WorksheetsContinental Drift and Tectonics
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This Scientist was credited with coming up with the theory of continental drift
a)
Sean
b)
Alfred Wegner
c)
Otto von Wulfhoop
d)
Marie Curie
2.
How far does the North American plate move per year?
a)
2.75cm
b)
7.25cm
c)
5.72cm
d)
It does not move
3.
The place where 2 tectonic plates meet is a
a)
Plate Boundary
b)
Fault
c)
Tectonic Gathering
d)
Convergence
4.
Convection currents in the mantle do this:
a)
Make the aurora borealis
b)
Heat up the Earth's core
c)
Drive plate movement
d)
Add to the Earth's magnetic field
5.
Wat type of boundary is this?
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
6.
What type of boundary is this?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
7.
What type of boundary is this?
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
8.
Subduction causes what type of land feature
a)
Trench
b)
Mountain
c)
Valley
d)
Volcano
9.
The breaking of Earth's crust and the sliding of the blocks of crust along the break
a)
Folding
b)
Deformation
c)
Faulting
d)
Spreading
10.
When oceanic crust converges with continental crust what occurs?
a)
Tension Stress
b)
Subduction
c)
Sea Floor Spreading
d)
Strike Slip Fault
11.
Hanging Walls are:
a)
The landmass that is above the fault
b)
The landmass that is below the fault
12.
The process by which new oceanic crust is formed where lava rises from divergent boundaries and hardens, pushing away older crust toward the edges
a)
Ocean Crust Creating
b)
Sea Floor Spreading
c)
Land Ceiling Combining
d)
Subduction
13.
This type of Boundary is where the crust is neither created nor destroyed
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Bounary
14.
Compressional Stress of 2 converging continental plates forms this land feature
a)
Mountains
b)
Mid Ocean Ridges
c)
Trenches
d)
Valleys
15.
What is an underwater mountain range called?
a)
Underwater mountain range
b)
Oceanic Ridge
c)
Volcano
d)
Sea Mountain
16.
What process involves the creation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges and its movement away from the ridges?
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Sea Floor Spreading
d)
Subduction
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