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Plate Tectonics Quiz Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Plates move away from each other at ______________ boundaries.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
slide
2.
What landform occurs at an oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary?
a)
Fault Scarps
b)
Rift Valley
c)
Mountains
d)
Volcanic Islands
3.
The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called __________________.
a)
continental drift
b)
continental slope
c)
magnetic reversal
d)
convection
4.
A rift valley occurs at a
a)
divergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
5.
The boundary between two plates moving towards each other is called a
a)
divergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
lithosphere
6.
_______________ currents inside Earth drive plate motion.
a)
Vertical
b)
Convection
c)
Horizontal
d)
None of the Choices
7.
Volcanoes are more likely to form at:
a)
transform boundaries
b)
divergent & convergent boundaries
c)
the center of continents
8.
________________ are formed when two continental plates collide.
a)
Vocanoes
b)
Faults
c)
Mountain Ranges
d)
Rift Valleys
9.
Which Earth layer is at spot 2?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
10.
Which Earth layer is at spot 1?
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
11.

Which Earth layer is a liquid.

a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
12.
Which type of plate boundary occurs at X?
a)
Divergent
b)
Transform
c)
Convergent
d)
Subduction
13.
What feature occurs at Y?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Hot Spot
c)
Fault Line
d)

Trench/subduction

14.
A(n) ____________________ is an underwater mountain chain where new crust is made.
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
convergent plate boundary
c)
asthenosphere
d)
subduction zone
15.
Transform boundaries create ___________________.
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)

earthquakes and fault fractures

c)
granite
d)
mountains
16.

What type of plate boundary is pictured above?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Divergent

17.

What does Earth's magnetic field provide evidence of?

a)

Earth has a solid iron inner core surrounded by flowing liquid iron.

b)

Earth's crust is made of iron, oxygen and silicon.

c)

The mantle is very hot.

d)

Earth has layers with different densities.

18.

Sections of crust are destroyed when this motion causes two plates to meet, causing one plate to submerge and form a ​

a)

trench

b)

mountain

c)

volcano

d)

fault

19.

What type of seismic wave is the fastest?

a)

P Wave

b)

S waves

c)

Surface Waves

20.

What type of seismic wave is the slowest?

a)

P Wave

b)

S waves

c)

Surface Waves

21.

What type of wave caused the damage shown in the image.

a)

P wave

b)

S wave

c)

Surface Wave

22.

What forces would cause the Appalachian mountains to decrease over time.

a)

Weathering and erosion

b)

Frequent Earthquakes

c)

Dense iron makes them sink

d)

Melting because they are volcanoes

23.

Which of the following terms describes the breakdown of rocks into sediment?


a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Deposition

24.

The flow of matter in the ​_______________

is directly responsible for the movement of plates that make up Earth's crust.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Core

25.

In convection currents, ________________ material will rise

a)

hot

b)

cold

c)

dense

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