WorksheetsActive Earth
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is the Earth's outermost layer called?
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
Asthenosphere
Which layer of the Earth is liquid and responsible for creating the Earth's magnetic field?
Crust
Upper Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
Which scientist proposed the idea of Pangea?
Newton
Wegener
Curie
Wagner
What is the asthenosphere?
The Earth's outermost layer
A solid, rigid layer
A semi-fluid layer where convection currents occur
The Earth's innermost layer
Which of the following best describes the lithosphere?
It includes the crust and the uppermost mantle
It is liquid and creates the Earth's magnetic field
It is the Earth's innermost layer
It is a semi-fluid layer where convection currents occur
What causes the movement of tectonic plates?
Earth's rotation
Convection currents in the asthenosphere
Gravitational pull from the Moon
Ocean currents
What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
Subduction
Where can you find a continental convergent plate boundary?
Himalayan Mountains
San Andreas Fault
East African Rift
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
What geological feature is created at divergent boundaries?
Trenches
Mid-ocean ridges
Mountains
Strato Volcanoes
Which type of plate boundary is most associated with earthquakes because pressure is built up?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Subduction
What is the 'Ring of Fire'?
A belt of meteor showers around the Earth
The region of the Earth's equator
A region of high volcanic activity and earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean
The place where all plate tectonics first began
Which plates affect Japan and Tokyo?
Juan De Fuca and North American plates
Philippine plate, Eurasian plate, and Pacific plate
Cocos plate and North American plate
African plate and Eurasian plate
What is sea-floor spreading?
The process of mountain formation
The creation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges
The collision of continental plates
The sinking of oceanic plates into the mantle
What is Pangea?
It is a continent on Maps today
It is a type of Transform Boundary
It is the large continent that existed millions of years ago
It is an equatorial continent
What geological feature is found at a subduction zone?
Mid-ocean ridge
Rifts
Ocean trench
Shield volcano
Which plates are involved in the formation of the Himalayas?
Asian and Pacific plates
Indian and African plates
Indian and Eurasian plates
Asian and African plates
Which type of plate boundary involves plates sliding past each other?
Transform
Convergent
Subduction
Divergent
What is the evidence for Pangea?
The Ring of Fire and Volcanoes that form the subduction zones of convergent boundaries
The Outer core cause a magnetic force field and Continents move north and south
Continents seem to fit like puzzle pieces and the same fossils were found on different continents
Alfred Wegener told people that the oceans have been getting deeper and more shallow over time
Which of the following is a result of transform boundaries?
Mid-ocean ridges
Mountain ranges
Earthquakes
Ocean trenches
What is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
Ridges
Mountains
Subduction zones
Trenches
What type of volcano is typically found at hot-spots?
Shield volcano - non explosive kind
Stratovolcano - Explosive kind
Cinder cone volcano - Smaller explosion type
Composite volcano - Very explosive kind
What is a trench?
When oceanic crust slides under another plate forming a valley underwater
When continental crust slides under another plate forming a mountian underwater
When oceanic crust slides under another plate forming ridge
When oceanic crust slides under another plate causing earthquakes
