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
15.
Scientists hypothesize that a super continent existed 200 million years ago.  This continent is called
a)
America
b)
Super Earth
c)
Pangea
d)
Eurasia
16.

Rocky or rigid outer part of Earth consisting of the brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Oceanic Crust

c)

Continental Crust

d)

Asthenosphere

17.

The thick part of the earth's crust that forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the oceanic crust.

a)

Oceanic Crust

b)

Continental Crust

c)

Magma

d)

Inner Core

18.
Which type of crust is more dense?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
divergent
d)
pizza
19.
At a divergent boundary, tectonic plates move in what way? 
a)
Tectonic plates move towards each other
b)
Tectonic plates slide past each other
c)
Tectonic plates move up and down
d)
Tectonic plates move away from each other
20.
A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
horizontal