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Mission 4

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process called that describes the movement of Earth's cracked shell of rock?

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

Seafloor Spreading

d)

Volcanic Activity

2.

Which layer of Earth is described as cool, rigid, and brittle, similar to the shell of an egg?

a)

Asthenosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Core

d)

Crust

3.

What happens at a divergent boundary?

a)

Plates collide

b)

Plates slide past each other

c)

Plates pull away from each other

d)

Plates remain stationary

4.

What type of landform is created in the ocean at a divergent boundary?

a)

Ocean trench

b)

Mid-ocean ridge

c)

Rift valley

d)

Volcanic island

5.

What occurs at a convergent boundary?

a)

Plates pull apart

b)

Plates slide past each other

c)

Plates collide

d)

Plates remain stationary

6.

Which type of boundary is associated with the formation of a rift valley?

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Transform boundary

c)

Divergent boundary

d)

Static boundary

7.

What happens at a transform boundary?

a)

Plates crash into each other

b)

Plates separate from each other

c)

Plates grind past each other

d)

Plates subduct beneath each other

8.

What is the main landform created by the collision of oceanic and continental plates?

a)

Fault lines

b)

Volcanic mountain ranges

c)

Volcanic island arcs

d)

Ocean trenches

9.

What is the San Andreas Fault an example of?

a)

Ocean trench

b)

Volcanic island arc

c)

Fault line

d)

Mountain range

10.

What does the Pacific Ring of Fire outline?

a)

Ocean currents

b)

Plate boundaries

c)

Mountain ranges

d)

River systems