WorksheetsContinental Drift and Rock Stress
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
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 upward arches in folded rock are?
a)
Anticlines
b)
Synclines
10.
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
11.
The downward arches in folded rock are?
a)
Synclines
b)
Anticlines
12.
When oceanic crust converges with continental crust what occurs?
a)
Tension Stress
b)
Subduction
c)
Sea Floor Spreading
d)
Strike Slip Fault
13.
Stress is:
a)
Plate movement that is caused by convection currents
b)
The breaking of Earth's crust and the sliding of the blocks of crust along the break
c)
What you felt preparing for this test?
d)
The force that causes Earth's crust to change shape and volume
14.
Hanging Walls are:
a)
The landmass that is above the fault
b)
The landmass that is below the fault
15.
What type of fault is this?
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Reverse Fault
c)
Strike Slip Fault
16.
What type of fault is this? (You're welcome)
a)
Normal Fault
b)
Reverse Fault
c)
Strike Slip Fault
17.
What type of fault is this?
a)
Normal fault
b)
Reverse Fault
c)
Strike Slip Fault
18.
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
19.
This type of Boundary is where the crust is neither created nor destroyed
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Bounary
20.
Tensional Stress is caused by
a)
Transform Boundaries
b)
Divergent Boundaries
c)
Convergent Boundaries
21.
Compressional Stress of 2 converging continental plates forms this land feature
a)
Mountains
b)
Mid Ocean Ridges
c)
Trenches
d)
Valleys
22.
Shearing Stress takes place at what type of boundary?
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
23.
What is an underwater mountain range called?
a)
Underwater mountain range
b)
Oceanic Ridge
c)
Volcano
d)
Sea Mountain
24.
What happens to rock at shearing stress?
a)
It bends or breaks
b)
It compresses to form mountains
c)
It thins out
25.
What type of stress forms a reverse fault?
a)
Compressional
b)
Tension
c)
Shearing
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