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Year 7 Homework Quiz - Tectonics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tectonic plates consist of

a)

continental crust

b)

mesospheric crust

c)

both continental and oceanic crust

d)

oceanic crust

2.

Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

a)

America, Greenland, and Europe

b)

Antarctica, India, and America

c)

all of Earth’s continents

d)

South Africa, India, Australia, and South America

3.
What is the outer layer of the earth called?
a)
Inner core
b)
Outer core
c)
Crust
d)
Mantle
4.
This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel
a)
Outer Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Crust
5.
Earth's crust is broken up into several large rocky pieces called ...
a)
plates
b)
faults
c)
fossils
d)
puzzle pieces
6.
When Earth's plates rub or scrape against one another, the release of energy causes ...
a)
a volcano
b)
an earthquake
c)
a tornado
d)
continental drift
7.
At what location does the first motion of an earthquake occur
a)
the focus
b)
the seismic gap
c)
the mantle
d)
the epicenter
8.

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

a)

crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

b)

mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

c)

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

d)

outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

9.

What is a plate boundary where both plates move away from each other?

a)

Constructive (divergent)

b)

plate

c)

Destructive (convergent)

d)

Conservative (transform)

10.

Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a

a)

landform

b)

continent

c)

fossil

d)

landmass

11.

What is a plate boundary where two plates slip past each other moving in opposite directions?

a)

Conservative (transform)

b)

Destructive (convergent)

c)

Constructive (divergent)

12.

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by

a)

conduction

b)

earthquakes

c)

convection currents in the mantle

d)

Earth's magnetic field

13.

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as _______

a)

convection.

b)

continental drift.

c)

subduction.

d)

conduction.

14.

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth’s

a)

continents.

b)

mantle.

c)

lithosphere.

d)

inner core.

15.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
16.
What is Pangaea?
a)
the name of a German scientist
b)
the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago
c)
another name for continental drift
d)
the name of an ancient fossil
17.

A scale used for measuring the magnitude of an earthquake is known as the ______________

a)

Ritter Scale

b)

Seismic Scale

c)

Richter Scale

d)

Wegner Scale

18.

What are formed at collision zones / boundaries?

a)

Fold Mountains

b)

Oceans Trenches

c)

Tsunamis

19.

What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates separate?

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

20.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary