WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 13mins
The uppermost part of the mantle and the crust are the solid parts of the Earth, called...
(a)
The lithosphere is divided into huge pieces called...
(a)
The semi-solid part that lies below the lithosphere is called...
(a)
Draw the internal structure of the Earth.
Which of the following contributes to tectonic plate movement?
Centrifugal force of Earth's rotation
Convection currents in asthenosphere
Slap-pull force when denser plate subducts
Tidal pull from moon on the ocean
Earthquakes may be found at which boundaries?
Convergent plate boundaries
Divergent plate boundaries
Transform plate boundaries
Volcanoes can be found at what boundaries?
Convergent plate boundaries
Divergent plate boundaries
Transform plate boundaries
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Seafloor spreading happens when magma from deep within the Earth rises through mid-ocean ridges to form new oceanic crusts.
Rocks near the crest of the mid-ocean ridges are older and are progressively younger further away from the mid-ocean ridges.
The formation of new oceanic crusts at mid-ocean ridges explains why oceanic crusts are younger than continental crusts.
The destruction of older oceanic crusts at trenches explains why there is little sediment accumulation at oceanic trenches.
Draw magnetic striping about a mid-ocean ridge to support the plate tectonics theory.
The broad belt where most tectonic activities occur is called...
(a)
