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Tectonic Plates & Geologic Features

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?
a)
wind
b)
ocean currents
c)
convection in the mantle
d)
expansion of the Earth
2.
What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?
a)
rift valley
b)
mountain
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
trench
3.
Which type of crust is more dense?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
divergent
d)
pizza
4.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
lateral
5.
What forms at a convergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate?
a)
volcanoes
b)
rift valleys
c)
faults
d)
mid-ocean ridges
6.
A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
horizontal
7.
What is the process in which hot molten rock rises, then cools and sinks back to the core?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
convection
d)
divergence
8.
A trench forms at a _________ boundary.
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
vertical
9.
Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
d)
subduction
10.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?
a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
lateral
d)
convergent
11.
What type of boundary is shown at A?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
12.
What is happening at point B?
a)
subduction
b)
a divergent boundary
c)
convection
d)
an earthquake
13.

Which scientists is credited with creating Continental Drift Theory?

a)

James Hutton

b)

Charles Lyell

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Harry Hess

14.

What is the name of the large supercontinent that once existed?

a)

Gondwanaland

b)

Laurasia

c)

Eurasia

d)

Pangea

15.

The best evidence that the continents were once connected is that they have matching...

a)

weather, fossils, and rock types

b)

coastlines, weather, and rock types

c)

coastlines, weather and fossils

d)

rock types, fossils, and coastlines

16.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
17.
What is an epicenter? 
a)
Where an earthquake started
b)
The surface right above where an earthquake started 
18.
An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a 
a)
seismogram
b)
focus seismic map
c)
focus
d)
seismograph 
19.
Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...
a)
Countries
b)
Tetonic Plates
c)
Climate Zones
d)
None of the above.
20.

Earth’s inner core is solid because of

a)

the composition of its rock.

b)

its great diameter.

c)

extreme cold.

d)

immense pressure.

21.
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
a)
Transform, Convergent, Divergent
b)
Apart, Together, Slide
c)
Slide, Pull away, Push together
22.
What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
23.
First waves to arrive at an earthquake
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
c)
surface waves
24.
Second waves to arrive that cause earthquakes
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
c)
Surface waves
25.

What is this part?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

inner core

d)

outer core

26.

What is this part?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

27.

Which picture shows the outer core?

a)
b)
c)
d)
28.

What state is the mantle?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

a little bit solid, a little bit liquid

29.

What state is the crust?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

a little bit solid, a little bit liquid

30.

What state is the inner core?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

a little bit solid, a little bit liquid

31.

Why is the inner core solid?

a)

because it is cold

b)

because it is hot

c)

because there is a lot of pressure on it

d)

because it is made of ice

32.

Why is the outer core liquid?

a)

because it is hot

b)

because it is cold

c)

because there is so much pressure on it

d)

because there is no pressure on it

33.

—What is magma?

a)

molten rock under the ground

b)

molten rock on the surface of the earth

c)

molten rock on the moon

34.

This volcano is a mountain with broad gently sloping sides and a nearly circular base.

a)

shield

b)

composite

c)

cinder cone

35.

The Hawaiian Islands - Kilauea is an example of a

a)

Shield volcano

b)

cinder cone volcano

c)

Composite volcano

36.

What is a volcano?

a)

A large storm with very high winds

b)

A violent shaking of the Earth that occurs when two tectonic plates bump into each other

c)

An opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts to the surface

d)

A large cloud that generates rain, hail, & lightening

e)

none of the above

37.

What do we call molten hot liquid rock once it erupts to the Earth's surface?

a)

magma

b)

igneous

c)

cinder

d)

mauna

e)

lava

38.
Why does magma tend to rise to the surface?
a)
It has large amounts of silica.
b)
It contains very little silica.
c)
It is denser than the surrounding material.
d)
It is less dense than the surrounding material.
39.
What is the principal ingredient to all types of magma?
a)
Iron
b)
Magnesium
c)
Silica
d)
Water
40.
Where are most volcanoes found?
a)
Southern Hemisphere
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
Hot Spots
41.
Beneath a volcano, magma collects in a:
a)
magma chamber
b)
magma pocket
c)
vent
d)
hole
42.
Energy from water or steam that has been heated by magma
a)
Geothermal energy
b)
Thermal energy
c)
Kinetic energy
d)
Potential energy
43.

Which volcano type has a gentle slope and gentle eruptions that last a long time?

a)

Cinder cone volcanoes

b)

Shield volcanoes

c)

Composite4 volcanoes

44.

This type of volcano has steep slopes, has explosive eruptions of gas and ash. Most volcanoes are this type.

a)

Composite volcano

b)

Shield volcano

c)

Cinder Cone volcano

d)

Ash volcanoe

45.

Which volcano has explosive eruptions of ash and cinder through a single vent?

a)

Composite volcanoe

b)

Shield volcano

c)

Cinder Cone volcano

46.

What is a fault?

a)

a place on Earth where earthquakes cannot occur

b)

a fracture in Earth where movement has occurred

c)

the place on Earth’s surface where structures move during an earthquake

d)

another name for an earthquake

47.

A travel-time graph can be used to find the

a)

focus of an earthquake.

b)

strength of an earthquake

c)

damage caused by an earthquake

d)

epicenter of an earthquake.

48.
First waves to arrive at an earthquake
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
c)
surface waves
49.
Earthquakes happen every day. Most are too small for humans to notice.
a)
True
b)
False
50.
The focus of an earthquake is
a)
The point below Earth's surface where rock first breaks
b)
The closest seismic station
c)
The place where the greatest damage occurs
d)
A fault
51.

S-waves can move through which of the following?

a)

Gas

b)

Liquid

c)

Solid

d)

All of these

52.

What is the minimum number of seismograph stations needed to locate an earthquake epicenter?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

53.

Which wave can travel through all materials?

a)

P - primary

b)

S - secondary

c)

L - Long

54.
Which type of wave is the most destructive wave?
a)
Primary Wave
b)
Secondary Wave
55.

Main type of waves that can travel through the earth's inner layer.

a)

surface waves

b)

body waves

c)

Love waves

d)

Rayleigh waves

56.

Two types of surface waves

a)

Love waves and Rayleigh Waves

b)

P waves and S waves

57.
Which letter represents the movement created by the P Wave?  
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
58.
In what order do the three types of seismic waves arrive at a seismograph?
a)
S wave, P wave, Surface wave
b)
Surface wave, P wave and S wave
c)
P wave, S wave and Surface wave
d)
P wave, Surface wave and S wave
59.
When plates _____, the tremendous forces mountains to form.
a)
collide
b)
subduction
c)
isostasy
60.

All mountains are cause by ...

a)

wind

b)

the sun

c)

plate tectonics

d)

waves in the ocean

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