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Tectonic Plate Exit Ticket

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of plate 3

a)

Pacific plate

b)

Eurasian plate

c)

Antarctic plate

d)

South American plate

2.

What is the name of plate 6

a)

Eurasian plate

b)

Indo-Australian plate

c)

North American plate

d)

Antarctic plate

3.

What is the name of plate 4

a)

African plate

b)

Indo-Australian plate

c)

Pacific plate

d)

Antarctic plate

4.

What is the name of plate 1

a)

African plate

b)

North American plate

c)

Pacific plate

d)

Pacific plate

5.

What is the name of plate 2

a)

African plate

b)

North American plate

c)

Eurasian plate

d)

Pacific plate

6.

What is the name of plate 5

a)

African plate

b)

South American plate

c)

Eurasian plate

d)

Indo-Australian plate

7.

What is the name of the plate to the south of the Eurasian plate?

a)

Pacific plate

b)

South American plate

c)

Antarctic plate

d)

Indo-Australian plate

8.

Name the Earth's layers in order from the INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE.

a)

crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

b)

crust, mantle, inner core, outer core

c)

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

9.

What happened to Pangaea?

a)

It melted

b)

It sank into the ocean

c)

It split and drifted apart over millions of years

d)

It changed its name and moved to Saturn

10.

What are tectonic plates?

a)

Pieces of rock ON the Earth's crust

b)

Pieces of molten lava

c)

Large, moveable pieces of rock UNDER the Earth's surface

d)

Rocks that float in space

11.

What evidence did Wegener present to support the Theory of Continental Drift? (Check all that apply)

a)

Fossil evidence

b)

The Contraction Theory

c)

Continental Shape Evidence (the land is like a puzzle)

d)

Glacial Evidence

e)

Mineral (coal) evidence

12.
1. A ____________ boundary is a boundary between tectonic plates that are moving apart.
a)
divergent
b)
stationary
c)
transform
d)
convergent
13.
2. A ____________ boundary is a boundary between tectonic plates that are moving toward each other.
a)
divergent
b)
stationary
c)
transform
d)
convergent
14.
3. A ____________ boundary is a boundary between tectonic plates that are moving sideways, moving past each other.
a)
divergent
b)
stationary
c)
transform
d)
convergent
15.
7. When two plates collide at a convergent boundary, what happens next is determined by
a)
the direction the plates are moving.
b)
the density of the crust.
c)
the distance from Earth's outer core.
16.
8. What happens when a plate with ocean crust and a plate with continental crust collide at a convergent boundary? Check all that apply.
a)
The less-dense continental crust is crumpled and pushed upward, forming mountains.
b)
The denser ocean crust is subducted, forming a trench.
c)
Both sections of crust are pushed upward, forming a tall mountain range.
d)
The less-dense ocean crust is crumpled and pushed upward, forming mountains.
e)
Both plates are pushed downward, forming a deep-ocean trench.
17.
9. What happens when two plates with continental crust collide at a convergent boundary?
a)
Both sections of crust are pushed upward, forming a tall mountain range.
b)
The less-dense ocean crust is crumpled and pushed upward, forming mountains.
c)
Both plates are pushed downward, forming a deep-ocean trench.
d)
The denser ocean crust is subducted, forming a trench.
e)
The denser continental crust is subducted, forming a trench.
18.
11. What is a volcano?
a)
a mountain formed by subduction of ocean crust
b)
a mountain formed by uplifting of continental crust
c)
a mountain formed when molten magma reaches Earth's surface
d)
a mountain formed when molten lava reaches Earth's surface
19.
12. In general, volcanoes form in long groupings called "belts." Where do most volcanic belts form?
a)
in the middle of the ocean
b)
along plate boundaries
c)
along borders between two countries
d)
in the middle of a continent
20.
13. The "Ring of Fire" is a belt of volcanoes. Where did the Ring of Fire form?
a)
around a group of islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
b)
along borders between two countries
c)
circling the Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
d)
along plate boundaries at the edge of the Pacific Ocean
21.

When a continental plate collides with an ocean plate, what happens? Select all that apply.

a)
mountains form
b)
volcanoes form
c)
subduction occurs
d)
an ocean trench (deep valley) forms
22.

A _______________ is an area that is NOT on a plate boundary where material from Earth's mantle rises through the crust and melts to form magma.

a)
divergent boundary
b)
volcanic belt
c)
volcanic mountain range
d)
hot spot
23.

According to the diagram, where can a mid-ocean ridge form?

a)
along a divergent boundary, where sea-floor spreading occurs
b)
convergent boundary, where ocean plates collide
c)
convergent boundary, where an ocean plate collides with a continental plate
d)
at a hot spot

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