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Tectonic Plates Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process by which Earth's crust breaks apart, which can occur within continental or oceanic crust?

a)

Plate Tectonics

b)

Rifting

c)

Seafloor Spreading

d)

Continental Drift

2.

Which theory explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape?

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Supercontinent Cycle

c)

Plate Tectonics

d)

Paleomagnetism

3.

What is the boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other called?

a)

Convergent Boundary

b)

Transform Boundary

c)

Divergent Boundary

d)

Mid Ocean Ridge

4.

What is a piece of the lithosphere that has a unique geologic history and may be part of a larger piece of the lithosphere, such as a continent?

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Terrane

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Panthalassa

5.

What is the hypothesis that states the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations?

a)

Plate Tectonics

b)

Continental Drift

c)

Supercontinent Cycle

d)

Seafloor Spreading

6.

What is the solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle?

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Terrane

d)

Panthalassa

7.

What is the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding called?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Transform Boundary

c)

Convergent Boundary

d)

Mid Ocean Ridge

8.

What is the process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years?

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Supercontinent Cycle

c)

Plate Tectonics

d)

Paleomagnetism

9.

What is a long, undersea mountain chain with a steep, narrow valley at its center, formed as magma rises from the asthenosphere?

a)

Mid Ocean Ridge

b)

Transform Boundary

c)

Divergent Boundary

d)

Convergent Boundary

10.

What is the solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere, made of mantle rock that flows very slowly?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Terrane

d)

Panthalassa

11.

What was the single, large ocean that covered Earth's surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed?

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Asthenosphere

c)

Panthalassa

d)

Terrane

12.

What is the study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically as it relates to the reversal of Earth's magnetic poles?

a)

Plate Tectonics

b)

Paleomagnetism

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Seafloor Spreading

13.

What is the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally called?

a)

Convergent Boundary

b)

Divergent Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Mid Ocean Ridge

14.

What was the supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and began to break up 250 million years ago?

a)

Panthalassa

b)

Pangaea

c)

Terrane

d)

Lithosphere

15.

What is the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises to the Earth's surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge?

a)

Rifting

b)

Seafloor Spreading

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Plate Tectonics

16.
What boundary creates mountains?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
fast
17.
What is Pangaea?
a)
A German Scientist
b)
the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
c)
continental drift
d)
an ancient fossil