WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Unit Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a tectonic plate?
a)
A region deep within Earth
b)
A continuous layer of rock that completely covers Earth
c)
A large slab of Earth’s lithosphere
d)
A large slab of Earth’s mantle
2.
What happens at a convergent boundary?
a)
Two plates move towards each other
b)
Two plates move away from each other
c)
Two plates slide past each other
3.
What type of convergent boundary is shown?
a)
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Boundary
b)
Oceanic-Continental Convergent Boundary
c)
Continental-Continental Convergent Boundary
d)
None of the Above
4.
What is a mountain range?
a)
An underwater mountain system that forms along a divergent plate boundary.
b)
A large landform that forms peaks that stretch high above surrounding land.
c)
The deepest part of the ocean.
d)
A rupture in Earth’s crust.
5.
Which plate is the Pacific Plate?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
6.
What happens to the crust at a divergent boundary?
a)
Crust is destroyed
b)
Crust is created
c)
Crust is neither created nor destroyed
7.
Where do ocean ridges most often form?
a)
At a divergent boundary
b)
At a convergent boundary
c)
At a transform boundary
8.
At which boundary are two plates moving away from each other?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.
What type of boundary is also called a conservative boundary because crust is neither created nor destroyed?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
10.
Which plate is the North-American Plate?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
11.
Where does a (continental) mountain range usually form?
a)
Where plates move towards each other.
b)
Where plates move away from each other.
c)
Where plates slide past each other.
12.
Where on the map would you likely
find a deep ocean trench?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
13.
Which plate is the South-American Plate?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
14.
What type of convergent boundary is shown?
a)
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Boundary
b)
Oceanic-Continental Convergent Boundary
c)
Continental-Continental Convergent Boundary
d)
None of the Above
15.
A deep ocean trench is most often found where:
a)
Two tectonic plates pull away from each other
b)
Two tectonic plates slide past each other
c)
Two tectonic plates collide and “crush” each other
d)
Two tectonic plates collide and one subducts below the other
16.
What do you call the deep valley between the mountains of a mid-ocean ridge?
a)
A volcano
b)
A canyon
c)
A river
d)
A rift
17.
Which plate is the African Plate?
a)
D
b)
E
c)
F
d)
G
18.
Oceanic crust is
a)
thicker and less dense than continental crust.
b)
thinner and less dense than continental crust.
c)
thicker and more dense than continental crust.
d)
thinner and more dense than continental crust.
19.
Which plate is the Antarctic Plate?
a)
D
b)
E
c)
F
d)
G
20.
The continental crust is deepest beneath
a)
oceans.
b)
mountains.
c)
valleys.
d)
rivers.
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