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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics and Layers of the Earth
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of land form is this?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Mountain Range
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Volcano
2.
What type of boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
3.
What type of land form is created here?
a)
Trench
b)
Rift Valley
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Mountain Range
4.
As depth beneath the Earth's surface increases, temperature and density
a)
Both decrease
b)
Approach Zero
c)
Both increase
d)
Stay the same
5.
This is the least dense layer of the Earth?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Mesosphere
6.
What type of boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
7.
What is Pangaea?
a)
the name of a German scientist
b)
name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
c)
another name for continental drift
d)
the name of an ancient fossil
8.
A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Convergent Boundary
9.
Which layer of the Earth do we live on?
a)
Mantle
b)
Crust
c)
Inner Core
d)
Asthenosphere
10.
Which of the following is the crust?
a)
Layer 1
b)
Layer 2
c)
Layer 3
d)
Layer 4
11.
Scientist's think that convection currents flow in Earth's
a)
Continents
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Asthenosphere
d)
Atmosphere
12.
Earth's mantle is
a)
a dense ball of solid metal
b)
a layer of hot rock
c)
a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
d)
a layer of molten metal
13.
According to Alfred Wegener's theory of Continental Drift
a)
Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
b)
the continents once joined together in a single land mass
c)
the continents do not move
d)
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
14.
They cause the movement of plate by heating to the crust Earth, cooling, and moving to the core
a)
Convection Currents
b)
Radioactive Waves
c)
Concentrated Currents
d)
Convection Controls
15.
A rift valley forms where two plates
a)
sink towards the mantle
b)
slide past each other
c)
diverge
d)
converge
16.
What is the effect of this boundary?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Trench
c)
Earthquake
d)
Volcano
17.
This is the hottest layer of the Earth
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
18.
A place where two plates come together is known as...
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convection boundary
d)
convergent boundary
19.
What type of boundary is this?
a)
Transform
b)
Convergent
c)
Divergent
20.
This is the layer of the Earth that the plates move on
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Crust
d)
Core
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